A new version of Calligra is now out and ready for download

Sep 25, 2014 14:26 GMT  ·  By

Calligra 2.8.6, an integrated suite of applications for office, creative, and management needs, has been released and packs quite a few changes for numerous packages under its umbrella.

Calligra 2.8.6 may be just a maintenance release, but it's actually quite consistent. It brings so many improvements that it's difficult to count them all, but if you are using the suite this is an update that you need to get.

Most of the applications that you would ever need are integrated in the Calligra suite: Words for text processing, Sheets for computations, Stage for presentations, Plan for planning, Flow for flowchart, and Kexi for database creation.

Latest changes in Calligra 2.8.6

"We are pleased to announce that Calligra, Calligra Suite, and Calligra Active 2.8.6 have just been released. This last recommended update brings over 60 improvements to the 2.8 series of the applications and underlying development frameworks. We are also glad to note that this release contains first contributions from Kamil Łysik, Michał Poteralski, and further improvements from the new contributor Wojciech Kosowicz. All for Kexi. Welcome on board!"

"Now we're focusing on 2.9 series planned to debut in December this year and the new shiny 3.0 for 2015. You can meet us to share your thoughts or offer your support on general Calligra forums or dedicated Kexi or Krita forums. Many improvements are only possible thanks to the fact that we're working together within the awesome community," reads the announcement from Calligra.

According to the changelog, rulers now a accept minimum length equal to zero, a crash that occurred while copy/pasting has been fixed, the docker's small font is now also used on tool option panels for consistency, the list of available file types is now used when setting the file filter for picture shape, the New view action is now back in the View menu, and the backtracking to undo the layout of a whole page is now prevented.

Also, the logic behind visibility of editing indicator in tabular and form views for Kexi has been fixed, the behavior of tabbed toolbar when the Design Tab is present has been improved, a bug that randomly disabled tablet support has been fixed, the tablet stylus rotation on Linux has been fixed, and an HSV options bug has been corrected.

A complete list of changes and updates can be found in the official changelog. You can download the Calligra 2.8.6 sources right now from Softpedia.

The current version of the software also runs on mobile platforms, namely Calligra Mobile and Calligra Active. Users of any previous iterations have been asked to update as soon as possible, either by compiling the new build or by using the provided methods.