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>> For several years I was a happy KDE 3.5.x user. When support for
>> KDE 3.5 was dropped in Debian, I moved through several DE (KDE4,
>> Gnome 2 & 3, Xfce) but none of them fully satisfied my needs, for
>> a reason or another.
>> Then I discovered TDE and I immediately felt at home: finally I
>> could use again a productive and complete DE without having to
>> keep fighting every day with features that either I didn't need
>> (and couldn't remove) or that didn't stay where I placed them.
>> The TDE development team is very friendly, so anyone (myself
>> included) can contribute to preserve and enhance this fantastic DE.
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> "Recently I discovered Trinity. I immediately felt at home with
> this traditional computer desktop environment. In this day of
> tablets and smart phones, traditional desktop environments still
> play important roles. The TDE development team is friendly and
> anyone such as myself may contribute to preserve and enhance this
> fantastic desktop environment." --- Michele Calgaro, Italy
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Darrell,
I am fine with both versions. I think the second one misses the point that TDE is a DE which puts productivity before fancy-useless-bothering visual effects, which I think is the main reason why people use TDE. Perhaps the following version is a little better:

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"Recently I discovered Trinity. I immediately felt at home with
this traditional computer desktop environment, which focuses on
productivity rather than the latest development in visual effects.
In these days of tablets and smart phones, traditional desktop
environments still play important roles. The TDE development team
is friendly and anyone such as myself may contribute to preserve
and enhance this fantastic desktop environment." --- Michele Calgaro, Italy
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Feel free to massage it again if you find it appropriate.
Cheers
  Michele