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TDE R14.1.4 released!
by Slávek Banko 28 Apr '25

28 Apr '25

The Trinity Desktop Environment development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the TDE R14.1.4 release. TDE is a free/libre lightweight desktop environment intended for computer users preferring a lean and efficient experience. It is available for various Linux distros, BSD and DilOS. Low on system requirements, it is also an ideal choice for dated hardware, while still providing a fully usable desktop. R14.1.4 is the forth maintenance release of the R14.1.x series. Upgrading from R14.1.3 should be straightforward. The key highlights of this version are: * support for Unicode surrogate characters and planes above zero (for example emojis) * new modern vector wallpapers and new color themes * new control module to manage deb/rpm alternatives * tab support in kpdf * better context menu for tderandrtray and fixes to the handling of gamma settings * clickable links in calendar events * support for transparency, top and shadow borders and inactive windows in Dekorator * better integration of kxkb with setxkbmap, new options and various fixes for the tray feedback * ability to create VPN connections in tdenetworkmanager once again * several improvements to the codeine player * support for Ubuntu Plucky and upcoming Fedora 43 There are many more changes both under the hood and visible to users, so please refer to the links below for a longer list and further details. Full version of the Release Notes, including screenshots of some features https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.1.4 TGW full issue/PR list, by module https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/tde/issues/207 Detailed commit changelog https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Changelog_For_R14.1.4 We would like to thank all the people who have contributed to the preparation of this release and we are looking forward for further contributions in future. We highly recommend to follow our Mastodon channel Mastodon channel https://floss.social/@tde if you would like to stay up to date with TDE news and development. We would also like to thanks all those who have donated to the project. Please consider supporting the project with a donation. https://www.trinitydesktop.org/donate.php Slávek Banko TDE Team --

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TDE R14.1.3 released!
by Slávek Banko 27 Oct '24

27 Oct '24

The Trinity Desktop Environment development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the TDE R14.1.3 release. TDE is a free/libre lightweight desktop environment intended for computer users preferring a lean and efficient experience. It is available for various Linux distros, BSD and DilOS. Low on system requirements, it is also an ideal choice for dated hardware, while still providing a fully usable desktop. R14.1.3 is the third maintenance release of the R14.1.x series. Upgrading from R14.1.2 should be straightforward. The key highlights of this version are: * initial integration with the XDG Desktop Portal API * TDE Control Center module for touchpad settings * new mallory twin theme * support for window tiling through context menu * tde-ebook-reader, a TQt port of FBReader * Solarized color themes for Konsole * support for back/forward history mouse buttons in various applications * support for Python 3.13 * a TQt for of UniversalIndentGUI to ease source code formatting * SFTP connection option for knetattach * khotkeys running as a kded module rather than standalone * ksirc functional again * various enhancements or bug fixes to TQt3 and various applications There are many more changes both under the hood and visible to users, so please refer to the links below for a longer list and further details. Full version of the Release Notes, including screenshots of some features https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.1.3 TGW issue list https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/tde/issues/166 Detailed commit changelog https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Changelog_For_R14.1.3 We would like to thank all the people who have contributed to the preparation of this release and we are looking forward for further contributions in future. We highly recommend to follow our Mastodon channel Mastodon channel https://floss.social/@tde if you would like to stay up to date with TDE news and development. We would also like to thanks all those who have donated to the project. Please consider supporting the project with a donation. https://www.trinitydesktop.org/donate.php Slávek Banko TDE Team --

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Expected power outages of primary archive were changed
by Slávek Banko 16 Sep '24

16 Sep '24

The date of the expected power outages of the primary archive, which we recently had announced for the week 16 to 20 September, were changed. The new date is week 24 to 26 September, from 6 to 16 UTC. We hope it will happen again without complications. Thanks to the role of the primary redirector and mirrors, the availability of packages should not be affected. Slávek Banko TDE Team --

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Expected power outages of primary archive
by Slávek Banko 09 Sep '24

09 Sep '24

Due to the reconstruction of the electrical wiring in the building, the power outages of the primary archive will be in the coming days. Thanks to the role of the primary redirector, the availability of packages should not be affected. The outages are currently announced: + Tuesday 10 September, from 10 to 13 UTC + 16th to 20th September, from 6 to 16 UTC - 3 to 4 days in this period It can be assumed that there may be some outages regarding the Internet provider's infrastructure, so there may be some other outages in availability. Slávek Banko TDE Team --

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Packages for new graphics styles have been updated in R14.1.2
by Slávek Banko 16 May '24

16 May '24

TDE R14.1.2 brought several new graphic styles. Shortly after the release, it turned out that the new graphics styles cannot be selected in twin to decorate windows. The problem has been fixed and updated packages are now available in repositories - for DEB and RPM based distributions, ArchLinux, as well as Gentoo ebuilds and FreeBSD ports. If you are using PSB repository, the packages have already been updated. You can stay up to date on TDE news and development by following our Mastodon channel https://floss.social/@tde - also available as RSS feed https://floss.social/@tde.rss If you can, please help supporting the project with a donation. https://www.trinitydesktop.org/donate.php Thank you for your support! Cheers Slávek --

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TDE R14.1.2 released!
by Slávek Banko 29 Apr '24

