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!
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.
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
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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
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The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is pleased to
announce the immediate availability of the new TDE R14.0.3 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.
R14.0.3 is the third maintenance release of the R14.0 series, and is built
on and improves the previous R14.0.2 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 R14.0.2 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 .
R14.0.3 Release Notes
This section highlights some of the most important fixes introduced by
this release
* 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
The complete list of bugs fixed in this release is available at
https://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/showdependencytree.cgi?id=2540&hide_resol…
.
A detailed commit change log is also available at
https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Changelog_For_R14.0.3 .
FreeBSD Support
There are still some issues that need to be addressed before full FreeBSD
support can be achieved. 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 R14.0.3 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 .
In particular, the TDE project has extended full support to the OpenPOWER
platform, using real OpenPOWER hardware, as this may be the only open
workstation/server class computing platform available in the future.
Please help us to keep improving this port with your donations.
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
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The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is pleased to
announce the immediate availability of the new TDE R14.0.2 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.
R14.0.2 is the second maintenance release of the R14.0 series, and is
built on and improves the previous R14.0.1 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 R14.0.1 release, on which
R14.0.2 is 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 .
R14.0.2 Release Notes
This section highlights some of the most important fixes introduced by
this release
* Fixed installation/logon problem when installed in systems with Unity
and Gnome (see here for more details)
* Added support for Ubuntu 15.10 - Wily
* Added ports of some applications for FreeBSD
* Added support for XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP and XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP in TDM.
* This improves coexistence with other desktop environments
* Added subversion 1.9 support
The complete list of bugs fixed in this release is available at
https://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/showdependencytree.cgi?id=2468&hide_resol…
.
A detailed commit change log is also available at
https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Changelog_For_R14.0.2 .
FreeBSD Support
Support for FreeBSD is improving - the port of a first group of
applications is now completed! However, there are still some issues that
need to be addressed before full FreeBSD support can be achieved.
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 R14.0.2 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 .
In particular, the TDE project is looking to extend full support to the
OpenPOWER platform, using real OpenPOWER hardware, as this may be the only
open workstation/server class computing platform available in the future.
Please help us to do this with your donations.
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
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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
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The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is pleased to
announce the immediate availability of the new TDE R14.0.1 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.
R14.0.1 is the first maintenance release of the R14.0 series, and is the
result of several months of ongoing effort by the TDE development team.
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.
Original R14.0.0 Release Notes
You can read the release notes of the original R14.0.0 release, on which
R14.0.1 is based, at
https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.0.0 .
R14.0.1 Release Notes
This section highlights some of the most important fixes introduced by
this release
* 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
The complete list of bugs fixed in this release is available at
http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=2246&hide_resolved…
.
A detailed commit change log is also available at
https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Changelog_For_R14.0.1 .
FreeBSD Support
TDE now has basic support for FreeBSD! Additional developers are always
welcome to help port over the remaining features and applications.
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 R14.0.1 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 .
In particular, the TDE project is desperately in need of additional disk
space for its build farm to store the package archives of Debian Stretch,
and also the built binaries for the additional architectures that TDE is
being built for. ARM and OpenPOWER may be the architectures of the
future, and we would like to ensure that TDE is available and functioning
on those platforms.
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
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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!
Press Contact Information
Project Founder/Administrator: Timothy Pearson, kb9vqf(a)pearsoncomputing.net
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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
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