FocusPoint Linux Blue Hour finally released!

We are excited to announce that our latest major release “Blue Hour” (focuspoint-linux-bluehour-xfce-64bit-2024.08.30.iso) is released today and can be downloaded by going to our downloads section! Or simply click this link https://sourceforge.net/projects/focus-point-linux/files/release/focuspoint-linux-bluehour-xfce-64bit-2024.08.30.iso/download

As always we would really appreciate any bugs being reported, you can do so in our forums.

Release Notes FocusPoint Linux – Blue Hour Stable release
Kernel 6.8.0-41-generic
Base Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) Release Notes: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-24-04-lts-noble-numbat-release-notes/39890 – Linux Mint 22 (Wilma) Release Notes: https://linuxmint.com/rel_wilma.php – New Features: https://linuxmint.com/rel_wilma_whatsnew.php

Highlights:

• Installer: Better language support.
• Much faster loading time in mints Software Manager
• Gnome Online Accounts, intergrated into Thunar Filmanager
• Pipewire Sound Server
• HiDPI support improvements were made in the boot sequence, in Plymouth
• Security: Unverified Flatpaks are disabled by default.
• Supported until 2029

Some of the Featured software:

• Gimp 2.10.36 with most gimp plugins installed (gmic, fx foundry, plugin-registry, texturize and more)
• darktable 4.8.1
• Rawtherapee 5.10
• lightzone 5.0.0beta2
• digiKam 4.8.2
• converseen 0.12.1.0
• gtkam, hugin, inkscape, photocollage, shotwell, luminance-hdr
• icc-profiles, icc-profiles-free
• Gnome Color Manager
• Firefox 129.x
• Dropbox, filezilla, hexchat, Matrix, Transmission, Thunderbird
• Libreoffice 24.2
• mesa 24.0.9
• Nvidia 555
• Xfce 4.18/4.19 series
• VLC Player
• TimeShift
• xfce-docklike-plugin
• plank dock (default dock)

“fp-welcome” FocusPoint Linux Welcome App updates:

• Added files that properly describes what each new functions under the System tab does.
• Added 4 new Themes/Styles, mint, orange, darkblue, lightblue. There is now 7 Styles
• Added dependencies for mint-l-theme and mint-l-icons as some of the new styles are using it
• Added function to generate system wide icon-cache and user icon-cache. (Use it after installing new icon themes)
• Added colored buttons for applying theme/styling.
• Added a button for Listing .cache files and listing size in megabyte under the System tab
• Removed some code, re-wrote the procedure for changing/applying style and themes.
• Added code for checking for missing files, if files are missing in the gtk-3.0 folder copy them from the skeleton folder.
• Better error handling
• Better memory management.
• Rewrite some code and made some functions threaded.
• Streamlined our code base.
• Removed an info file that belonged in another package.
• Added necessary build dependencies.
• Completely redesigned the user interface.
• Ported the app to GTK3.
• Ensured compatibility with GTK3 by adding relevant build dependencies.
• Significantly improved the code base to address bugs related to installing flatpaks.
• Added feature to repair flatpaks
• Implemented error handling capabilities.
• Organized CSS files within the designated config folder.
• Introduced an additional panel theme for use with GTK themes.
• Enhanced error reporting to provide more meaningful information.
• Cleaned up some more code
• Added a new tab called System
• Added controls for cleaning/scrubbing apt cache (apt clean, autoclean, autoremove)
• Added controls for cleaning cache on a local user level (Thumbnail, Firefox, Darktable, RawTherapee, Gimp, Everything)
• Remade the panel layout graphics to be more consistent, these graphics will get an update soon making it more modern looking.