2023.10.29: TDE R14.1.1 released!

The Trinity Desktop Environment development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the TDE R14.1.1 release.



TDE is a free/libre lightweight desktop environment intended for computer users preferring a lean and efficient experience. It is available for various Linux distros, BSD and DilOS. Low on system requirements, it is also an ideal choice for dated hardware, while still providing a fully usable desktop.


2023.04.30: TDE R14.1.0 released!

After 8+ years from R14.0.0 and in line with our standard 6 months release cycle, the Trinity Desktop Environment development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of TDE R14.1.0!



TDE is a free/libre lightweight desktop environment intended for computer users preferring a lean and efficient experience. It is available for various Linux distros, BSD and DilOS. Low on system requirements, it is also an ideal choice for dated hardware, while still providing a fully usable desktop.


2023.01.09: Introducing @tde@floss.social, the official TDE Mastodon channel!


TDE floss channel

The channel is intended to provide a space for promptly sharing information about new features, bug fixes, announcements and any other thing that may be related to the development of the TDE project.



2022.10.30: TDE R14.0.13 is here!

The Trinity Desktop Environment development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the TDE R14.0.13 release.



TDE is a free/libre lightweight desktop environment intended for computer users preferring a lean and efficient experience. It is available for various Linux distros, BSD and DilOS.
Low on system requirements, it is also an ideal choice for dated hardware, while still providing a fully usable desktop.
Born from the ashes of KDE 3.5.10 in 2010, TDE is a fully independent project with its own personality, community and development team.


2022.05.01: TDE R14.0.12 release is ready!

The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of TDE R14.0.12.

TDE 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. Born as a fork of KDE 3.5 back in 2010, TDE is now a fully independent project with its own personality and development team, available for various Linux distros, BSD and DilOS.




2021.10.31: TDE R14.0.11 release is ready!

The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of TDE R14.0.11.

TDE 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. Born as a fork of KDE 3.5 back in 2010, TDE is now a fully independent project with its own personality and development team, available for various Linux distros, BSD and DilOS.




2021.04.30: TDE R14.0.10 release is ready!

The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of TDE R14.0.10.

TDE 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. Born as a fork of KDE 3.5 back in 2010, TDE is now a fully independent project with its own personality and development team, available for various Linux distros, BSD and DilOS.




2021.03.10: TDE team is pleased to announce several news





2020.11.01: TDE R14.0.9 release is here!

The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of TDE R14.0.9. Albeit being a maintenance release, this version brings along a bunch of new applications to expand the offer of the TDE desktop and provide a more modern look.

TDE 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. Born as a fork of KDE 3.5 back in 2010, TDE is now a fully independent project with its own personality and development team, available for various Linux distros, BSD and DilOS.




2020.09.04: TDE launching brand new mailing lists!

The TDE Team is pleased to announce the introduction of brand new mailing lists on the @trinitydesktop.org domain.

The new mail server is hosted on the tde-box machine donated by IntegriCloud and the archive of the previous mailing lists has been imported so there is no loss of previous posts.

To ensure a smooth migration for the users, an agent that forwards posts between old and new MLs has been setup.


2020.04.29: TDE celebrating its 10th anniversary with new R14.0.8 release!

Ten years ago today, the Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) saw the release of its first version (3.5.11). Lot of things have happened since that day but TDE has continued to grow and flourish throughout the years. Today the project is healthier than ever, with dedicated self-hosted servers, regular releases, modern collaboration tools and a vibrant community of users and enthusiasts.

The development team is pleased to celebrate TDE's 10th birthday by announcing the immediate availability of the new TDE R14.0.8 release. TDE 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.

R14.0.8 is the eighth maintenance release of the R14.0 series, and is built on and improves the previous R14.0.7 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.


2019.12.30: Trinity Desktop Environment R14.0.7 Released!

The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new TDE R14.0.7 release. TDE 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.

R14.0.7 is the seventh maintenance release of the R14.0 series, and is built on and improves the previous R14.0.6 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.




2019.05.19: TDE Weblate Translation Workspace Available!

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 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:


2019.05.11: TDE doubles disk space and memory availability on its VPS server!

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 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.


2019.03.30: Trinity Desktop Environment R14.0.6 Released!

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 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.




2019.03.02: Trinity Desktop Environment is getting ready for release R14.0.6!


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 at these locations: A detailed change log is available on the TDE wiki



2018.10.15: TDE Gitea Workspace Available!

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 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:


2018.08.18: Trinity Desktop Environment R14.0.5 Released!

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 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.




2018.07.25: Trinity Desktop Environment release R14.0.5 coming soon!


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 release is available here



2016.11.07: Trinity Desktop Environment R14.0.4 Released!

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 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.




2016.02.28: Trinity Desktop Environment R14.0.3 Released!

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 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.




2015.11.28: Trinity Desktop Environment R14.0.2 Released!

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 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.




2015.10.19: Trinity Desktop Project Public Infrastructure Updates

The Trinity Desktop Project is pleased to announce several enhancements to its infrastructure components. In particular, the patchset and autobuild systems have been completely rewritten and updated to run on a much tighter period -- the list of patches is now updated every 15 minutes, and most autobuilds will be triggered within 15 minutes of a related GIT commit.

