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authorDarrell Anderson <humanreadable@yahoo.com>2012-02-24 22:53:44 -0600
committerDarrell Anderson <humanreadable@yahoo.com>2012-02-24 23:26:11 -0600
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Update tdebase cmake files with STARTKDE->STARTTDE.
Fix tdebase entities, text strings for future maintenance of handbook files. This partially resolves bug report 694. Update konqueror user agent strings. This partially resolves bug report 774. Update TDM help options. This resolves bug report 618. Fix KTips branding issues and obsolete web addresses. This resolves bug report 842.
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@@ -10,30 +10,29 @@
<qandaset>
<qandaentry>
<question>
-<para>What is &kde;?</para>
+<para>What is &tde;?</para>
</question>
<answer>
-<para>&kde; is the K Desktop Environment. It is a project initiated
+<para>&tde; is the Trinity Desktop Environment. The project was initiated
by <ulink url="mailto:ettrich@kde.org">Matthias Ettrich</ulink> in
-1996. The aim of the &kde; project is to connect the
+1996 and originally called the K Desktop Environment. The aim of the &tde; project is to connect the
power of the &UNIX; operating systems with the comfort of a modern user
interface.</para>
-<para>In short, &kde; will bring &UNIX; to the desktop!</para>
-<para>If you want further information about &kde;, have a look at
-<ulink url="http://www.kde.org/whatiskde">What is
-&kde;?</ulink></para>
+<para>In short, &tde; will bring &UNIX; to the desktop!</para>
+<para>If you want further information about &tde;, have a look at
+<ulink url="http://www.trinitydesktop.org/about.php">About Trinity</ulink></para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="platform">
-<para>On which platforms can I expect &kde; to work?</para>
+<para>On which platforms can I expect &tde; to work?</para>
</question>
<answer>
-<para>&kde; is a Desktop Environment for all flavors of &UNIX;. While
-it is true that most &kde; developers use &Linux;, &kde; runs smoothly
+<para>&tde; is a Desktop Environment for all flavors of &UNIX;. While
+it is true that most &tde; developers use &Linux;, &tde; runs smoothly
on a wide range of systems. You may, however, need to tweak the
-source code a bit to get &kde; to compile on a not-so-popular variant
+source code a bit to get &tde; to compile on a not-so-popular variant
of &UNIX;, or if you are not using the &GNU; development tools, in
particular the &gcc; compiler.</para>
</answer>
@@ -41,13 +40,13 @@ particular the &gcc; compiler.</para>
<qandaentry>
<question>
-<para>Is &kde; a window manager?</para>
+<para>Is &tde; a window manager?</para>
</question>
<answer>
-<para>No, &kde; is not a window manager. While &kde; includes a very
-sophisticated window manager (&twin;), &kde; is much more than that.
+<para>No, &tde; is not a window manager. While &tde; includes a very
+sophisticated window manager (&twin;), &tde; is much more than that.
It is a full-blown Integrated Desktop Environment.</para>
-<para>&kde; provides a complete desktop environment, including a web
+<para>&tde; provides a complete desktop environment, including a web
browser, a file manager, a window manager, a help system, a
configuration system, uncountable tools and utilities, and an ever
increasing number of applications, including but not limited to mail
@@ -58,32 +57,32 @@ and so forth.</para>
<qandaentry>
<question>
-<para>Is &kde; a <acronym>CDE</acronym>, &Windows; or &Mac;
+<para>Is &tde; a <acronym>CDE</acronym>, &Windows; or &Mac;
<acronym>OS</acronym> clone?</para>
</question>
<answer>
-<para>No, &kde; is not a clone. Specifically &kde; is not a
-<acronym>CDE</acronym> or &Windows; clone. While the &kde; developers
+<para>No, &tde; is not a clone. Specifically &tde; is not a
+<acronym>CDE</acronym> or &Windows; clone. While the &tde; developers
have and will continue to glean the best features from all existing
-desktop environments, &kde; is a truly unique environment that has and
+desktop environments, &tde; is a truly unique environment that has and
will continue to go its own way.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
-<para>Is &kde; free software?</para>
+<para>Is &tde; free software?</para>
</question>
<answer>
-<para>Yes, &kde; is free software according to the &GNU; General
-Public License. All &kde; libraries are available under the
+<para>Yes, &tde; is free software according to the &GNU; General
+Public License. All &tde; libraries are available under the
<acronym>LGPL</acronym> making commercial software development for the
-&kde; desktop possible, but all &kde; applications are licensed under
+&tde; desktop possible, but all &tde; applications are licensed under
the <acronym>GPL</acronym>.</para>
-<para>&kde; uses the <link linkend="qt">&Qt; C++ crossplatform
+<para>&tde; uses the <link linkend="qt">&Qt; C++ crossplatform
toolkit</link>, which is also released (since version 2.2) under the
<acronym>GPL</acronym>.</para>
-<para>It is absolutely legal to make &kde; and &Qt; available on
+<para>It is absolutely legal to make &tde; and &Qt; available on
&CD-ROM; free of charge. No runtime fees of any kind are
incurred.</para>
</answer>