Difference between revisions of "Release Notes For R14.0.0"
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The following is a list of the major improvements TDE R14.0.0 brings along. |
The following is a list of the major improvements TDE R14.0.0 brings along. |
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* New HAL-independent hardware support based on udev. HAL support is still available for those systems (such as *bsd) that require it. |
* New HAL-independent hardware support based on udev. HAL support is still available for those systems (such as *bsd) that require it. |
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* Significant renaming of applications, libraries and packages to avoid conflicts with other desktop environments (most notably KDE) allowing TDE to be installed in parallel with other DE. |
* Significant renaming of applications, libraries and packages to avoid conflicts with other desktop environments (most notably KDE) allowing TDE to be installed in parallel with other DE. |
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* Switched from 'plain' Qt3 to the 'new' TQt3 interface, an enhanced version of Qt3 with a particular eye on improved stability and multi-threading support. |
* Switched from 'plain' Qt3 to the 'new' TQt3 interface, an enhanced version of Qt3 with a particular eye on improved stability and multi-threading support. |
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* A new TQt interface layer between TDE libraries/applications and TQt3. This allows selective adaptation of some Qt4 programming widgets. |
* A new TQt interface layer between TDE libraries/applications and TQt3. This allows selective adaptation of some Qt4 programming widgets. |
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| + | * Support for network-manager 0.9 and newer. |
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* Significant branding overhaul. |
* Significant branding overhaul. |
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* Further improved XDG compliance. |
* Further improved XDG compliance. |
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| + | * Continued migration from autotools to cmake. |
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| + | * TDE-style dialog box support for LibreOffice. |
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| + | * Improved Secure Attention Key. |
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| + | * Mac-like window switching. |
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| + | * Kate sort plugin now available. |
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| + | * Rearrangeable items in the taskbar. |
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| + | * Show Icons Only option for taskbar. |
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| + | * Improved application crash report framework, now also including source code commit references for better debugging. |
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| + | * A mouse double-click speed test option in the control panel. |
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| + | * A smooth crossfade effect is now available when changing the desktop wallpaper. |
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| + | * Improved project documentation and localization. |
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| + | For a more detailed list of improvements please refer to the TDE R14.0.0 Release Notes (available [http://trinity.etherpad.trinitydesktop.org/78 here] or by typing <span style="color:purple">help:/khelpcenter/releasenotes</span> in Konqueror or <span style="color:purple">khelpcenter help:/khelpcenter/releasenotes</span> from the CLI). |
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| − | A full list of changes can be found on the full changelog. |
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Revision as of 04:11, 2 December 2014
!!!NOTE!!!
This page is still under construction. TDE R14.0.0 has not yet been released
2014.xx.yy (TODO: Insert final release date): TDE R14.0.0 is now available for download!
The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) development team is happy to announce the immediate availability of the new R14.0.0 release.
R14 has been over 2 years in development. Such long 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!
(TODO: Update screenshot for final release. Possibly add one more screenshot)
Installation instructions
(TODO: Update installation instruction for Debian, Ubuntu, RedHat, Fedora, Mageia, OpenSUSE, PCLinuxOS)
(TODO: are packages for Slackware going to be provided? What about Arch? Are we forgetting some other distros for which packages will be available?)
Installation instructions and binary packages are available for Debian, Ubuntu, RedHat/CentOs, Fedora, Mageia, OpenSUSE, PCLinuxOS.
Live CDs are also available following the instructons at this page.
Major Improvements from 3.5.13
The following is a list of the major improvements TDE R14.0.0 brings along.
- New HAL-independent hardware support based on udev. HAL support is still available for those systems (such as *bsd) that require it.
- Significant renaming of applications, libraries and packages to avoid conflicts with other desktop environments (most notably KDE) allowing TDE to be installed in parallel with other DE.
- Switched from 'plain' Qt3 to the 'new' TQt3 interface, an enhanced version of Qt3 with a particular eye on improved stability and multi-threading support.
- A new TQt interface layer between TDE libraries/applications and TQt3. This allows selective adaptation of some Qt4 programming widgets.
- Support for network-manager 0.9 and newer.
- Switched compositor from Kompmgr to Compton.
- Added support for ARM architectures and RaspBian.
- New website design.
Other important changes
This is a non-comprehensive list of other significant changes made in R14.0.0.
- Migrated the TDE source repository to GIT.
- Significant branding overhaul.
- Further improved XDG compliance.
- Continued migration from autotools to cmake.
- TDE-style dialog box support for LibreOffice.
- Improved Secure Attention Key.
- Mac-like window switching.
- Kate sort plugin now available.
- Rearrangeable items in the taskbar.
- Show Icons Only option for taskbar.
- Improved application crash report framework, now also including source code commit references for better debugging.
- A mouse double-click speed test option in the control panel.
- A smooth crossfade effect is now available when changing the desktop wallpaper.
- Improved project documentation and localization.
For a more detailed list of improvements please refer to the TDE R14.0.0 Release Notes (available here or by typing help:/khelpcenter/releasenotes in Konqueror or khelpcenter help:/khelpcenter/releasenotes from the CLI).