Quote from Terje Gulbrandsen on August 19, 2024, 8:20 pm

Release Notes FocusPoint Linux - Blue Hour Beta 1
We are excited to announce that our beta of our next major release "Blue Hour" is released today and can be downloaded by going to our downloads section!
As always we would really appreciate any bugs being reported, you can do so in our forums.

Here are the release notes:
Kernel 6.8.0-40-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.
• Following the discontinuation of Hexchat, Linux Mint moved to the Matrix chat network.
• 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 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.