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Trinity Desktop Environment – a modern KDE3 fork

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Re: Trinity Desktop Environment – a modern KDE3 fork

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Post by deaddodo »

zer0zzz wrote: post #23
dchuk wrote: post #9

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Dude this is trinity desktop: That’s kinda the point. Trinity desktop is basically a kde fork from the early 2000s that’s still maintained for use in modern distros by some guy. I gotta say with so much slowdown in newer windows, macos, Linux desktop ui toolkits compared to stuff that ran lightning fast in 2004 stuff like this is refreshing.

There's quite a few people maintaining Trinity, and the team was even larger previously.

But the rest of your point stands. Like MATE, the entire point is to maintain a UX standard for a group of people that grew attached to the old UI. Similar to people that ran Classic Theme on Windows XP/Vista/7.

Re: Trinity Desktop Environment – a modern KDE3 fork

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Post by microtonal »

qalmakka wrote: post #40
dchuk wrote: post #9

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This comment makes me think you haven't used a modern Linux DE in a while. TDE is not, by design, one. IMHO GNOME looks more modern and refreshing (and definitely more innovative) than macOS or Windows. Sure, its UX is debatable, but no one can deny Microsoft and Apple haven't been plucking ideas from GNOME since 3.0 came out (given that I find GNOME 3 stupid, i think this is a bad thing).

but no one can deny Microsoft and Apple haven't been plucking ideas from GNOME since 3.0 came out

What ideas has Apple been plucking from GNOME 3?

(Also, double negations.)

Re: Trinity Desktop Environment – a modern KDE3 fork

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Post by deaddodo »

chrysoprace wrote: post #24
dchuk wrote: post #9

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The linked DE is specifically a fork of a DE from 2002[0], so that would be why it looks like a DE from the 2000s. I imagine anyone wanting to use something like this has a fair bit of nostalgia for that style. KDE Plasma[1] is the more modern-looking solution, but the aim of the DE is to do one thing well: provide a solid desktop environment. The stock styles look okay but can be customized in almost any way you lik…

And, like it or not, KDE Plasma is hardly something from the 90s/00s. It's conservative in breaking some old paradigms (something Windows is also guilty of and what many of it's users enjoy), but it's interface, features and capabilities are decidedly modern.

Re: Trinity Desktop Environment – a modern KDE3 fork

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Post by deaddodo »

8jef wrote: post #22
BizarreByte wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> like it’s frozen in time from the early 2000s This is quite literally frozen in time from the early 2000s, intentionally so too. Some of us prefer it that way. If you want a modern UI Gnome or KDE are your choices.

Budgie on Solus, and Zorin OS DEs look pretty nice to me

Budgie has the same problem XFCE and LXDE did for me. They look nice in static photos/screenshots, but they feel much more cludgy and hacked together in actual use.

Re: Trinity Desktop Environment – a modern KDE3 fork

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Post by zer0zzz »

deaddodo wrote: post #41
zer0zzz wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dude this is trinity desktop: That’s kinda the point. Trinity desktop is basically a kde fork from the early 2000s that’s still maintained for use in modern distros by some guy. I gotta say with so much slowdown in newer windows, macos, Linux desktop ui toolkits compared to stuff that ran lightning fast in 2004 stuff like this is refreshing.

There's quite a few people maintaining Trinity, and the team was even larger previously. But the rest of your point stands. Like MATE, the entire point is to maintain a UX standard for a group of people that grew attached to the old UI. Similar to people that ran Classic Theme on Windows XP/Vista/7.

In my defense when I first started using it it was one guy I think. That was like 14 years ago at this point.

Re: Trinity Desktop Environment – a modern KDE3 fork

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Post by kombine »

dchuk wrote: post #9

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KDE Plasma not only looks great but is arguably the most powerful desktop environment on the market right now, in terms of features and configurability. Windows and Apple are not even close. Its downside is that there are some bugs, which is understandable because there is no single corporate body behind KDE. At the same time there is a big push to eliminate bugs, and it gets more polished and stable with every release.

Re: Trinity Desktop Environment – a modern KDE3 fork

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Post by vero2 »

dchuk wrote: post #9

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In most distros a simple default install (like Kubuntu or Ubuntu) things are consistent. Even RedHatEnterprise linux is very consistent. Sure a mac looks nice as it is always available in a 2K> glossy display.

Once you go to install stuff things are made of different tool kits. In principle it is the same for macOS. Yes, all Apple stuff mostly are consistent. There are lots of dialogs inside System Preferences that seem old and not migrated. Also, once you install MS office, and other dev. stuff from macports things go weird.

Re: Trinity Desktop Environment – a modern KDE3 fork

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Post by flohofwoe »

dchuk wrote: post #9

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Counter-question: why should the UI style even be defined by your platform, and not by the user?

Why can't I install UI themes which makes the UI look like whatever I want? Why does the user interface of the Apple user next to me have to look exactly the same as mine?

(I'm also mainly an Apple user, and I don't like some 'traditional' Linux desktop clunkiness - mainly related to the touchpad - but criticizing a desktop environment (which the user is free to install or uninstall) for its looks is a bit ridiculous - especially from a user of a system where replacing the desktop environment isn't even possible).

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