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New Release of the Trinity Desktop Environment

Posted by Soulskill on from the onward-and-upward dept.

mescobal writes: A new release of the Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) is out. TDE is "a computer desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems with a primary goal of retaining the function and form of traditional desktop computers" which translates into a fully functional KDE 3 style Desktop. Something is missing in the new generation of desktop environments, since some people (perhaps more than "some") feel at home with Gnome 2 or KDE i3. They have repositories for Debian and Ubuntu-based distros. I'm now using it on Ubuntu 15.04, amazed about how well-planned things were in the previous generation of DE. We may have gained some things with Gnome 3 and Plasma 5, but we lost a lot of good features too. TDE brings them back.

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  1. Re:Change the channel, Marge by epyT-R · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The real issue with UI lately is the 'mobilization' of the desktop, to its detriment. Windows, osx, and linux all suffer from it now. At least the latter allows the user to run alternatives.

  2. Re:Change the channel, Marge by 0123456 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Unfortunately, even if you install a real desktop, you still suffer from the 'mobilization' of the web.

    So many websites have now been redesigned for touchscreens to the point where they're utter crap on a desktop machine.

    I really can't wait until this 'mobile' fad is over, and the 'UX designers' find some other fad to chase after.

  3. Why not clone OS X? by countach · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There was a time when people thought Linux would become a contender on the desktop. That basically hasn't happened, and it's not going to happen in a big way. Thus linux users are starved for good native apps (kinda a chicken and egg thing going on too).

    Now if you ditched KDE and Gnome and simply went with a full on clone of OS X, suddenly a whole ton of apps would come to Linux, whether it be running OS X apps as-is or whether you convince developers to do a simple recompile for Linux. Whether you like OS X or don't like it, the reality is this would boost Linux, bring apps, and give a shoe in for a possible desktop future for Linux.

    And the reality is, OS X is actually quite good. Apple developers have always quite liked developing for the platform, users apparently like it, so nobody would be terribly upset.

    Or you can keep running with the failed KDE/Gnome wars.