diff --git a/Data/AppRun b/Data/AppRun
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4ab27d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Data/AppRun
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# The purpose of this custom AppRun script is
+# to allow symlinking the AppImage and invoking
+# the corresponding binary depending on which
+# symlink was used to invoke the AppImage
+
+set -e
+
+if [ ! -z "$DEBUG" ] ; then
+  env
+  set -x
+fi
+
+THIS="$0"
+
+CONFIG_PATH=~/.config/fractorium
+DARK_LINUX=~/.config/fractorium/dark_linux.qss
+LIGHT_DARK=~/.config/fractorium/lightdark.qss
+
+# please do not change $VENDORPREFIX as it will allow for desktop files
+# belonging to AppImages to be recognized by future AppImageKit components
+# such as desktop integration daemons
+VENDORPREFIX=appimagekit
+
+if [ -z $APPDIR ] ; then
+  # Find the AppDir. It is the directory that contains AppRun.
+  # This assumes that this script resides inside the AppDir or a subdirectory.
+  # If this script is run inside an AppImage, then the AppImage runtime likely has already set $APPDIR
+  path="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${THIS}")")"
+  while [[ "$path" != "" && ! -e "$path/$1" ]]; do
+    path=${path%/*}
+  done
+  APPDIR="$path"
+fi
+
+#export PATH="${APPDIR}:${APPDIR}/usr/sbin:${PATH}"
+#export XDG_DATA_DIRS="./share/:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:${XDG_DATA_DIRS}"
+#export XDG_DATA_DIRS="${APPDIR}"/usr/share/:"${XDG_DATA_DIRS}":/usr/share/gnome/:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
+#export GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR="${APPDIR}/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas:${GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR}"
+
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${APPDIR}/usr/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+
+DESKTOP_FILE="$APPDIR/fractorium.desktop"
+
+if [ -z "$APPIMAGE_EXIT_AFTER_INSTALL" ] ; then
+  trap atexit EXIT
+fi
+
+atexit()
+{
+  if [ ! -z $APPIMAGE ] ; then
+    BINARY_NAME=$(basename "$ARGV0")
+    if [ -e "$APPDIR/usr/bin/$BINARY_NAME" ] ; then
+      exec "$APPDIR/usr/bin/$BINARY_NAME" "$@"
+    else
+      exec "$APPDIR/usr/bin/fractorium" "$@"
+    fi
+  else  
+    exec "$APPDIR/usr/bin/fractorium" "$@"
+  fi
+}
+
+if [ ! -z $APPIMAGE ] ; then
+  BINARY_NAME=$(basename "$ARGV0")
+  if [[ ("$BINARY_NAME" == "emberrender") || ("$BINARY_NAME" == "embergenome") || ("$BINARY_NAME" == "emberanimate") ]] ; then      
+      exit 0
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ ! -e "$DARK_LINUX" ] ; then
+  mkdir -p $CONFIG_PATH
+  cp $APPDIR/usr/bin/dark_linux.qss $CONFIG_PATH
+fi
+
+if [ ! -e "$LIGHT_DARK" ] ; then
+  mkdir -p $CONFIG_PATH
+  cp $APPDIR/usr/bin/lightdark.qss $CONFIG_PATH
+fi
+
+check_prevent()
+{
+  FILE=$1
+  if [ -e "$FILE" ] ; then
+    exit 0
+  fi
+}
+
+# exit immediately of one of these files is present
+# (e.g., because the desktop environment wants to handle desktop integration itself)
+check_prevent "$HOME/.local/share/$VENDORPREFIX/no_desktopintegration"
+check_prevent "/usr/share/$VENDORPREFIX/no_desktopintegration"
+check_prevent "/etc/$VENDORPREFIX/no_desktopintegration"
+check_prevent "/usr/share/applications/Fractorium.desktop"
+check_prevent "/usr/share/applications/fractorium.desktop"
+
+# exit immediately if appimaged is running
+pidof appimaged 2>/dev/null && exit 0
+
+# exit immediately if $DESKTOPINTEGRATION is not empty
+if [ ! -z "$DESKTOPINTEGRATION" ] ; then
+  echo "no desktop integration."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+check_dep()
+{
+  DEP=$1
+  if [ -z $(which $DEP) ] ; then
+    echo "$DEP is missing. Skipping ${THIS}."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+}
+
+if [ ! -f "$DESKTOP_FILE" ] ; then
+  echo "Desktop file is missing. Please run ${THIS} from within an AppImage."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$APPIMAGE" ] ; then
+  APPIMAGE="$APPDIR/AppRun"
+  # not running from within an AppImage; hence using the AppRun for Exec=
+fi
+
+# determine where the desktop file should be installed
