---- Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@...> wrote: > -----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! > > Press Contact Information > > Project Founder/Administrator: Timothy Pearson, > kb9vqf@... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > > iFYEARELAAYFAlSQln8ACgkQLaxZSoRZrGH6YADgybpgKaNr2Q8Q3vb56nzL4NtC > lsmpXHIyWPZHCwDbBcGsKBtWM6pgYhizFqDRmsDDm/Ptug9yHQ17zQ== > =B/8v > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@... > For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... > Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > Thanks to you and the rest of the development team for this early Christmas gift! I am currently running on a version built from git sources downloaded last February and will be compiling R14 from the new source tarballs. Are these instructions current: https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/How_to_Build_TDE_Core_Modules ?