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<chapter id="introduction">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>What is &tde;?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>&tde; is the Trinity Desktop Environment. The project was initiated
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by <ulink url="mailto:ettrich@kde.org">Matthias Ettrich</ulink> in
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1996 and originally called the K Desktop Environment. The aim of the &tde; project is to connect the
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power of the &UNIX; operating systems with the comfort of a modern user
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interface.</para>
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<para>In short, &tde; will bring &UNIX; to the desktop!</para>
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<para>If you want further information about &tde;, have a look at
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<ulink url="http://www.trinitydesktop.org/about.php">About Trinity</ulink></para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question id="platform">
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<para>On which platforms can I expect &tde; to work?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>&tde; is a Desktop Environment for all flavors of &UNIX;. While
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it is true that most &tde; developers use &Linux;, &tde; runs smoothly
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on a wide range of systems. You may, however, need to tweak the
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source code a bit to get &tde; to compile on a not-so-popular variant
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of &UNIX;, or if you are not using the &GNU; development tools, in
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particular the &gcc; compiler.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>Is &tde; a window manager?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>No, &tde; is not a window manager. While &tde; includes a very
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sophisticated window manager (&twin;), &tde; is much more than that.
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It is a full-blown Integrated Desktop Environment.</para>
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<para>&tde; provides a complete desktop environment, including a web
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browser, a file manager, a window manager, a help system, a
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configuration system, uncountable tools and utilities, and an ever
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increasing number of applications, including but not limited to mail
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and news clients, drawing programs, a &PostScript; and a &DVI; viewer
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and so forth.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>Is &tde; a <acronym>CDE</acronym>, &Windows; or &Mac;
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<acronym>OS</acronym> clone?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>No, &tde; is not a clone. Specifically &tde; is not a
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<acronym>CDE</acronym> or &Windows; clone. While the &tde; developers
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have and will continue to glean the best features from all existing
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desktop environments, &tde; is a truly unique environment that has and
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will continue to go its own way.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>Is &tde; free software?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>Yes, &tde; is free software according to the &GNU; General
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Public License. All &tde; libraries are available under the
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<acronym>LGPL</acronym> making commercial software development for the
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&tde; desktop possible, but all &tde; applications are licensed under
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the <acronym>GPL</acronym>.</para>
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<para>&tde; uses the <link linkend="qt">&Qt; C++ crossplatform
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toolkit</link>, which is also released (since version 2.2) under the
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<acronym>GPL</acronym>.</para>
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<para>It is absolutely legal to make &tde; and &Qt; available on
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&CD-ROM; free of charge. No runtime fees of any kind are
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incurred.</para>
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</answer>
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