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Trinity Desktop Environment R14.0.6 Released!

by Slávek Banko

The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new TDE R14.0.6 release. TDE is a complete software desktop environment designed for Unix-like operating systems, intended for computer users preferring a traditional desktop model, and is free/libre software. R14.0.6 is the sixth maintenance release of the R14.0 series, and is built on and improves the previous R14.0.5 version. Maintenance releases are intended to promptly bring bug fixes to users, while preserving overall stability through the avoidance of both major new features and major codebase re-factoring. R14.0.6 Release Notes This section highlights some of the most important fixes introduced by this maintenance release. Bug fixes * Reboot and shutdown now works with other DM (other than TDM) as long as logind is present * Passwords with special characters are now accepted * Fixed bugs with pdf handling and displaying * Improved TDM log file handling * Fixed GUI related glitches and missing icons in various places * Fixed annoying double notification when inserting some special removable media * Fixed few KOrganizer crashes * Fixed Kdesktop unresponsive behaviour when multiple users log into the same machine at the same time * Fixed support for array of object path key maps in dbus-1-tqt * Fixed SSL initialization for OpenSSL >= 1.1 Enhancements * Added support for safe conversion from TQString to char* * Added support for global LDFLAGS set at the system level * Several packages have been migrated to CMake build system * Improved GCC visibility detection in CMake builds * Created a CMake framework for updating translation templates * Added support for Weblate web based translation (yet to be officially announced) * Improved TDE related CMake capabilities * Improved support for large files detection * Better detection of dynamic loaded libraries location Security * Fix security issue CVE-2018-19870 * Fix security issue CVE-2018-19873 * Fix security issue CVE-2018-7225 * Fix security issue CVE-2018-20021 * Fix security issue CVE-2018-20022 The full version of the release notes is available at https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.6 The complete list of bugs fixed in this release is available at these locations: * Bugzilla reports http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=2885&hide_resolved… * TGW issue list https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/tde/issues/2 A detailed commit change log is also available at https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Changelog_For_R14.0.6 Getting TDE Installation instructions and binary packages are immediately available for Debian and Ubuntu. Packages for RedHat/CentOs, Fedora, Mageia, OpenSUSE, and PCLinuxOS are being built by their respective maintainers and may be already available or will be soon. Live CDs with TDE R14.0.6 preinstalled are or will be available soon on the LiveCDs page. Previous R14.0 Release Notes Release notes for previous versions of TDE are avaiable here. R14.0.5 https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.5 R14.0.4 https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.4 R14.0.3 https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.3 R14.0.2 https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.2 R14.0.1 https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.1 R14.0.0 https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.0 FreeBSD Support TDE continues to offer support for FreeBSD, although still partial given some of the new issues that have arisen with the latest versions of FreeBSD. The TDE team will try their best to improve support for FreeBSD but progress will probably be slow. Additional developers or contributors willing to help porting the remaining features and applications are always welcome. Credits and acknowledgements We thanks all the people that are (or have been) involved in making TDE the great desktop environment that it is. We would like to thanks vpsFree.org for kindly providing free hosting for some of the services used to make Trinity Desktop a better software, most notably the main redirector, which makes distribution of new versions significantly faster, Slavek's preliminary builds and our self-hosted TDE Gitea Workspace. Contribute to TDE development The TDE development team is small but friendly. If you wish to participate in the TDE development process, please visit the Get involved page for additional information. There many things you can contribute to, from documentation review to bug fixes as well as brand new software features or applications. Feedback from our users is also an integral part of a large, user-experience oriented project such as TDE. Whether you want to report a bug, suggest an improvement or simply let us know your opinion about TDE, please feel free to contact us. Three good places to start communication are the project's mailing lists at https://www.trinitydesktop.org/mailinglist.php , TDE Gitea Workspace at https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea and bug tracker at https://bugs.trinitydesktop.org. Donate to the TDE Project Creating TDE requires significant computing resources and bandwidth. Please consider helping to keep us online with a donation on our donations page at https://www.trinitydesktop.org/donate.php . Without your financial assistance, TDE would not be possible!

5 years

TDE Gitea Workspace Available!

by Slávek Banko

The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new TDE Gitea Workspace (TGW) collaboration tool. TGW is a Gitea-based, GitHub-style, self-hosted copy of the official source code repositories that is synchronized with the main server on a hourly basis. It offers wider bandwidth and a collaboration workflow that helps achieving the aim of providing: * fast access to the source code, both through Git or web interface * an easy tool for users and external developers to propose code changes and improvements * a quick way for code sharing and collaboration amongst developers * a simple workflow for reviewing, testing and merging code patches TGW has been thought to serve the needs of the following groups: * people who want to have fast anonymous read-only access to the TDE source code * users who intend to report bugs and propose ideas for ehnancement * contributors who intend to submit code changes for inclusion into TDE official source code * developers who want to cooperate on some common functionality or bug fix TDE core developers are already using TGW on a daily basis and they hope more and more users and contributors will join them soon. Read more about TGW and how to use it on the wiki https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/TDE_Gitea_Workspace and access the workspace at https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea . Credits and acknowledgements We thanks all the people that are (or have been) involved in making TDE the great desktop environment that it is. We would like to officially thanks vpsFree.org for kindly providing free hosting space for the TDE Gitea Workspace.

