Friend OS v1.2.8 Hydrogen 4

FriendOS Update

It's our delight to yet again deliver an update of Hydrogen. With this, we are increasingly making FriendOS a mature and viable cloud platform for collaboration, productivity and casual entertainment. This time we have concentrated on making sure Friend is ever more accessible and solid for our growing number of users at FriendSky.cloud - an example of a large production environment that is easy to maintain and service.

Changelog for Hydrogen 4, v1.2.8

Cooler

• Introduced GetStarted (this one) app where users can also install applications to their accounts
• Introduced new application Sumo
• Introduced various games like ZombsRoyale, ShellShockers and others

Safer

• Improved user login code
• Friend Chat got better admin moderation tool
• Friend Chat has delete private messages

Faster

• Optimized Friend Core
• Optimized Friend Chat on opening push notifications
• Fixed memory leaks and improved stability
• Improved communication between Friend Core and Friend Chat

Stronger

• Fixed websocket errors when updating My Account settings
• Fixed OnlyOffice connections when a Friend Core restart occurs
• Fixed iframe problems that came with the latest Chrome update
• Fixed various resolution bugs when having a Startup-Sequence
• Fixed visibility bug related to drives
• Fixed security hole related to AuthID
• Fixed avatar image change bug
• Fixed user getting locked from various scenarios

Enjoy - and if you have not got an account, please join for free here:

FriendSky.cloud

Friend OS v1.2.7 Hydrogen 4

What's Changed

• Finnish translation, part 1 by @xet7 in #56
• Fix typo by @eloekset in #50
• Provide feedback to mysql password box during install by @344Clinton in #96
• Updated Readme.md by @344Clinton in #99
• Create pl.lang by @ryziopl in #94
• Create pl.lang by @ryziopl in #89
• Update pl.locale by @ryziopl in #80
• Update pl.lang by @ryziopl in #81
• Create pl.lang by @ryziopl in #82
• Create pl.lang by @ryziopl in #84
• Create pl.lang by @ryziopl in #85
• Create pl.locale by @ryziopl in #86
• Create pl.locale by @ryziopl in #87
• Create pl.lang by @ryziopl in #88
• Create pl.lang by @ryziopl in #91
• Create pl.lang by @ryziopl in #90
• Create pl.lang by @ryziopl in #92
• Create pl.lang by @ryziopl in #93
• Update pl.lang by @ryziopl in #83
• Updated Manuals, Modded Friend Create, added workspace menu by @344Clinton in #105

New Contributors

• @xet7 made their first contribution in #56
• @ryziopl made their first contribution in #94

Full Changelog: v1.0.0...Hydrogen-4

Friend OS Hydrogen (v1.2.4)

Hydrogen is the new LTS version of Friend, and the first version that applies our new naming scheme - picking names from the periodic table. Hydrogen will see updates for the next two years - released as patches to this branch.

Friend Core updates

• New networking engine - ultra fast and reliable HTTP connections and more reliable socket connections with less packet errors. This has sped up all networking in Friend. Additionally, server-to-server connections now all use SSL.
• Even faster websockets - real-time, persistent Friend server connections. We updated to the latest Libwebsockets version, which in concert with our rewritten network engine has seen great improvements in speed and reliability.
• Support for 2+GB uploads - start migrating large archives to Friend drives.

Friend Chat improvements

• Follow speaker mode now allows for a larger amount of participants in peer-to-peer video conferences.
• Mobile support has been improved.
• Support for iOS have been introduced.
• Many bug fixes!

For further details check out github:FriendChat and github:Presence

Friend Workspace

• We have refactored the file manager and added a gallery mode for large thumbnails.
• We added icon labels for virtual desktops.
• Further improved Workspace notifications with a fixed height, to avoid layout problems on some screens.
• Removed popup-windows on mobile and instead implemented mobile widgets.
• Faster start-up times for launching applications.
• Improved caching of frequently used assets and javascript code blocks.
• Improved mobile apps for iOS and Android.

Collaboration

• Introduced new Shared drive that allows users to share any file with any workgroup or user.
• Now supporting public files (publish on web) for both Home drives as well as Workgroup drives.

Misc improvements

• Improved Admin app for managing Friend user accounts, workgroups and templates.
• My account got support for unicode characters for avatars.
• Security improvements.
• Stability improvements.

And lots more!

Friend OS Hydrogen got changes to many of its bundled apps, like Notes, Friend Jukebox, My account, Friend Create, Friend Shell.

Friend OS Version 1.2.3

Faster websockets - real-time, persistent Friend server connections

• Our websocket engine has been improved with a huge speed increase.
• We’ve moved almost all network calls from HTTP to websockets, improving performance in all Friend apps and the entire Friend Workspace

Friend Chat improvements

• Tab completion including @user and @everyone notification in conference rooms and private chats
• Contact list is sorted with online at the top
• Improved screen sharing and video conferencing stability

Various other fixes, for further details check out github:FriendChat and github:Presence

Friend Workspace

• Re-factored file operations in the Friend Workspace for higher precision and faster operation
• System tray has been moved to the Screen title bar for consistency between dock position setups
• Improved the Workspace notification visualization with notification count and icon
• Improved mobile interface with better dialogs when performing file operations
• Faster start-up times for launching applications
• Improved reconnection when your network goes down

Improved mobile apps for iOS and Android

New Admin app for better management of Friend servers - deprecates older user management apps

• Users Administration w/ additional support for editing Account Status, Avatar, Workgroups, Storage, Dock, Look and feel.
• Workgroup Administration w/ better management of users in a Workgroup
• Templates Administration w/ simpler setup for Language, Apps, Dock, Startup and Look and feel.

Friend Core

• Security improvements
• Stability improvements
• New functionality to disable and enable users
• New user role and permission system

FriendUP v1.2 Release Candidate 1

This is the first release candidate of the Friend OS, version 1.2. It is aimed at developers first and foremost to generate feedback, bug-reports and feature requests.

Friend v1.1 Final

This is the first incremental release of the Friend OS, version 1.1. It is aimed at developers first and foremost to generate feedback, bug-reports and feature requests.

Friend v1.0.0

This is the first public release of the Friend OS. It is aimed at developers first and foremost to generate feedback, bug-reports and feature requests.