Trinity Desktop Environment

The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new TDE Weblate Translation Workspace (TWTW) collaboration tool, which allows users to easily translate TDE strings into their languages ... [More] and contribute to improve the quality of the TDE translations. TWTW is a self-hosted instance of Weblate designed to manage TDE translations. It is tightly integrated with TDE Gitea Workspace (TGW) and provides: a simple and clean user interface for working on translationsintegrated quality checks of translationsdisplaying of referenced source files in TGWretrieving translations and templates from TGWautomatic updating of translations according to the templatesautomated committing of translations back into TGWproper crediting of translators in commit messagesconsistent updating of strings from both stable and development branches Thanks to TWTW users can simply focus on the translation work without having to worry about how to get the translation template files, how to update them and how to send their changes back to developers. Even users without any coding knowledge will be able to successfully contribute to improve translation strings and make TDE an even better environment. Read more about TWTW and how to use it on the wiki and access the workspace here. [Less]

We would like to publicly thanks vpsFree.org for kindly doubling the hosting space and memory provided to TDE for free. The TDE VPS server is becoming the de-facto new home of TDE and hosts some important services such as our self-hosted TDE Gitea ... [More] Workspace (the new place to be for developers), the main redirector (which makes distribution of new versions significantly faster), Slavek's preliminary stable and testing builds and the soon to be announced new translation workspace. vpsFree.org has been supporting TDE for free since September 2015 and the importance of the space that it provides has kept growing as time has gone by, truly benefitting developers and users. Thanks vpsFree.org, your help is well appreciated! [Less]

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 ... [More] 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 >= 1.1Enhancements 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 locationSecurity 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 here. The complete list of bugs fixed in this release is available at these locations: Bugzilla reports TGW issue listA detailed commit change log is also available here. 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 R14.0.4 R14.0.3 R14.0.2 R14.0.1 R14.0.0FreeBSD 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. Two good places to start communication are the project's mailing lists and bug tracker. 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. Without your financial assistance, TDE would not be possible! [Less]

The TDE development team is happy to announce that the next maintenance version R14.0.6 has been finalized and preparation for release has begun. Final touches and package building is underway. The list of bugs fixed in this release is available ... [More] at these locations:Bugzilla reportsTGW issue list A detailed change log is available on the TDE wiki Stay tuned for the official announcement of the R14.0.6 release! [Less]

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 ... [More] 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 interfacean easy tool for users and external developers to propose code changes and improvementsa quick way for code sharing and collaboration amongst developersa 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 codeusers who intend to report bugs and propose ideas for ehnancementcontributors who intend to submit code changes for inclusion into TDE official source codedevelopers 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 and access the workspace here. 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. [Less]

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 ... [More] 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 here. The complete list of bugs fixed in this release is available here. A detailed commit change log is also available here. Previous R14.0 Release Notes Release notes for previous versions of TDE are avaiable here. R14.0.4 R14.0.3 R14.0.2 R14.0.1 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 and bug tracker. 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. Without your financial assistance, TDE would not be possible! Press Contact Information Project Founder/Administrator: Timothy Pearson, [email protected] [Less]

The TDE development team is pleased to announce that the code for the next maintenance release of the R14.0.x series (R14.0.5) has reached the "frozen" state. Final touches and package building is now underway. The list of bugs fixed for this ... [More] release is available here A detailed change log is available on the TDE wiki Stay tuned for further updates and the final R14.0.5 release announcement! [Less]

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 ... [More] 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, here. You can read the release notes of the previous R14.0.2 release, on which R14.0.3 is based, here. You can read the release notes of the previous R14.0.1 release, on which R14.0.2 was based, here. You can read the release notes of the original R14.0.0 release here. R14.0.4 Release Notes * 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 here. A detailed commit change log is also available here. 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 and bug tracker. 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. We need your continued support to keep TDE online and under development, so please donate today! Without your financial assistance, TDE would not be possible! Press Contact Information Project Founder/Administrator: Timothy Pearson, [email protected] [Less]

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 ... [More] 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, here. You can read the release notes of the previous R14.0.1 release, on which R14.0.2 was based, here. You can read the release notes of the original R14.0.0 release here. 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 here. A detailed commit change log is also available here. 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 and bug tracker. 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. Without your financial assistance, TDE would not be possible! Press Contact Information Project Founder/Administrator: Timothy Pearson, [email protected] [Less]

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 ... [More] 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, here. You can read the release notes of the original R14.0.0 release here. 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 here. A detailed commit change log is also available here. 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 and bug tracker. 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. Without your financial assistance, TDE would not be possible! Press Contact Information Project Founder/Administrator: Timothy Pearson, [email protected] [Less]