Trinity Desktop R14.0.7 Released For Keeping KDE 3 Spirit Alive In 2020

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Trinity Desktop R14.0.7 Released For Keeping KDE 3 Spirit Alive In 2020

For those still having fond memories for the KDE 3 desktop days as we roll into 2020, the Trinity Desktop Environment as a fork of K Desktop Environment 3.5 is still pushing along with maintaining these aging open-source software packages...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Trinity-Desktop-R14.0.7

[Britoid]

restoring AOL/AIM and MSN protocol support within Kopete

Yeh, I'm sorry but these people are stuck in the past and really need help.

[Adriannho]

I can barely contain my laughter whenever I hear this thing still exists.

[timofonic]

What about migrating to updated frameworks? Qt 5.x/6.x QtWebStuff (is the Qt one based on Chromium?), etc.

Keep it retro, but make it modern and HiDPI friendly.

[Jedibeeftrix]

Their commitment to a hobby is impressive.

[Guest]

One of the useful desktop environment nowadays. Maybe the only one.

[andyprough]

Trinity has got a number of tools that simply do not exist in today's desktops. I still end up using it quite often, or invoking a few different Trinity apps from the DE I'm in.

For a good Libre-linux, non-system-D distro that's focused on the Trinity DE, I highly recommend Exe GNU/Linux. http://exegnulinux.net/
Exe's live ISO is also one of the easiest ways to install Devuan Beowulf.

[miabrahams]

Trinity has got a number of tools that simply do not exist in today's desktops. I still end up using it quite often, or invoking a few different Trinity apps from the DE I'm in.

What exactly? Honestly curious

[mzs.112000]

Are they still maintaining their own fork of Qt3 as well or are they migrating to Qt5?

[birdie]

It's amazing how the most feature-rich, useful and stable DE in Linux is getting so much contempt from people most of whom have never written a single line of code, who can't distinguish "modern" shit UI (Gnome 3/KDE 5/Windows 10) from usable UI (classic Windows 95 UI) and who prefer shit font AA (e.g. MacOS on normal-DPI displays) to the best AA in existence (ClearType v2 in Windows 7).