Release Notes for Trinity v3.5.13.1 SRU

Trinity 3.5.13.1 SRU is a stable release update that has been an ongoing effort for many months. Many patches from our development channel were backported to the 3.5.13 tree to provide a more stable release for users. This release incorporates over 1,100 patches and has a total of 141 reported bugs fixed.

Original 3.5.13 Release

The release notes from the original 3.5.13 release, on which 3.5.13.1 is based, are available here

New 3.5.13.1 Release

This section highlights some of the most useful improvements to the Trinity system.

Many bugs have been fixed and features added; a partial list follows.

Improvements

• Screen locking improvements
• Placement of connected devices icons
• Reorganizing TDE menu
• Added KControl controls to set default mount options
• Utf8 encoding for webdav directories

• Updated Kate synatax highlighting files
• Improved KMix autostart
• Added default global shortcuts for KMix
• Improved Kaffeine plugin support in Kopete
• Performance improvements for IMAP

• Ark support for Arj
• Ark support for check archives
• Ark Utf8 enconding in filenames
• Large file support in kio-locate
• Improved the screen saver control in KMPlayer

• New keyboard shortcuts in KMPlayer
• KMyMoney? updated
• KTorrent updated
• New localization packages: gwenview-i18n, k3b-i18n, koffice-i18n

• A full list of changes can be found on the full changelog.

KDE4.x compatibility

Trinity can be installed alongside KDE4.x. Trinity detects and adjusts for KDE4.x programs, so users can run KDE4 applications from within the Trinity environment and have both evironments installed on the same machine.

Helping the Project

If you are interested in helping, please contact:

Timothy Pearson

A Bluetooth developer who could re-activate Trinity's Bluetooth functions will be much appreciated.
Also, developers who can help squash some of the bugs in our bug tracker are always needed!

Known Issues

When upgrading an Ubuntu installation kpowersave is unable to remove a prior file diversion. To fix, simply run: sudo dpkg-divert --remove /etc/acpi/powerbtn.sh

Mailing List

There is a mailing list for Trinity users available here: http://trinitydesktop.org/mailinglist.php This is a great place for users to share tips and tricks, and you can also sign up to receive announcements related to Trinity.

Feedback

We want to hear what you think about the current release of Trinity. We want to know if it Rocks, if it is just OK, or if it is flat out wrong. No matter the feedback, as long as it is in line with the FOSS Code of Conduct, we would like to hear it.

So what are you waiting for? Head on over to the Feedback Page? and let us know!