Trinity Desktop Environment
{{Short description|Desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = Trinity Desktop Environment
| logo = Trinity DE logo crystal.png
| logo size = 50px
| screenshot =
| screenshot size = 300px
| caption = Trinity R14.1.0
| developer = TDE development team
| released =
| latest release version = R14.1.4
| latest release date = April 27, 2025
| programming language = C++ (TQt)
| operating system = Unix-like with X11
| platform = FreeBSD and Linux
| language = Multilingual
| replaces = K Desktop Environment 3
| genre = Desktop environment
| license = GPL and other licenses
| website = {{url|https://www.trinitydesktop.org/}}
}}
File:Screenshot of Trinity 3.5.12.png
File:Trinity Desktop Env. snapshot2.png
The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) is a complete software desktop environment{{Cite web|title=Trinity Desktop Environment: Keeping KDE 3 alive [LWN.net]|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/468807/|access-date=2021-09-24|website=lwn.net}}{{Cite web|last=Grüner|first=Sebastian|title=KDE3-Fork integriert neue Software|url=https://www.golem.de/news/trinity-desktop-r14-kde3-fork-integriert-neue-software-1412-111240.html|access-date=2021-09-24|website=golem.de}} designed for Linux and Unix-like operating systems, intended for computer users preferring a traditional desktop model, and is free/libre software. Born as a fork of KDE 3.5 in 2010, it was originally created by Timothy Pearson, who had coordinated Kubuntu remixes featuring KDE 3.5 after Kubuntu switched to KDE Plasma 4.{{cite web|last=Byfield|first=Bruce|date=29 June 2012|title=Trinity KDE: KDE 3 Zombified or Resurrected?|url=http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3890311/Trinity-KDE-KDE-3-Zombified-or-Resurrected.htm|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121095121/http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3890311/Trinity-KDE-KDE-3-Zombified-or-Resurrected.htm|archivedate=21 January 2012|accessdate=3 November 2012|work=Datamation|publisher=QuinStreet Inc.}}
TDE is now a fully independent project with its own development team, available for various Linux distros, BSD and DilOS. It is currently led by Slávek Banko.
TDE releases aims to provide a stable and highly customizable desktop, continuing bug fixes, additional features, and compatibility with recent hardware. Trinity is packaged for Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Mageia, OpenSUSE, Raspberry Pi OS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Slackware, Ubuntu and various other distributions and architectures.{{cite web|url=http://www.trinitydesktop.org/releases/3.5.13.2/|title=Trinity Desktop Environment|author=Trinity Desktop Project|accessdate=3 November 2012}} It is also used as the default desktop environment of at least two Linux distributions, Q4OS and Exe GNU/Linux.{{cite web|title=DistroWatch: Exe GNU/Linux|url=http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=exe|website=DistroWatch|publisher=Unsigned Integer Limited|date=26 August 2017|accessdate=8 September 2017|editor=Smith, J|location=Copenhagen, Denmark}}{{cite web|title=DistroWatch: Q4OS|url=http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=q4os|website=DistroWatch|publisher=Unsigned Integer Limited|date=26 August 2017|accessdate=8 September 2017|editor=Smith, J|location=Copenhagen, Denmark}} Since version 3.5.12 (its second official release), it uses its own fork of Qt3, known as TQt, so as to make it easier to eventually make TQt installable alongside later Qt releases.{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_3.5.12#Back_End_Improvements|title=Release Notes For 3.5.12 - Trinity Desktop Project Wiki|website=wiki.trinitydesktop.org|language=en|access-date=2017-08-26}} Trinity also maintains its own versions of several KDE software applications using TQt,{{Cite web |title=Trinity Applications |url=https://trinitydesktop.org/applications.php |access-date=30 December 2023 |website=Trinity Desktop Environment}} while still providing feature updates and ensuring compatibility with recent distributions and hardware.{{Cite web |last=Arindam |date=2022 |title=Trinity Desktop Environment R14.0.13 is now out with updates! |url=https://debugpointnews.com/trinity-desktop-environment-r14-0-13/ |access-date=30 December 2023 |website=DebugPoint News}}{{Cite web |last=Arindam |date=October 2023 |title=Trinity Desktop Environment 14.1.1: Your Classic Linux Desktop Choice |url=https://www.debugpoint.com/tde-release-r14-1-1/ |access-date=30 December 2023 |website=DebugPoint}}
Releases
Early releases of Trinity used a versioning scheme based on that of K Desktop Environment 3.5, from which it was forked. The R14.0 release adopted a new versioning scheme, to prevent comparisons with KDE based on version number alone and a new visual theme.{{Cite web|url=https://trinitydesktop.org/newsentry.php?entry=2014.12.16|title=Trinity Desktop Environment R14.0.0 Released!|website=trinitydesktop.org|access-date=2017-08-17}} This new visual theme was based on the "KDE Lineart" background included in the wallpapers package for KDE 3.4 and covered the desktop background and was named "Trinity Lineart" along with the splash screen, "application info screens" (for some apps like Konqueror and Trinity Control Center), and banners (for some other apps like KPersonalizer and Kate). The window, widget, and icon themes were left intact, aside from replacing all KDE logos with Trinity logos.
Prior to this, Trinity kept the KDE 3.5 visual theme, but replaced the "KDE 3.5" branding with "TDE" branding, in a font that is not the "Kabel Book"{{Cite web|url=http://www.kde.org/stuff/clipart.php|title=KDE - Clipart|website=www.kde.org|language=en|access-date=2017-08-17}} font KDE used, although the K-Menu had its side image branded as just "Trinity" instead of "TDE". Kubuntu versions, on the other hand, used the included "Crystal Fire" background as the default desktop background, along with the K-Menu "side image", larger menu items, and menu layout from Kubuntu 8.04.
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References
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External links
{{Portal|Free and open-source software|Linux}}
- {{Official website}}
- [https://git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit/ git repository for viewers]
- [https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE git repository for developers]
{{Desktop environments and window managers for X11 and Wayland}}