A small update on ScreenGuard, Finally reached 50+ downloads 🎉

>A small update to this digital wellbeing software since my last post. This is a prerelease version which i have tagged to be stable and slated for future release and add to main branch from the beta branch. > >This highlight is less about asking you guys to try out the beta release but more in the honor of over 3+ months of development. What makes me happy the most is that the project which i started even without a repository just to monitor my own system and usage has now come this far with over 50+ downloads 🎉☺️ > >This beta release now polishes on various little things which are actually necessary for a first time set up and proper user control as Now you can: > >* carries forward the settings screen from previous beta release >* replaces notifications and sounds tab with general which now includes appearance settings >* you can now Stop , restart or RESET the Daemon and its preferences in settings >* Pomodoro settings which were half baked in the first release have now been added to settings to enable a looping focus mode for people at work with CUSTOM BREAK TIME >* Most Importantly (i feel) FIRST time setup issues have been fixed and in an attempt the first time ScreenGuard daemon setup pop up dialog (1st image) has been made > >The Release v0.1.1 releases this October by second week, and I will continue testing the beta version to look for sectors that need polishing if any. > >This is still limited to GNOME on wayland and x11 for other environments systems and primarily developed by me on my fedora 44 system and the project ScreenGuard still has a very Long way to go; > >But working on it alone has given me much exposure to project sharing on platforms and most importantly a lot of invaluable experience and the true zeal of development instead of the boredom of being a 9 to 5 dev at a corporate who don’t care for you. > >Github beta release link: https://github.com/adityakrishnan005-a11y/ScreenGuard/releases/tag/v0.1.1-beta.4 [https://github.com/adityakrishnan005-a11y/ScreenGuard/releases/tag/v0.1.1-beta.4] > >The code for this is visible on the beta branch to keep the main working tree clean for new features additions. > >Feedback from other desktop environments is widely appreciated, u can try the application out by switching to x11 session temporarily if you are using any DE which is not GNOME wayland or if u are on a DE which is primarily x11 based (Cinnamon, i3, etc) then u are good to go as they ARE FULLY SUPPORTED. > >thank you everyone for your supports, criticisms and feedbacks ever since the project came online on github. By Developer @Aditya_K9999@lemmy.today [/u/Aditya_K9999@lemmy.today] [https://lemmy.today/u/Aditya_K9999]