Purpose

Enjoy best-in-class apps regularly tested on the Focus. Click an icon to launch an app.

• App Table
• Revisions
• Disclaimer

Please read the disclaimer before proceeding. This workflow is updated regularly. Please write authorship with suggestions or requests.

App Table

Launch	Purpose	Application	Notes
	Android Files	KDE Connect	Android access tools
	Audio Control	pavucontrol	Pulse audio volume and mixing.
	Audio Editing	audacity	Audio editor
	Blog	Jekyll	Static HTML blog generator
	Browser	google-chrome	See chrome://inspect for Android mobile debugging
	Browser	Firefox	The second most popular browser
	Codecs	ffmpeg	Video and audio encoder
	Compression	optipng	Optimize PNG compression
	Compression	rar	RAR compression
	File Manager	Dolphin	Use split mode to copy between sources
	Games	Steam	Over 6000 titles available
	Image edit (Raster)	Gimp	Raster image editor, can read and write Photoshop files
	Image edit (vector)	Inkscape	SVG editor - Reads and writes Illustrator files
	Repository Remove	ppa-purge	Cleanly remove repositories and dependencies
	Screen Capture	Spectacle	Screen capture. Press Prt Scrn
	Screen Measure	Kruler	Measure screen distance
	RAW Images	Darktable	RAW image editor
	Screen Recorder	SimpleScreenRecorder	Screen recording with excellent integration and sound management
	System Settings	systemsettings5	KDE system control panel
	Terminal	Konsole	Premium terminal with Kubuntu Focus color scheme
	Video Conference	Google Hangouts	Video conference with Hangouts or Meet
	Video Conference	Zoom	Video conference with screen record.
	Video Editing	KDEnlive	A well respected video editor with significant community support
	Video Encode	Handbrake	Usually better at backing up encrypted content. Previous versions in repo had mp4 support disabled; consider using PPA to enable encryption support.
	Video Player	VLC	VLC plays just about all formats
	Wallpapers	Dolphin	Wallpapers in /usr/share/wallpapers.
	Webcam	guvcview	Webcam snapshots, videos, and testing

Revisions

This is a partial revision history. See the git repository for all entries.

• 2020-06-10 c4ed9299 Restructure layout
• 2020-05-04 b2e8aa69 Revise introduction
• 2020-04-26 6c48c84b Revise introduction
• 2020-04-21 aa038cd1 Add column
• 2020-03-16 1c826e0c Restructure table
• 2020-03-03 3bf03126 Expand app list and rename
• 2020-01-13 ac99fce3 Restructure and expand table
• 2020-01-05 87e8613f Add gucview apps
• 2019-12-28 0578382d Add links and improve text
• 2019-12-26 2bbc0f86 Initial draft

Disclaimer

We try hard to provide a useful workflow validated by professionals. However, we cannot anticipate every situation, and therefore cannot guarantee this procedure will work for your needs. Always back up your data and test the workflow to determine the correct procedure for you.

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