Initial release of PuTTY-TDE (v0.74-1), the native TQt3/TDE port of PuTTY terminal emulator and SSH client.
Key Highlights:
- 100% Pure TQt3 Frontend: Lightweight and responsive interface built exclusively with
libtqt-mtwithout any GTK or GNOME dependencies. - Upstream PuTTY v0.74 Core: Full cryptographic suite (RSA, ECDSA, Ed25519, AES, ChaCha20) and complete protocol support (SSH-1, SSH-2, Telnet, Serial RS-232, Rlogin, Raw).
- Persistent Configuration Window: Re-usable settings dialog, session configuration tree, unified login prompt, and host key verification.
- Dynamic Status Bar: Live connection lifecycle indicator (
user@host,[Closed], serial baud rate) with context menu shortcut hint. - Unix Ergonomics: Dual CLIPBOARD and PRIMARY selection, word/line double-click selection, middle-click paste, and file drag-and-drop.
- Ultra-Lightweight: Only ~910 KB binary size with LTO and
sstrip(-45% size reduction vs upstream GTK3).
Packages:
putty-tde_0.74-1_amd64.deb: Native Debian package for Trinity Desktop / Debian-based systems.setup_putty-tde_0.74-1.qsi: One-click graphical installer for Q4OS Trinity Desktop.