5 years, 6 months

Trinity Desktop Environment R14.0.5 Released!

by Slávek Banko

The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new TDE R14.0.5 release. TDE is a complete software desktop environment designed for Unix-like operating systems, intended for computer users preferring a traditional desktop model, and is free/libre software. R14.0.5 is the fifth maintenance release of the R14.0 series, and is built on and improves the previous R14.0.4 version. Maintenance releases are intended to promptly bring bug fixes to users, while preserving overall stability through the avoidance of both major new features and major codebase re-factoring. R14.0.5 Release Notes This section highlights some of the most important fixes introduced by this maintenance release. Bug fixes * Fixed OGG file playing (TDE login sounds now works again :-) ) * Fixed sound server and arts crashes * Fixed device detection from Media Manager in kscd * Fixed several kdesktop_lock related bugs * Fixed status of Trash bin on desktop * Fixed notification of removable media * Fixed info page protocol support (regression in previous release) * Fixed regression with open/save dialogs on ftp or removable disks * Fixed javascript syntax highlighting in Kate * Fixed support for NetworkManager with randomized MAC addresses * Fixed detection whether the system is big endian * Fixed memory leaks Enhancements * Improved timer handling in TDEPowersaver * New sessions can now correctly be started as "pre-lock", useful where autologin is enabled * Added support for GnuPG 2.1 * Improved KGPG server configuration * Enhanced Ark and Ark plugin interface and support for .rar files * Improved calculations in mini-cli * Improved icon display in system tray * Improved support for Jabber protocol in Kopete * Dropped support for discontinued AIM protocol in Kopete * Enhanced mime type code * Added support for G-code in Kate syntax highlighting * Added support for OpenSSL 1.1 * Improved support for TLS v1.2 * Improved support for Clang * Added support for GCC7 and GCC8 * Added support for Java8 and newer * Added support for ICU 58 and newer * Added detection for ruby 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 Security * Fix security issue CVE-2016-10040 * Fix security issue CVE-2017-6410 The full version of the release notes is available at https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.5 The complete list of bugs fixed in this release is available at http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=2696&hide_resolved… A detailed commit change log is also available at https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Changelog_For_R14.0.5 Previous R14.0 Release Notes Release notes for previous versions of TDE are avaiable here. R14.0.4 https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.4 R14.0.3 https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.3 R14.0.2 https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.2 R14.0.1 https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.1 R14.0.0 https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.0 FreeBSD Support TDE continues to offer support for FreeBSD, although still partial given some of the new issues that have arisen with the latest versions of FreeBSD. The TDE team will try their best to improve support for FreeBSD but progress will probably be slow. Additional developers or contributors willing to help porting the remaining features and applications are always welcome. Getting TDE Installation instructions and binary packages are immediately available for Debian and Ubuntu. Packages for RedHat/CentOs, Fedora, Mageia, OpenSUSE, and PCLinuxOS are being built by their respective maintainers and may be already available or will be soon. Live CDs with TDE R14.0.5 preinstalled are or will be available soon on the LiveCDs page. Credits and acknowledgements We thanks all the people that are (or have been) involved in making TDE the great desktop environment that it is. We would also like to officially thanks vpsFree.org for kindly providing free hosting for some of the services used to make Trinity Desktop a better software, most notably the main redirector, which makes distribution of new versions significantly faster, Slavek's preliminary builds and our new Gitea self-hosted collaboration workspace. Contribute to TDE development The TDE development team is small but friendly. If you wish to participate in the TDE development process, please visit the Get involved page for additional information. There many things you can contribute to, from documentation review to bug fixes as well as brand new software features or applications. Feedback from our users is also an integral part of a large, user-experience oriented project such as TDE. Whether you want to report a bug, suggest an improvement or simply let us know your opinion about TDE, please feel free to contact us. Two good places to start communication are the project's mailing lists at https://www.trinitydesktop.org/mailinglist.php and bug tracker at https://bugs.trinitydesktop.org . Donate to the TDE Project Creating TDE requires significant computing resources and bandwidth. Please consider helping to keep us online with a donation on our donations page at https://www.trinitydesktop.org/donate.php . Without your financial assistance, TDE would not be possible! Press Contact Information Project Founder/Administrator: Timothy Pearson, kb9vqf(a)pearsoncomputing.net