We have also deployed a new mirror redirector courtesy of Slávek Banko; this redirector uses information from the master TDE services to make mirroring decisions, but is located in a region with more stable Internet service and higher available bandwidth. This new redirector will ride through any short-duration outages of the master services with no problems whatsoever, and should alleviate some of the long-standing package installation issues reported to the list.

As mentioned on the mailing list the nightly builds are now available by invitation only. This decision was made to reduce extremely high bandwidth usage from the master servers that was degrading service for all users. If you are a TDE developer, high-level financial contributor, or are active on the bugtracker, you may contact Timothy Pearson to request access. Please include details of why you would like to install the nightly builds, for example if you are testing a patch for an issue reported on the bugtracker or need support for a newer Linux distribution.


2015.08.30: Trinity Desktop Environment R14.0.1 Released!

The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new TDE R14.0.1 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.

R14.0.1 is the first maintenance release of the R14.0 series, and is the result of several months of ongoing effort by the TDE development team. 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.




2015.07.10: Trinity Desktop Environment release R14.0.1 coming soon!

The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is pleased to announce that the base code for the first maintenance release of the R14.0.x series (R14.0.1) has reached the "frozen" state. Final touches and package building is now underway.

The list of bugs fixed for this release is available here

A detailed change log is available on the TDE wiki


2014.12.16: Trinity Desktop Environment R14.0.0 Released!

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!


2014.12.02: TDE R14.0.0 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) is now available for download!


R14 has been over 2 years in development. This delay has allowed us to create a better, more feature-rich and more stable 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, significantly improved compliance with XDG specifications, a revamped, modern style engine, built-in threading support, and much more!





2014.11.19: TDE R14.0.0 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is now available for download!


R14 has been over 2 years in development. This delay has allowed us to create a better, more feature-rich and more stable 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, built-in threading support, and much more!





2013.07.21: Trinity Desktop Environment 3.5.13.2 SRU Released!

The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 3.5.13.2 of the Trinity Desktop Environment. 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.

The 3.5.13.x releases, also known as "SRU", are focused on maintaining and stabilizing the classic 3.5.13 branch of TDE, which was originally based on KDE 3.5.10.




2013.06.25: TDE 3.5.13.2 SRU release underway

We are pleased to announce the imminent release of the second Stable Release Update (SRU) for TDE v3.5.13. Binary packages are currently being uploaded to the main TDE archive, which may cause temporary disruption to new installations of TDE. Continue to watch this page for further updates, and the full TDE 3.5.13.2 release announcement!



2012.11.18: GTK3/TDE theme engine added to the TDE repository!

We are pleased to announce the public release of a full TDE theme engine for GTK3! This engine allows GTK3 applications to use your current TDE widget style, creating a more unified experience across multiple toolkits. The source code is now accessible via TDE GIT, with binary builds for Debian and Ubuntu coming shortly.

NOTE: This engine is designed to work with TDE >= R14 and GTK >= 3.7, and is not available for the current 3.5.13.1 release. The GTK version cutoff was determined largely by the maturity of the GTK style engine, which did not provide many required style functions until version 3.7. Please note that GTK 3.7 contains several bugs which will have a detrimental effect on this style engine, and also that the engine itself is currently in an alpha quality state.

A screenshot of the GTK3 version of Glade running under TDE using the Plastik widget style is shown below:

As always, if you like what you see please consider making a donation to the Trinity Desktop Project; your donations help keep the site online and allow more time to be spend on development work such as this new engine.



2012.11.07: New LDAP/Kerberos components added to the TDE repository!

We are pleased to announce the public release of two components of a TDE LDAP/Kerberos toolkit! The two components released today are libtdeldap and kerberostray, both of which are now accessible via TDE GIT with binary builds for Debian and Ubuntu coming shortly.

Additionally, other portions of this suite of LDAP/Kerberos tools are being offered through the TDE bounty program. These tools are geared towards enterprise users, and cover all aspects of creating, managing, and using LDAP/Kerberos realms.

For more information, screenshots, statistics, and demo videos, please visit the TDE RFE page.

NOTE: These components are designed to work with TDE >= R14, and are not available for the current 3.5.13.1 release.



2012.10.11: Trinity Desktop Environment 3.5.13.1 SRU Released!

The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 3.5.13.1 of the Trinity Desktop Environment. 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.



Almost a year in development and testing, this stable release update is comprised of 141 bug fixes and 1,193 patches. This new release does not introduce new features but is focused on stabilizing the 3.5.13 release. It should be a smooth update for everyone currently using TDE v3.5.13.


2012.09.04: Summer Recap

The summer season (in the northern hemisphere), traditionally a time when many people shift paces to enjoy outdoor activities and traveling, begins to close. Despite this traditional change of pace the past three months, Trinity development continued at a methodical pace. From June 1 to August 31 there were 131 bug reports or enhancement requests resolved in the bug tracker, as well as issues resolved through discussion in the developer's mailing list.

