tde-users September 2025

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Darkness ISO March 2025
by Dr. Nikolaus Klepp 10 May '26

10 May '26

Hi all! I just uploaded my "Darkness" iso, march 2025 version. As usual bleeding edge Devuan + TDE :) A note on Installation: Don't forget installing the bootloader. What do you get: - Devuan Testing - TDE 14.2.0 (dev branch) - Openscad - Firefox v135 - Kernel 6.12.17 - most firmware blobs - dark theme I have removed [i]Zim Desktop Wiki[i] due to the vast number of dependencies it pulls in. UID / PWD: user / user root / toor ISO: https://samhain.at/devuan_tde/darkness-20250302.iso SHA256: https://samhain.at/devuan_tde/darkness-20250302.iso.sha256 Default language is austrian german. Russian and englisch language packs are installed, too. Nik -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...

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Darkness - new version :)
by Dr. Nikolaus Klepp 07 Oct '25

07 Oct '25

Hi all! I just finished uploading the latest version of "darkness". Biggest changes: - TDE 14.2-DEVELOPMENT - Xlibre instaed of Xorg - new background images - kernel 6.16.8 - own repository for darkness-specific packages (ATM a package for the repo and the wallpapers) Issues solved: - EFI installation on blank disk works now - TDE language packs of unused languages are removed when booting from iso, so that translations of missing texts come from english and not from any other language pack. - Crashes on Intel GM965/GL960 (Lenovo X61) Download (I got myself a bigger webspace): - https://www.klepp.cn/darkness/iso/darkness-20250928.iso - https://www.klepp.cn/darkness/iso/darkness-20250928.iso.sha256 Some Images: https://www.klepp.cn/darkness/iso/darkness-20250928-0.png https://www.klepp.cn/darkness/iso/darkness-20250928-1.png https://www.klepp.cn/darkness/iso/darkness-20250928-2.png https://www.klepp.cn/darkness/iso/darkness-20250928-3.png All the new wallpapers: https://www.klepp.cn/darkness/iso/darkness-20250928-wallpapers.png Please feel free to download and try .. and post your experience ;) Nik -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...

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I want to try TDE again, but don't know much about openSuse Leap.
by Christopher Marlow 01 Oct '25

01 Oct '25

I am interested in trying TDE again, but like, how do you update Leap? I know in Tumbleweed it was "sudo zypper dup" Thanks,Chris Current OS: Debian 13.0.0 with Plasma 6.

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trinitydesktop.org down?
by Dr. Nikolaus Klepp 29 Sep '25

29 Sep '25

Is by chance http://trinitydesktop.org/ down? I get a timout since yesterday. Nik -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...

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Kate toolbar has become scrambled, almost unusable
by J Leslie Turriff 28 Sep '25

28 Sep '25

My Kate toolbar has become seriously deranged, with items out of order or missing. I tried using Toolbar Menu => Configure Toolbars... to fix it, but removing/readding/rearranging/resaving the icons does nothing. I'm reluctant to just erase the various .trinity/share/*/kate*rc files and start over because of the amount of toolbar customization involved. <https://c.mail.com/@649596501445582267/Z3aOiUr9-kbhFojWHpDOzg> is a link to a screenshot showing the difference between the toolbar and its supposed configuration. Note how the buttons are rearranged, and how the Open File button is completely missing. Leslie -- Platform: Linux Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.6 - x86_64 Desktop Environment: Trinity Qt: 3.5.0 TDE: R14.1.4 tde-config: 1.0

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Live CD with Debian/TDE?
by dep 28 Sep '25

28 Sep '25

Hi, everybody! We're two months away from Microsoft Corp. discontinuing "support" of Windows 10. In conjunction with this, Windows 11, which is not just awful but also invasive, requires that many people purchase new computers. No doubt some will do this -- there will always be people who have more dollars than sense -- but many may be ripe for an alternative. I'll be in the next couple of days writing a piece on that alternative. The best choice, in my view, is Debian and TDE. So I'm seeking an installable live CD that provides just that. I thought there was one, "Matrix OS," but when one follows the link on the LiveCDs page -- https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/LiveCDs -- it throws a "your account is suspended" error. Is there another Debian spin containing TDE? It would be good if TDE were included in DEbian already -- Enlightenment is in the repository -- but I am not here to solve that problem. I'm here to rescue those whose computers have been abandoned by msft and, with luck, increase the TDE user base a bit. Thing is, I cannot recommend any other distribution or desktop. -- dep Pictures: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/depscribe/album Column: https://ofb.biz/author/dep/

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Darkness - new version :)
by Dr. Nikolaus Klepp 28 Sep '25

28 Sep '25

Hi all! I just finised uploading the latest version of "darkness". Biggest changes: - TDE 14.2-DEVELOPMENT - Xlibre instaed of Xorg - new background images - kernel 6.16.8 - own repository for darkness-specific packages (ATM a package for the repo and the wallpapers) Issues solved: - EFI installation on blank disk works now - TDE language packs of unused languages are removed when booting from iso, so that translations of missing texts come from english and not from any other language pack. - Crashes on Intel GM965/GL960 (Lenovo X61) Download - oh jes, I got myself a bigger webspace: - https://www.klepp.cn/darkness/iso/darkness-20250928.iso - https://www.klepp.cn/darkness/iso/darkness-20250928.iso.sha256 Some Images: https://www.klepp.cn/darkness/iso/darkness-20250928-0.png https://www.klepp.cn/darkness/iso/darkness-20250928-1.png https://www.klepp.cn/darkness/iso/darkness-20250928-2.png https://www.klepp.cn/darkness/iso/darkness-20250928-3.png https://www.klepp.cn/darkness/iso/darkness-20250928-wallpapers.png Please feel free to download and try .. and post your experience ;) Nik -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...

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Debian question
by J Leslie Turriff 28 Sep '25

28 Sep '25

I'm considering switching from openSUSE to Debian. I have several encrypted partitions in a separate storage volume that I would like to mount in /home. Can the Debian installer do that without reformatting them? (openSUSE's YaST installer once could do that but no longer does, one of several reasons for moving away from openSUSE.) Leslie -- Platform: Linux Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.6 - x86_64 Desktop Environment: Trinity Qt: 3.5.0 TDE: R14.1.4 tde-config: 1.0

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TDE with NextCloud or any other Cal/CardDav
by deloptes 27 Sep '25

27 Sep '25

Hi Has someone experience with NextCLoud or any other Cal/CardDav. thank you in advance

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Pretty cool
by dep 26 Sep '25

26 Sep '25

Here's the modern, grown-up analog to the computer-in-keyboard devices of s generation (or, could it be, two generations) ago. Because it has Raspberry Pi 5 innards (plus 16 gigs of memory and a decent SSD), it will run a full Linux install -- Raspberry PiOS is Debian, currently Bookworm -- and I have run TDE on a Pi 5 eith no problem. At $200 it is expensive for a Raspberry but with, now, a good keyboard, cheap for a decent computer. https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/25/peak_pi_reached_with_raspberry/?td=r… dep Pictures: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/depscribe/album Column: https://ofb.biz/author/dep/

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