Is the Trinity DE still around?

[dequire]

Wizard, I thought about giving it a try out, just for old time sake because 3.X was really a GOOD DE, but then started wondering about what apps would be available for it. Did they include Qt5 libraries so one could run current Plasma apps, or is one restricted to what was available just before Tolltech switched from Qt3 to Qt4? Or, does one run Gnome apps? What's in their repository?

I'n guessing "KDE" is rather frozen in time, save whatever changes Trinity made after they forked it. I think if it as rather like Neon: Stable debian base with a changing (patched) DE. With limited manpower, take that for what it's worth. Still, I'm glad the project's around, even if it's for nostalgia's sake.

[wizard10000]

I never tried to run Plasma 5 on that poor old netbook, GG

Buckets of information here, but it looks like it ships with updated KDE 3.5 apps - I was able to run GTK apps on it with no real issues.

https://www.trinitydesktop.org/index.php

[GreyGeek]

Wizard, I thought about giving it a try out, just for old time sake because 3.X was really a GOOD DE, but then started wondering about what apps would be available for it. Did they include Qt5 libraries so one could run current Plasma apps, or is one restricted to what was available just before Tolltech switched from Qt3 to Qt4? Or, does one run Gnome apps? What's in their repository?

[oshunluvr]

Does anybody really care?

Winner!

[wizard10000]

Does anyone really know what time it is?

Does anybody really care?



I ran Trinity on an Atom N270 netbook for awhile. It ran great and I had a blast, but Trinity really needs a display that's at least 768 pixels high. My 1024x600 netbook really didn't do it justice.

[jglen490]

25 or 6 to 4 ...

For a very long time!

[oshunluvr]

Does anyone really know what time it is?

[jpenguin]

Does anyone really read anything?

[NickStone]

Clearly you did not read my post above

Not all of it.

[dequire]

Another distro that uses trinity DE is Exe GNU Linux http://exegnulinux.net/index.html based upon Devuan

Clearly you did not read my post above

[NickStone]

Another distro that uses trinity DE is Exe GNU Linux http://exegnulinux.net/index.html based upon Devuan

[dequire]

Looks like it's still being developed: Trinity Desktop Environment GIT Repositories

Although I'm not surprised that activity is not fast and furious at the moment. I mean, after all, Trinity is based on KDE 3 which was released in 2002 (isn't Linux super-awesome!?! )

The major distro shipping Trinity by default is Q4OS, which seems pretty alive and vibrant, and is currently ranked #38 on distro-watch. I downloaded an iso to take for a spin, even for nostalgia's sake if nothing else. I'm also curious as to the package availability. Honestly, if I were consulting a company or non-profit looking to move to Linux, Q4OS would at least likely be a serious consideration based on the rock-solid code base of Debian + KDE 3. Would seem an ideal fit in theory.

Another candidate is Exe GNU/Linux, which interestingly has a pretty cool-looking theme, and is based on Devuan, which is Debian without Systemd. Otherwise it uses Debian and Trinity repos, so would also be a good option to consider.

[oshunluvr]

Looks like it hasn't been updating in quite awhile: https://www.trinitydesktop.org

[jpenguin]

You never see to see it offered with a distro like MATE or Cinnamon