Trinity Desktop Environment

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Trinity Desktop Environment
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Version: R14.0.4 updated
Upload Date: 14 Nov 16
Distribution Type: Freeware
Downloads: 115

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Trinity Desktop Environment is an open source and totally free software project that has been designed from the ground up as an unofficial continuation of the deprecated KDE 3.5.x desktop environment created by the KDE Project and implemented in numerous distributions of Linux in the past.

It is an independent graphical desktop environment that aims to keep KDE 3.5 alive and improve various components, such as network connectivity, display control or user authentication, making it available to modern distributions of Linux that have a lightweight design goal.

Offers a traditional and responsive design

The design part of Trinity Desktop Environment is quite identical with the old-school KDE 3.5 desktop environment, offering the same traditional and responsive interface that comprises of a single panel located on the bottom edge of the screen.

The panel includes various applets, such as a Main Menu, allowing the user to browse and launch installed apps, an Application Launcher that gives you quick access to frequently used apps, a Workspace Switcher, so you can rapidly cycle between multiple workspaces and be more productive, a Task Manager to effortlessly interact with running programs, as well as an ever-useful System Tray area.

Includes a wide range of useful applications

As expected, the project not only comprises of the user interface described in the above section, but it also includes a wide range of useful applications that allow users to surf the Internet, send and receive email messages, chat with friends and family, view images, write text and create/edit documents, as well as various other useful desktop utilities.

It’s used in various distributions of Linux

At the moment, Trinity Desktop Environment is used in various distributions of Linux as the default and only graphical desktop environment. You can think of it as an alternative to the Razor-qt desktop environment, which has been merged with the LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) project to create a next generation user interface for GNU/Linux systems, called LXQt.

What is new in this release:

  • Fixed handling of certificate "permanent" acceptance
  • Fixed screensaver activation and computer suspend code interaction Fixed occasional Konqueror crashes on kjs/regexp
  • Fixed utf8 handling in tdeabc, libkcal, CardDAV
  • Fixed invisible (miniature) icons in the tray
  • Fixed positioning of main panel to the screen side when the clock is displayed in the system tray
  • Fixed crash of some non-TDE applications due to wrong X symbolic color database
  • Fixed "ESC" support in TDEPowersave countdown dialog
  • Switch to new jabber protocol in Kopete
  • Improved startup of tdehw dbus daemon
  • Improved support for TQt python scripts
  • Improved handling of folder location in save dialog
  • Relaxed time limit for computer suspend settings in TDEPowersave Updated METAR URL in KWeather
  • Added CUPS 2.2 support
  • Added FFMPEG3 support
  • Added GCC 6.x support
  • Added GStreamer 1.x support
  • Added rar 5.x support
  • Fixed security issues

What is new in version R14.0.3:

  • Fixed floppy support in media manager
  • Improved handling of various types of discs in media manager
  • Fixed an annoying bug with zip file support that prevented some applications (such as KOffice and k3b) from opening their own saved files
  • Fixed detection of mime types not contained in TDE settings (using magic library) which prevented sound files from being played in some recent distros
  • Added giflib 5.1 support
  • Added ruby 2.2 support
  • Fixed a bunch of security issues

What is new in version R14.0.1:

  • Added support for Ubuntu Vivid 15.04
  • Added initial support for FreeBSD
  • Added support for ARM64 and PowerPC64le
  • Konqueror file filtering now works correctly
  • TDE session manager crashes should no longer be experienced
  • KHelpcenter incorrectly displayed content is now visualized correctly
  • Incorrect window transparency with TDE Compton has been eliminated
  • Incorrect circular dependency in Debian/Ubuntu packages has been resolved
  • TDEFileReplace no longer hangs/crashes when circular links are encountered
  • TDENetworkManager no longer crashes if an interace is removed
  • TDENetworkManager no longer hangs on point-to-point connections
  • TDevelop cmake template projects now builds correctly
  • Digikam slideshow no longer hangs
  • Several qt3/tqt3 security alerts have been fixed
  • Several FTBFS has been addressed
  • KDesktop no longer hangs on startup
  • KMail no longer crashes if closed in offline mode
  • KSquirrel can load codecs - works again

What is new in version R14.0.0:

