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Trinity Desktop Environment
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<p>The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) is a complete software desktop environment designed for <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> and <a href="/facts/Unix-like/YAKrAxzd">Unix-like</a> operating systems, intended for computer users preferring a traditional desktop model, and is free/libre software. Born as a fork of KDE 3.5 in 2010, it was originally created by Timothy Pearson, who had coordinated <a href="/facts/Kubuntu/6yk3u3EP">Kubuntu</a> remixes featuring KDE 3.5 after Kubuntu switched to <a href="/facts/KDE_Plasma_4/TUKWBM1W">KDE Plasma 4</a>. </p><p>TDE is now a fully independent project with its own development team, available for various Linux distros, <a href="/facts/Berkeley_Software_Distribution/XQKcURrh">BSD</a> and DilOS. It is currently led by Slávek Banko. </p><p>TDE releases aims to provide a stable and highly customizable desktop, continuing bug fixes, additional features, and compatibility with recent hardware. Trinity is packaged for <a href="/facts/Arch_Linux/MTFCkLqH">Arch Linux</a>, <a href="/facts/Debian/cBd93qfJ">Debian</a>, <a href="/facts/Fedora_(operating_system)/LJ2ocge5">Fedora</a>, <a href="/facts/Gentoo_Linux/zX81Cqs8">Gentoo</a>, <a href="/facts/Mageia/FIbbAsr6">Mageia</a>, <a href="/facts/OpenSUSE/mFzGMY3z">OpenSUSE</a>, <a href="/facts/Raspberry_Pi_OS/YGjcyaN7">Raspberry Pi OS</a>, <a href="/facts/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6Cekx2ed">Red Hat Enterprise Linux</a>, <a href="/facts/Slackware/eGJIIHgW">Slackware</a>, <a href="/facts/Ubuntu_(operating_system)/0WDd7hkb">Ubuntu</a> and various other distributions and architectures. It is also used as the default desktop environment of at least two Linux distributions, <a href="/facts/Q4OS/7NphIwzS">Q4OS</a> and <a href="/facts/Devuan/gBbkKKYQ">Exe GNU/Linux</a>. Since version 3.5.12 (its second official release), it uses its own fork of <a href="/facts/Qt_(software)/gVhwlQnJ">Qt3</a>, known as TQt3, so as to make it easier to eventually make TQt installable alongside later Qt releases. Trinity also maintains its own versions of several KDE software applications using TQt3, while still providing feature updates and ensuring compatibility with recent distributions and hardware. </p>