5 years, 8 months

Trinity Desktop Environment R14.0.4 Released!

by Timothy Pearson

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA224 - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA224 The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new TDE R14.0.4 release. The Trinity Desktop Environment is a complete software desktop environment designed for Unix-like operating systems, intended for computer users preferring a traditional desktop model, and is free/libre software. R14.0.4 is the fourth maintenance release of the R14.0 series, and is built on and improves the previous R14.0.3 version. Maintenance releases are intended to promptly bring bug fixes to users, while preserving overall stability through the avoidance of both new features and major codebase re-factoring. Previous R14.0.x Release Notes You can read the release notes of the previous R14.0.3 release, on which R14.0.4 is based, at https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.3 . You can read the release notes of the previous R14.0.2 release, on which R14.0.3 is based, at https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.2 . You can read the release notes of the previous R14.0.1 release, on which R14.0.2 was based, at https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.1 . You can read the release notes of the original R14.0.0 release at https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.0 . R14.0.4 Release Notes This section highlights some of the most important fixes introduced by 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 The complete list of bugs fixed in this release is available at http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=2575&hide_resolved… . A detailed commit change log is also available at https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Changelog_For_R14.0.4 . FreeBSD Support Support for FreeBSD is still partial and some new issues have arisen with the latest versions of FreeBSD. The TDE team will try their best to improve support for FreeBSD but progress will probably be slow. Additional developers or contributors willing to help porting the remaining features and applications are always welcome. Getting TDE Installation instructions and binary packages are immediately available for Debian and Ubuntu. Packages for RedHat/CentOs, Fedora, Mageia, OpenSUSE, and PCLinuxOS are being built by their respective maintainers and will be made available at a later date. Live CDs with TDE R14.0.4 preinstalled are available on the LiveCDs page. User Feedback Feedback from our users is an integral part of a large, user-experience oriented project such TDE. Whether you want to report a bug, suggest an improvement, or simply let us know your opinion of TDE, please feel free to contact us. Two good places to start communication are the project's mailing lists at https://www.trinitydesktop.org/mailinglist.php and its bug tracker at https://bugs.trinitydesktop.org . Developers Wanted The TDE development team is small but friendly. If you wish to participate in the TDE development process, please visit the Get involved page for additional information. Contribute to the TDE Project Creating TDE requires significant computing resources and bandwidth. Please consider helping to keep us online with a donation on our donations page at https://www.trinitydesktop.org/donate.php . We need your continued support to keep TDE online and under development, so please donate today! Thank you for your ongoing support. Without your financial assistance, TDE would not be possible! Press Contact Information Project Founder/Administrator: Timothy Pearson, kb9vqf(a)pearsoncomputing.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iFYEARELAAYFAlggrBEACgkQLaxZSoRZrGGdKwDgizKZUVllC+QyrjOms1gMSA0A iY6ugf9pVsJwIADgmeBqVJTbpPGOzFMZwVBgeFKHTRPK6HZqgUC27A== =FZfz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

7 years, 5 months

Trinity Desktop Environment R14.0.3 Released!

by Timothy Pearson

8 years, 1 month

Trinity Desktop Environment R14.0.2 Released!

by Timothy Pearson

8 years, 4 months

Service Shutdown

by Timothy Pearson

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA224 Due to a continued lack of funding and difficulty sourcing an Internet connection with sufficient bandwidth to sustain all of the services currently offered, the Trinity Desktop Project is regretfully announcing the temporary shutdown of the following services to the general public: * PPA access to nightly builds for Debian and Ubuntu * Weekly LiveCD builds While work will continue to secure a faster Internet connection, it appears that a physical move of the server cluster will be required; as a result, it will be several months at minimum before the above services can be reinstated. Moving all services to the cloud is not an option for multiple reasons including high recurring costs, security concerns, and the usage of highly complex software (Launchpad) that cannot be feasibly hosted on such a system. It is hoped that by temporarily disabling the listed services, reliable access to more important services (such as the official release PPAs, main Web site, Wiki, and GIT repositories) will be restored. Thank you all for your continued support! Timothy Pearson Trinity Desktop Project -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iFYEARELAAYFAlXyBTgACgkQLaxZSoRZrGEvoADgkgQ77TW5AX/7d/J1NZmmGfO5 NaLMKw4zsTJcggDglsK5YmvB9pBMq1ohRkJ2a/g7Z0hqPM4bpzwWjQ== =Wh0P -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

8 years, 7 months

Trinity Desktop Environment R14.0.1 Released!