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+   DESTINATION_DIR_DESKTOP="$HOME/.local/share/applications"
+   SYSTEM_WIDE=""
+else
+   DESTINATION_DIR_DESKTOP="/usr/local/share/applications"
+   # for xdg-mime and xdg-icon-resource
+   SYSTEM_WIDE="--mode system"
+fi
+
+desktopFilePath="$DESTINATION_DIR_DESKTOP/$VENDORPREFIX-fractorium.desktop"
+
+# check if the desktop file is already there and if so, whether it points to the same AppImage
+if [ -e "$desktopFilePath" ] ; then
+  INSTALLED_PATH=$(grep "^Exec=" "$DESTINATION_DIR_DESKTOP/$VENDORPREFIX-fractorium.desktop" | head -n 1 | cut -d= -f2)
+  RUNING_PATH=${APPIMAGE}
+
+  #echo "installed: $INSTALLED_APP_VERSION image: $APP_VERSION"
+  if [ "$INSTALLED_PATH" == "$RUNING_PATH" ] ; then
+    #echo "INSTALLED_PATH nothing to do"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+fi
+
+
+# check whether dependencies are present in base system (we do not bundle these)
+# http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/desktop-file-utils/
+check_dep desktop-file-install
+check_dep xdg-icon-resource
+check_dep xdg-mime
+check_dep xdg-desktop-menu
+
+desktop-file-install --rebuild-mime-info-cache \
+  --vendor=$VENDORPREFIX --set-key=Exec --set-value=${APPIMAGE} \
+  --set-key=X-AppImage-Comment --set-value="Generated by ${THIS}" \
+  --set-icon="appimagekit-fractorium" --set-key=TryExec --set-value=${APPIMAGE// /\\s} "$DESKTOP_FILE" \
+  --dir "$DESTINATION_DIR_DESKTOP" \
+  --mode=755
+
+# uninstall previous icons
+xdg-icon-resource uninstall --noupdate --size 256 "appimagekit-fractorium"
+
+# install the icon files
+
+xdg-icon-resource install --noupdate --context apps --size 256 "$APPDIR/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/fractorium.png" "appimagekit-fractorium"
+
+xdg-icon-resource forceupdate
+
+# Install the icon files for the mime type
+ICONS=$(find "${APPDIR}/usr/share/icons/" -wholename "*/mimetypes/*.png" 2>/dev/null || true)
+for ICON in $ICONS ; do
+  ICON_SIZE=$(echo "${ICON}" | rev | cut -d "/" -f 3 | rev | cut -d "x" -f 1)
+  xdg-icon-resource install --context mimetypes --size ${ICON_SIZE} "${ICON}" $(basename $ICON | sed -e 's/.png//g')
+done
+
+xdg-desktop-menu forceupdate
+# for MIME
+gtk-update-icon-cache
+
+
diff --git a/Data/Fractorium.spec b/Data/Fractorium.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2ca1a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Data/Fractorium.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+%define _topdir       %(pwd)
+%define buildroot     %{_topdir}/BUILDROOT
+
+Name:           Fractorium
+Version:        1.0.0.15
+Release:        1
+Summary:        A fractal flame editor with GPU support
+
+Group:          Graphics
+BuildArch:      x86_64
+License:        GPL
+URL:            https://mfeemster@bitbucket.org/mfeemster/fractorium.git
+BuildRoot:      %{buildroot}
+
+%description
+Fractorium
+
+A fractal flame editor with GPU support.
+
+http://fractorium.com/
+
+The project is maintained on Bitbucket:
+
+https://bitbucket.org/mfeemster/fractorium
+
+News and updates at the above or on Matt Feemster's DeviantArt page:
+
+http://mfeemster.deviantart.com/
+
+
+%files
+%attr(0755, root, root) "/usr/bin/Fractorium-x86_64.AppImage"
+/usr/bin/emberanimate
+/usr/bin/embergenome
+/usr/bin/emberrender
+/usr/bin/fractorium
+%attr(0644, root, root) "/usr/share/applications/fractorium.desktop"
+%attr(0644, root, root) "/usr/share/fractorium/fractorium.png"
+
+%changelog
+
diff --git a/Data/control.package b/Data/control.package
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91d8193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Data/control.package
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Source: Fractorium
+Section: graphics
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Gambhiro Bhikkhu <matt.feemster@gmail.com>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
+Standards-Version: 3.9.5
+Homepage: http://fractorium.com/
+Vcs-Git: https://bitbucket.org/mfeemster/fractorium
+Vcs-Browser: https://bitbucket.org/mfeemster/fractorium
+Package: Fractorium
+Version: 1.0.0.15
+Architecture: amd64
+Description: A fractal flame editor with GPU support
+ Fractorium
+ .