During the past several months, many changes occurred in the upstream free/libre software world, such as changes to GCC, GLIBC, GLIB2, LIBPNG, FFMPEG, HAL, etc. Those changes occurred in rapid succession and close proximity. Resolving Trinity related issues has been challenging.

The Trinity development team kept pace. The online Patches web page shows the progress of resolving those challenges: https://www.trinitydesktop.org/patches/


2012.07.09: New programs added to the TDE Bounty Program

We are pleased to announce the addition of a full suite of LDAP/Kerberos tools to the TDE bounty program! These tools are geared towards enterprise users, and cover all aspects of creating, managing, and using LDAP/Kerberos realms.

For more information, screenshots, statistics, and demo videos, please visit the TDE RFE page.



2012.06.12: TDE R14 progress update

TDE development is still actively progressing towards the R14 release. As you may be aware, the TDE project has decided to release when ready instead of following a strict release schedule; this decision was made to increase the overall quality of the TDE system and to make it more attractive for use in enterprise environments. Over the past few weeks many critical bugs have been quashed and we are tentatively rescheduling R14 release for Fall 2012.

If you are interested you can roughly follow the development team's progress towards release via this link. When all of the Blocker bugs have been resolved, and a majority (if not all) of the Critical bugs have also been resolved, the TDE codebase can be considered ready for release.

Of course we can always use help in fixing these bugs! If you would like to join in, simpy find a bug on the bugtracker that you think you can fix, grab a copy of our current GIT tree, and hack away. When you think you have the bug fixed, upload your patch to the bug report and we'll look over it for inclusion in the TDE source tree.


2012.05.01: TDE spring fundraiser success!

The TDE spring fundraiser has not only met, but exceeded, our $2,000 goal with $2,241.50 collected! The TDE project relies on your financial support to continue development of this reliable and easy-to-use desktop environment, so I offer a sincere thank you to all who have donated to keep this project alive and online.

The Qt4/TDE theme engine is now in the public GIT tree. Over time I will likely integrate some of the core Qt4 interface code directly into tdelibs, making it easy for TDE developers to add Qt4 widgets into TDE applications where needed or desired.

Once again, thank you to all who contributed, including those individuals who have volunteered time and effort to assist with TDE development. TDE would not be where it is today without your continued support!


2012.03.21: TDE spring fundraiser

It's time for our TDE spring fundraiser!

The TDE project relies on your financial support to continue development of this reliable and easy-to-use desktop environment. As my way of saying thank you I have developed a new theme engine for Qt4 that allows you to use your TDE styles and file dialogs in new Qt4 applications, as well as interface methods required to easily convert common Qt4 objects to TQt3 objects and vice versa.

If we can raise the $2,000 required to keep the TDE project running for the rest of the year by April 30, 2012, I will release the source code for this new theme engine under the GPL and also integrate it into the next TDE release. Once this engine and the conversion methods are part of TDE, the foundation will have been laid for work to begin on a Webkit-based replacement for the aging TDEHTML engine.


2012.01.01: SVN to GIT Migration Complete

The TDE project is proud to announce the completion of its SVN to GIT migration, and the GIT repository is now officially open for public access! In addition to migrating to GIT, the TDE project has also substantially completed a project to rename core TDE libraries so that they do not conflict with core KDE libraries, and has also cleaned up many of the obsolete references to KDE within the source code itself.

For those who have not used the TDE GIT system before, there are brief tutorials available here. As always, if you run into problems join us on IRC or on the mailing lists.

Critical bugfixes and a new feature or two are already present in GIT, and the TDE development team will continue updating the GIT codebase with patches from the bugtracker in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for further updates as we kick off this new year with a modern source control system!


2011.11.01: Trinity Desktop Environment Version 3.5.13 Released!

Trinity Desktop Environment version 3.5.13 has been released! This version provides significant enhancements to areas such as desktop security, GTK application support, and general usability.

You will find a detailed list of upgrades and improvements to the Trinity system here:
https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_3.5.13



2011.05.02: Ubuntu Natty upgrade instructions

As you are most likely already aware, the Trinity project has decoupled its release cycle from Ubuntu's 6 month cycle in order to ensure a quality release. As a result, Natty specific packages have not been built. However, if you wish to upgrade your existing Maverick installation with Trinity to Natty, you may do so via these community provided upgrade instructions.


As always, we recommend that you subscribe to the Trinity project mailing list to ask any questions you may have or to share your upgrade experience.



2011.03.12: New Website Launched

The Trinity Web Team has launched a long overdue website makeover! The new website design provides a look and feel more befitting the modern Trinity Desktop Environment, and should make it easier to find any information you need.

The new site was written by Calvin Morrison, with general direction from Timothy Pearson and technical assistance from Serghei Amelian. As always, bugs should be reported to the project's bug tracker.



2010.10.03: Trinity Desktop Environment Version 3.5.12 Released!

Trinity Desktop Environment version 3.5.12 has been released! This
version provides significant enhancements to areas such as Personal
Information Management (PIM), GTK application support, and general
usability.