Difference between revisions of "Release Notes For R14.0.1"

Latest revision as of 21:20, 30 August 2015

Introduction

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.

Original R14.0.0 Release Notes

You can read the release notes of the original R14.0.0 release, on which R14.0.1 is based, here.

R14.0.1 Release Notes

This section highlights some of the most important fixes introduced by this release

Added support for Ubuntu Vivid 15.04
Added initial support for FreeBSD
Added support for ARM64 and PowerPC64le
Konqueror file filtering now works correctly
TDE session manager crashes should no longer be experienced
KHelpcenter incorrectly displayed content is now visualized correctly
Incorrect window transparency with TDE Compton has been eliminated
Incorrect circular dependency in Debian/Ubuntu packages has been resolved
TDEFileReplace no longer hangs/crashes when circular links are encountered
TDENetworkManager no longer crashes if an interace is removed
TDENetworkManager no longer hangs on point-to-point connections
TDevelop cmake template projects now builds correctly
Digikam slideshow no longer hangs
Several qt3/tqt3 security alerts have been fixed
Several FTBFS has been addressed
KDesktop no longer hangs on startup
KMail no longer crashes if closed in offline mode
KSquirrel can load codecs - works again

The complete list of bugs fixed in this release is available here.

A detailed commit change log is also available here.

FreeBSD Support

TDE now has basic support for FreeBSD! Additional developers are always welcome to help port over the remaining features and applications.

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 R14.0.1 preinstalled are available on the LiveCDs page.

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 and bug tracker.

Developers Wanted

The TDE development team is small but friendly. If you wish to participate in the TDE development process, please visit the Get involved page for additional information.

Contribute to the TDE Project

Creating TDE requires significant computing resources and bandwidth. Please consider helping to keep us online with a donation on our donations page. Without your financial assistance, TDE would not be possible!

Press Contact Information

Project Founder/Administrator: Timothy Pearson, kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net

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 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 it is the result of several months of ongoing effort by the development team.
+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 intented for bringing bug fixes to users in a more promptly manner than minor releases, while at the same time preserving the same stability by avoid the introduction of new features or major software rework.
+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.
+[[File:Tde_r14_0_1_trusty_livecd.png|500px|Trinity R14.0.1 Desktop]] [[File:Tde_r14_0_1_trusty_livecd_konqueror.png|500px|Trinity R14.0.1 Desktop] With Konqueror and Kicker]]
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 A detailed commit change log is also available [[Changelog_For_R14.0.1|here]].
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-<span style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#FF0000"> NOTE: check distro availability before release. Also need to prepare live CD as well.</span>
+===FreeBSD Support===
+TDE now has basic support for FreeBSD!  Additional developers are always welcome to help port over the remaining features and applications.
+[[File:Tde_r14_0_1_freebsd_desktop.png|500px|Trinity R14.0.1 Desktop on FreeBSD]]
+===Getting TDE===
 Installation instructions and binary packages are immediately available for [[DebianInstall|Debian]] and [[UbuntuInstall|Ubuntu]].  Packages for [[RedHatInstall|RedHat/CentOs]], [[FedoraInstall|Fedora]], [[MageiaInstall|Mageia]], [[OpenSUSEInstall|OpenSUSE]], and [[PCLinuxOSInstall|PCLinuxOS]] are being built by their respective maintainers and will be made available at a later date.