Release AnnouncementsApplications 18.12.1

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January 10, 2019.

Today KDE released the first stability update for KDE Applications 18.12. This release contains only bugfixes and translation updates, providing a safe and pleasant update for everyone.

About 20 recorded bugfixes include improvements to Kontact, Cantor, Dolphin, JuK, Kdenlive, Konsole, Okular, among others.

Improvements include:

Akregator now works with WebEngine from Qt 5.11 or newer

Sorting columns in the JuK music player has been fixed

Konsole renders box-drawing characters correctly again

You can find the full list of changes here. Package Downloads Distributions have created, or are in the process of creating, packages listed on our wiki page. Package download wiki page Source Downloads The complete source code for KDE Applications 18.12.1 may be freely downloaded. Instructions on compiling and installing are available from the KDE Applications 18.12.1 Info Page.

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