  • Unlike previous releases TDE R14.0.0 has been in development for over two years. This extended development period has allowed us to create a better, more stable and more feature-rich product than previous TDE releases. R14 is brimming with new features, such as a new hardware manager based on udev (HAL is no longer required), full network-manager 0.9 support, a brand new compositor (compton), built-in threading support, and much more!
  • Version scheme change:
  • Also new in this release is a change from the KDE v3.5.x series versioning. In line with our new, separate identity, and to avoid incorrect comparisons with KDE SC based on version number alone, we are dropping the old versioning scheme and replacing it with our new R-series versioning scheme. Each new release from this point forward will be identified with three numbers prefixed with an R (standing for "Release"); the first number is the major series, the second is the minor series, and the last is the Stable Release Update (SRU) identifier. A stable series will be indicated by a single Rxx.yy identifier, e.g. R14.0. Major overhauls of the codebase that significantly and permanently change the way TDE functions, such as the transition from HAL to the TDE Hardware Library or the new style engine, will only occur when the major series number increments. Normal, incremental development, including new features, will be indicated with an increment of the minor version number. Bug fixes backported to a stable series (Rxx.yy)--with no new features or changed functionality--will be indicated via an increment of the SRU identifier alone.
  • Major Improvements from 3.5.13.x:
  • New HAL-independent hardware support based on udev. HAL support is still available for those systems (such as *bsd) that require it.
  • Significant renaming of applications, libraries, and packages to avoid conflicts with other desktop environments (most notably KDE). This allows TDE to be installed in parallel with other desktop environments without significant negative interaction.
  • Upgrades to TQt3 (TDE's fork of Qt 3.3.8). TQt3 upgrades include a new, modern style engine, multi-threading support, and improved speed and stability.
  • Support for network-manager 0.9 and newer.
  • Switched compositor from Kompmgr to Compton-TDE, a fork of Compton with TDE-specific features.
  • Added builds for armel/armhf architectures on Debian and armhf on Raspbian Wheezy.
  • File mimetype detection system now based on libmagic.

What is new in version 14.0.0 RC1:

  • R14 is brimming with new features, such as a new hardware manager based on udev (HAL is no longer required), full network-manager 0.9 support, a brand new compositor, built-in threading support, and much more!

What is new in version 3.5.13.1:

  • Screen locking improvements
  • Placement of connected devices icons
  • Reorganizing TDE menu
  • Added KControl controls to set default mount options
  • Utf8 encoding for webdav directories
  • Updated Kate synatax highlighting files
  • Improved KMix autostart
  • Added default global shortcuts for KMix
  • Improved Kaffeine plugin support in Kopete
  • Performance improvements for IMAP
  • Ark support for Arj
  • Ark support for check archives
  • Ark Utf8 enconding in filenames
  • Large file support in kio-locate
  • Improved the screen saver control in KMPlayer
  • New keyboard shortcuts in KMPlayer
  • KMyMoney? updated
  • KTorrent updated
  • New localization packages: gwenview-i18n, k3b-i18n, koffice-i18n

What is new in version 3.5.13:

  • Back End Improvements:
  • 3.5.13 development starts at SVN revision r1182534
  • Ported tqtinterface, arts, kdelibs, kdebase, kdeartwork, kdesdk, kdegraphics, kdepim, kdenetwork, kwebdev, and kdevelop to CMake.
  • The Trinity project is now maintaining the required Qt glue libraries for poppler, avahi, and other applications
  • Trinity is now using the TQ* class namespace within all modules, libraries, and applications except kdebindings
  • Many bug fixes and crash fixes
  • Additional Trinity rebranding
  • Interface Enhancements:
  • Added new "Monitor and Display" control center module for system wide single/multi monitor and display configuration
  • Enhanced GTK Qt theme engine; tabs, checkboxes, menu backgrounds and much more now display correctly in the Trinity style
  • An optional Secure Attention Key has been implemented to further secure the login and desktop lock dialogs
  • A new widget theme, Asteroid, has been added
  • A built-in TDE X11 compositor is now included, and certain Trinity applications, such as Amarok, now detect and use true ARGB transparency when available
  • A TDE-specific DBUS notification client has been added for higher integration with common applications such as Firefox and NetworkManager?
  • Prevent OpenGL? screensavers from locking up the display
  • Fixed Flash plugin segfaults in Konqueror
  • Enhanced QuickLaunch? Kicker applet
  • Added "Deep Buttons" option to Kicker

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