The new version of Trinity desktop R14.0.6 has been released

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Trinity Desktop R14.0.6

After 6 months of development, the release of the new version of the Trinity R14.0.6 desktop environment has been announced, a desktop environment characterized by continuing to develop the KDE 3.5.x and Qt 3 code.

Of the characteristics that can be highlighted in this environment Trinity desktop, you can observe your own tools for managing display parameters, a udev-based layer for working with teams, a new interface for configuring teams, a transition to Compton-TDE manager.

Likewise, it also has an improved network configurator and user authentication mechanisms.

The environment Trinity can be installed and used at the same time as the latest versions of KDE, including the ability to use Trinity KDE applications already installed on the system.

There are also tools to correctly display the interface of GTK programs without violating a single style.

The goal of the project is to release continuous bug fixes, additional features, and recent hardware support.

Trinity Desktop is a fork of KDE 3.5 and is used as the default desktop environment for at least two Linux distributions, Q4OS and Exe GNU / Linux.

The new version introduces changes mainly related to bug fixes and work to improve the stability of the codebase.

Trinity desktop R14.0.6 highlights

Some components in this new release of Trinity desktop R14.0.6 are localized to use the CMake build system.

In addition to it developers stand out in ad In this new version the expanded capabilities associated with using CMake for mounting.

When built using CMake, the readability of the information output is improved during the compilation process in GCC.

Support for safe string conversion from type "TQString" to "char *" has been implemented.

With it according to the ad, sOn the basis of CMake, a framework has been prepared for updating file templates with translations with which a translation interface based on Weblate was added.

Another feature that we can highlight is the addition of support for the global set of linker options (LDFLAGS), established at the system configuration level.

On the other hand also developers comment that migration to QT4 has resumed, this is what the announcement of this new version tells us:

A few years ago, we started porting the codebase to Qt 4, but in 2014 this process froze. Until the migration to Qt4 is complete, the project maintains the Qt3 codebase, which continues to make bug fixes and improvements, despite the official end of Qt3 support.

Of the other features that are reported in this release we find:

  • Improved work with very large files.
  • Improved localization of dynamic libraries.
  • Resolved issues restarting or shutting down if there are other desktops on the system using systemd-logind.
  • Passwords can use special characters.
  • Improves the processing and viewing of PDF files.
  • Improved processing of files with logs.
  • The artifacts in the GUI were resolved and issues with missing icons were resolved.
  • Fixed issue with double notification output when connecting some external media.
  • Fixed bugs that led to the crash of KOrganizer.
  • Added support for OpenSSL 1.1+.

Also this release fixed some security bugs, such as CVE-2018-19870, CVE-2018-19873, CVE-2018-7225, CVE-2018-20021 and CVE-2018-20022.

If you want to know more about it, you can check the release note In the following link.

How to get Trinity desktop R14.0.6?

The new version of Trinity desktop R14.0.6 at the moment it is only available for construction from its source code.

So binary packages for Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL / CentOS, Fedora, openSUSE and other distributions will be released soon.

You can follow the instructions that are shared on the official website of the environment, where you will find the steps to follow for the different Linux distributions.


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  1.   Andreale Dicam said
    ago 5 years

    These kinds of projects are a shame and lack of trade. In Gnome, forks (Xfce, Mate, Budgie) are understood because the general performance is quite reprehensible even in teams with very good performance, and there have been many debates about dissatisfaction with the graphical interface proposed by its Shell and its CSD. But KDE? Plasma 5 is today a product of excellent quality and surpasses its predecessors 3 and 4 in all respects, which makes the main system of this article totally unnecessary.

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  2.   edwindrake said
    ago 4 years

    A like this fork is at best an effort, valid, as long as it comes to freedom. For example, I use the Trinity desktop a lot as a reminder, a memory of my early days as a Linux user. But it is a very, very desk and I repeat very light. None of the other desktops, except Enlightenment. To the point that I have it configured in three very old laptops and their owners thank me for keeping them working, with a nice and simple desktop.

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    1.    edwindrake said
      ago 4 years

      Errata:

      Where it says: "A like this fork is" should say "A project like this fork is"

      Where it says: "But it turns out a desk" should say "It also turns out a desk"

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  3.   husker75 said
    ago 4 years

    I installed it to test on an old netbook and it gave it a new life. It is very light and pleasing to the eye. The icons and desktop in general are the ones that I have liked the most since using KDE.

    Very grateful for the dedicated effort.

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