by Timothy Pearson

8 years, 7 months

Trinity Desktop Environment R14.0.0 Released!

by Timothy Pearson

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA224 The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new TDE R14.0.0 release. The Trinity Desktop Environment is a complete software desktop environment designed for Unix-like operating systems, intended for computer users preferring a traditional desktop model, and is free/libre software. 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. Getting TDE Installation instructions and binary packages are immediately available for Debian and Ubuntu. Packages for RedHat/CentOs, Fedora, Mageia, OpenSUSE, and PCLinuxOS are being built by their respective maintainers and will be made available at a later date. Live CDs with TDE R14.0.0 preinstalled are available at https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/LiveCDs . Major Improvements from 3.5.13.x The following is a list of the major improvements TDE R14.0.0 includes. * 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. To see more highlights of this release, please visit the TDE R14.0.0 information page at https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.0 . About TDE The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) was forked by Timothy Pearson in 2008 from the last official release of the K Desktop Environment's third series (KDE3), version 3.5.10. It existed as a set of modified KDE3 packages for Ubuntu until 2009, when it was merged onto a proper source control system (KDE SVN) and rebranded as TDE. Shortly thereafter, TDE's core infrastructure was created utilizing spare computing capacity from Raptor Engineering; these infrastructure resources currently include the world's only Launchpad system based outside of Canonical Ltd. As the project grew, the TDE team migrated off of KDE's SVN server onto our own GIT server and has been completely independent from KDE from 2011 onward. - From the beginning of the TDE project, individuals from around the world have contributed to TDE, and our original desire to provide a powerful, functional desktop environment in the traditional style has been upheld. The TDE project still is led by Timothy Pearson utilizing Raptor Engineering's computing resources. TDE currently is growing faster than it ever has before, with many new contributors--and our dependable core team of developers--helping to add new functionality, repair bugs, answer questions on the mailing lists, and increase TDE's overall quality. TDE fits into a niche similar to that of the MATE project for Gnome, but TDE is geared more toward those who want a productive, efficient interface with a high customization potential. Our dedicated team is continuing to refine TDE instead of rebuilding it from scratch; this prolonged development is something rarely seen in the open source applications arena. While our niche position may not be as glamorous as some of the larger projects such as KDE and Gnome we believe TDE is no less important to those who rely on it and use it in their daily work, and we hope that in the future our niche will continue to grow. Developers Wanted The TDE development team is small but friendly. If you wish to participate in the TDE development process, please visit https://www.trinitydesktop.org/helpwanted.php for additional information. User Feedback Feedback from our users is an integral part of a large, user-experience oriented project such TDE. Whether you want to report a bug, suggest an improvement, or simply let us know your opinion of TDE, please feel free to contact us. Two good places to start communication are the project's mailing lists at https://www.trinitydesktop.org/mailinglist.php and its bug tracker at https://bugs.trinitydesktop.org . Contribute to the TDE Project Creating TDE requires significant computing resources and bandwidth. Please consider helping to keep us online with a donation at https://www.trinitydesktop.org/donate.php . Without your financial assistance, TDE would not be possible! 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9 years, 4 months

TDE R14.0.0 Release Candidate 2 Available

by Timothy Pearson

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA224 TDE R14.0.0 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) is now available for download! R14 has been over 2 years in development. This delay has allowed us to create a better, more feature-rich and more stable 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, significantly improved compliance with XDG specifications, a revamped, modern style engine, built-in threading support, and much more! TDE R14 RC2 is available as either a LiveCD built on Ubuntu Trusty or as a set of packages for Ubuntu (Lucid, Precise, Trusty) or Debian (Wheezy). While the final TDE R14.0.0 release will support additional series this limited set was chosen to both increase reliability (all of these series are Long Term Support or equivalent) and shorten time-to-release (the TDE servers are still bandwidth-limited). Installation instructions and Known Issues are available here: https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Ubuntu_Trinity_Beta_Repository_Installation… Note that the LiveCDs may take 24 hours to become available. Please test and report any regressions to the bug tracker. Please do not report issues listed under the Known Issues section; we are already aware of them and most, if not all, will be fixed in RC2. As always the TDE project needs your financial support. Developing and building TDE is expensive; your support helps shorten release cycle times, add new features, and improve the quality of the TDE codebase. If like what you see please consider donating to the project at https://www.trinitydesktop.org/donate.php Let us know what you think on the mailing lists, and enjoy! Timothy Pearson Trinity Desktop Project -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iFYEARELAAYFAlR+OHoACgkQLaxZSoRZrGGaLQDeMpfW8PSLpKBS81kmSC34C2l7 D6GyYXjyeh9IIgDfXvifX1vOE+YF8I1RvAf3VpwAJWo4NSJq5n0hbg== =onF4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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