Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• X.org Alternatives? MicroXWin, Wayland, Y, DFB, Xynth, Fresco, etc. (2009)

  KDE3.5 was forked at the time and still exists as Trinity Desktop https://trinitydesktop.org/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• WM/DE that *looks* old, but is still functional

  Trinity Desktop Environment This is a maintained fork of KDE 3. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Are there any OSs modeled after Windows 98 with modern functionality on terms with Ubuntu or Mint?

  Anything with Trinity DE (fork of KDE 3.5): Q4OS, EXE GNU/Linux, PCLinuxOS have it as a default desktop. Source: about 2 years ago

• Calmira Reborn – a Windows 9x-inspired shell for Windows 3.1

  KDE 3.15 was forked to Trinity Desktop and is still actively developed - it's also a default desktop for Q4OS Trinity, EXE GNU/Linux and PCLinuxOS: https://trinitydesktop.org/. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Revisiting KDE

  Trinity (forked from 3.5) is still around: https://trinitydesktop.org/. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Trinity Desktop (tde) based on KDE 3.5 on an old PC.

  Trinity desktop is an attempt to preserve KDE 3.5 after transition to KDE 4. The team also maintains a Qt3 fork under name tQt3. It has got all the bells and whistles you expect from KDE with low memory usage even less than Xfce. Source: over 2 years ago

• SerenityOS: an attempt to create a new operating system; that merges 1990s UI with 20xx command-line tooling.

  You can install Trinity DE on most distros. Some have it as default. Source: over 2 years ago

• I love XFCE since KDE 3.5 died

  Its latest release was on 2021/10/31, past halloween. Source: about 3 years ago

• Optimizing Linux for old-ish laptop?

  Puppy Linux is something to consider. You could try using Trinity desktop environment https://trinitydesktop.org/ which is in active development. It's based on an older version of KDE, so it's way faster and less heavy on the ram usage. Very similar to Windows or Mac. Very customizable. Source: over 3 years ago

• Ask HN: What’s the fastest Linux OS for a slow computer?

  Try Antix. They have just released a new version. It's a so called 'live-distro' able to run from usb-stick/keychain, or in RAM if have enough. BUT you can also remaster it, and write that customized image back to your stick. [+] https://antixlinux.com/download/ I've been too lazy to install/remaster the already downloaded image so far, because mine runs since 76 days 24/7 in RAM :-) If you're crazy you can even... - Source: Hacker News / over 3 years ago

• Vex – open-source visual editor for XML

  Fire up a VM? Install some Linux for dual boot? Get [↓] http://trinitydesktop.org ? Play with the presets or settings thereof of the contained [ø] https://github.com/KDE/qtcurve until you arrive at something similar to [¹] https://www.pling.com/s/Trinity/p/1100735 & [²] https://www.pling.com/s/Trinity/p/1100506 & [³] https://www.pling.com/s/Trinity/p/1100829 & breathe out, relax! - Source: Hacker News / over 3 years ago