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Signed-off-by: Michele Calgaro <[email protected]>

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+TDE R14.1.2 released!
+The Trinity Desktop Environment development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the TDE R14.1.2 release.
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+<a href="https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/images/c/cd/R14-1-2-main-desktop.png"><img alt="" src="https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/images/9/94/R14-1-2-main-desktop-thumb.png" height=200 border=0></a>  <a href="https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/images/d/d5/R14-1-1-michele.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/images/7/71/R14-1-1-michele-thumb.png" height=200 border=0></a>
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+TDE is a free/libre lightweight desktop environment intended for computer users preferring a lean and efficient experience. It is available for various Linux distros, BSD and DilOS. Low on system requirements, it is also an ideal choice for dated hardware, while still providing a fully usable desktop.
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+R14.1.2 is the biggest maintenance release to date, not only for the user-side improvements but also for the large amount of work that went into code cleanup and refinement behind the scenes. The major highlights of this version are:
+<ul> <li> new graphical styles (Polyester, Fahrenheit, GTK-based Ia Ora) and six new color schemes</li> <li> fixed resizing issues with various Virtual Terminal based applications, like xfce and mate terminals or gvim</li> <li> several TQt3 memory leak and bug fixes</li> <li> an overall of the sftp tdeioslave authentication methods</li> <li> visual feedback for volume level through new kmix icons</li> <li> GUI option to allow selecting different shutdown dialogs</li> <li> notifications for keyboard layout switch</li> <li> DCOP extension for windows tiling</li> <li> enhancements or bug fixes for various applications</li> </ul>There are a lot of other changes both under the hood and visible to users, so please refer to the links below for a longer list and further details.
+<ul><li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Release_Notes_For_R14.1.2">Full version of the Release Notes</a> (including screenshots of some features)</li><li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/tde/issues/143">TGW issue list</a></li><li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Changelog_For_R14.1.2">Detailed commit changelog</a></li></ul>Upgrading from R14.1.1 should be straightforward.
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+We would like to thank all the people who have contributed to the preparation of this release and we are looking forward for further contributions in future.
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+You can stay up to date on TDE news and development by following our <a href="https://floss.social/@tde">Mastodon channel</a>.
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+If you can, please help supporting the project with a <a href="https://www.trinitydesktop.org/donate.php">donation</a>.