29 Apr '24

The Trinity Desktop Environment development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the TDE R14.1.2 release. TDE is a free/libre lightweight desktop environment intended for computer users preferring a lean and efficient experience. It is available for various Linux distros, BSD and DilOS. Low on system requirements, it is also an ideal choice for dated hardware, while still providing a fully usable desktop. R14.1.2 is the biggest maintenance release to date, not only for the user-side improvements but also for the large amount of work that went into code cleanup and refinement behind the scenes. The major highlights of this version are: * new graphical styles (Polyester, Fahrenheit, GTK-based Ia Ora) and six new color schemes * fixed resizing issues with various Virtual Terminal based applications, like xfce and mate terminals or gvim * several TQt3 memory leak and bug fixes * an overall of the sftp tdeioslave authentication methods * visual feedback for volume level through new kmix icons * GUI option to allow selecting different shutdown dialogs * notifications for keyboard layout switch * DCOP extension for windows tiling * enhancements or bug fixes for various applications There are a lot of other changes both under the hood and visible to users, so please refer to the links below for a longer list and further details. Full version of the Release Notes (including screenshots of some features) https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.1.2 TGW issue list https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/tde/issues/143 Detailed commit changelog https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Changelog_For_R14.1.2 Upgrading from R14.1.1 should be straightforward. We would like to thank all the people who have contributed to the preparation of this release and we are looking forward for further contributions in future. You can stay up to date on TDE news and development by following our Mastodon channel https://floss.social/@tde If you can, please help supporting the project with a donation. https://www.trinitydesktop.org/donate.php Slávek Banko TDE Team --

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TDE R14.1.1 is here!
by Slávek Banko 29 Oct '23

29 Oct '23

The Trinity Desktop Environment development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the TDE R14.1.1 release. TDE is a free/libre lightweight desktop environment intended for computer users preferring a lean and efficient experience. It is available for various Linux distros, BSD and DilOS. Low on system requirements, it is also an ideal choice for dated hardware, while still providing a fully usable desktop. R14.1.1 comes with the ability to drag and tile windows to the display's borders and corners, adds several improvements to keyboard shortcuts settings, a few new wallpapers, better support in SunOS/Illumos/DilOS and support for libxine2's logarithmic volume settings. It also has some important fixes for tdepowersave's display brightness control, arts sound server start up crash, TQt3's recursive mutexes and for the high CPU usage detected on some RPM distros with R14.1.0. Behind the scenes, an effort to clean up and enhance TQt3 and tqtinterface code has started and will be going on across multiple releases. There are a lot of other changes under the hood, so please refer to the links below for further details. Full version of the Release Notes (including screenshots of some features) https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.1.1 TGW issue list https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/tde/issues/122 Detailed commit changelog https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Changelog_For_R14.1.1 Upgrading from R14.1.0 should be straightforward. We would like to thank all the people who have contributed to the preparation of this release and we are looking forward for further contributions in future. Finally, you can stay up to date on TDE news by following our Mastodon channel https://floss.social/@tde Slávek Banko -- TDE Team

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Important backport for TDE R14.1.0 packages
by Slávek Banko 16 Jun '23

16 Jun '23

Hi everyone, some users of RPM-based distros reported high CPU usage and general slowness when upgrading from R14.0.x to R14.1.0. The issue has been investigated and the problem resolved in R14.1.1-devel (see https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/tde/tde/issues/128). Given the severity of the problem, we have decided to backport the required fixes and release updated builds of the affected packages for R14.1.0. Although the problem only showed up on specific RPM distros, packages have been updated for all distros for consistency. Please make sure you update to the latest available version of all tqt3 and tdelibs packages in your distribution. If you are a PSB/PTB user, you should have already received or will receive the fixes as part of the last/next update. Cheers The TDE dev team

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TDE R14.1.0 is here!
by Slávek Banko 01 May '23

01 May '23

After 8+ years from R14.0.0 and in line with our standard 6 months release cycle, the Trinity Desktop Environment development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of TDE R14.1.0! TDE is a free/libre lightweight desktop environment intended for computer users preferring a lean and efficient experience. It is available for various Linux distros, BSD and DilOS. Low on system requirements, it is also an ideal choice for dated hardware, while still providing a fully usable desktop. This release marks the switch from the R14.0.x series to the newly started R14.1.x one. R14.1.0 comes with support for LUKS disks throughout the whole desktop, new notification system for storage device plug/unplugged events, basic support for PulseAudio and support for PKI infrastructure. It also ships with a new bluetooth GUI (tdebluez), a new multimedia player (kplayer), some new icewm based themes and a new session management and panel in Kate. Several configuration dialog and usability improvements have been made throughout the system and support for Python 2 has been dropped in favour of Python 3. There are a lot of other changes under the hood, so please refer to the links below for further details. * Full version of the Release Notes (including screenshots of some features) https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.1.0 * TGW issue list https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/tde/issues/3 * Detailed changelog https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Changelog_For_R14.1.0 Upgrading from R14.0.x should be straightforward. Please note that there will be no more releases in the R14.0.x series. We would like to thank all the people who have contributed to the preparation of this release and we are looking forward for further contributions in future. Slávek Banko -- TDE Team

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The upcoming TDE R14.1.0 entered the soft-freeze phase
by Slávek Banko 27 Mar '23

27 Mar '23

Dear all, the status of TDE R14.1.0 has been changed to 'soft freeze'. This means that from now on, only critical bug fixes, updates to release notes and translations are allowed and that the next step for the finalization of R14.1.0 has begun. The target release date is April 30. Stay tuned! Slávek Banko -- TDE Team

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