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2024.10.27: TDE R14.1.3 released!

The Trinity Desktop Environment development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the TDE R14.1.3 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.

R14.1.3 is the third maintenance release of the R14.1.x series. Upgrading from R14.1.2 should be straightforward.
The key highlights of this version are:

• initial integration with the XDG Desktop Portal API
• TDE Control Center module for touchpad settings
• new mallory twin theme
• support for window tiling through context menu
• tde-ebook-reader, a TQt port of FBReader
• Solarized color themes for Konsole
• support for back/forward history mouse buttons in various applications
• support for Python 3.13
• a TQt for of UniversalIndentGUI to ease source code formatting
• SFTP connection option for knetattach
• khotkeys running as a kded module rather than standalone
• ksirc functional again
• various enhancements or bug fixes to TQt3 and various applications

There are many more changes both under the hood and visible to users, so please refer to the links below for a longer list and further details.

• Full version of the Release Notes, including screenshots of some features
• TGW issue list
• Detailed commit changelog

We would like to thank all the people who have contributed to the preparation of this release and we are looking forward for further contributions in future.

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We would also like to thanks all those who have donated to the project. Please consider supporting the project with a donation.

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