+ A fractal flame editor with GPU support.
+ .
+ http://fractorium.com/
+ .
+ The project is maintained on Bitbucket:
+ .
+ https://bitbucket.org/mfeemster/fractorium
+ .
+ News and updates at the above or on Matt Feemster's DeviantArt page:
+ .
+ http://mfeemster.deviantart.com/
diff --git a/Data/fractorium.appimage.desktop b/Data/fractorium.appimage.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36dc795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Data/fractorium.appimage.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Type=Application
+Name=Fractorium
+GenericName=Fractal flame editor
+Comment=Fractal flame editor
+Exec=fractorium
+TryExec=fractorium
+Icon=fractorium
+Terminal=false
+Categories=Graphics;
+MimeType=
diff --git a/Data/fractorium.package.desktop b/Data/fractorium.package.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f931388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Data/fractorium.package.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Type=Application
+Name=Fractorium
+GenericName=Fractal flame editor
+Comment=Fractal flame editor
+Exec=fractorium
+TryExec=fractorium
+Icon=/usr/share/fractorium/fractorium.png
+Terminal=false
+Categories=Graphics;
+MimeType=
diff --git a/archive/build.sh b/archive/build.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 503d528..1219d6f
--- a/archive/build.sh
+++ b/archive/build.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ cd $OSX_BUILD_PATH
 cd ../Data
 
 cp dark_mac.qss $FRACTORIUM_FINAL_ROOT
+cp lightdark.qss $FRACTORIUM_FINAL_ROOT
 cp flam3-palettes.xml $FRACTORIUM_FINAL_ROOT
 cp *.gradient $FRACTORIUM_FINAL_ROOT
 cp *.ugr $FRACTORIUM_FINAL_ROOT
diff --git a/archive/build_linux.sh b/archive/build_linux.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ec88d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/build_linux.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "Creating the AppImage."
+
+BUILD_PATH=$PWD
+FRACTORIUM_RELEASE_ROOT=$PWD/../Bin/release
+DATA_PATH=$BUILD_PATH/../Data
+ICON_PATH=$BUILD_PATH/../Source/Fractorium/Icons
+APP_DIR=$PWD/../Bin/Fractorium.AppDir
+FRACTORIUM_PACKAGE=$BUILD_PATH/../Bin/Fractorium
+FRACTORIUM_RPM_PACKAGE=$BUILD_PATH/../Bin/rpmbuild
+EXTRA_LIBS=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
+
+#######################
+#simple check
+
+if [ ! -d "$FRACTORIUM_RELEASE_ROOT" ]; then
+   echo "release foulder not found. Please, build the project."
+   exit 2
+fi
+
+
+if [ -d "$APP_DIR" ]; then
+   echo "Fractorium.AppDir folder already exists in Bin: $APP_DIR"
+   echo "Move this folder aside or remove it."
+   exit 2
+fi
+
+if [ -d "$FRACTORIUM_PACKAGE" ]; then
+   echo "Fractorium folder already exists in Bin: $FRACTORIUM_PACKAGE"
+   echo "Move this folder aside or remove it."
+   exit 2
+fi
+
+if [ -d "$FRACTORIUM_RPM_PACKAGE" ]; then
+   echo "rpmbuild folder already exists in Bin: $FRACTORIUM_RPM_PACKAGE"
+   echo "Move this folder aside or remove it."
+   exit 2
+fi
+
+#######################
+
+# replace 5.12.2 by your QT version, and check if the instation path is the same
+export PATH=/home/$USER/Qt/5.12.2/gcc_64/bin:$PATH
+
+
+LINUX_DEPLOY_QT=/home/$USER/Qt/linuxdeployqt-6-x86_64.AppImage
+APP_IMAGE_TOOL=/home/$USER/Qt/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
+
+cd $FRACTORIUM_RELEASE_ROOT
+
+FRACTORIUM_BIN=usr/bin
+FRACTORIUM_LIB=usr/lib
+FRACTORIUM_SHR=usr/share/applications
+FRACTORIUM_ICO=usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps
+
+mkdir -p $FRACTORIUM_BIN
+mkdir -p $FRACTORIUM_LIB
+mkdir -p $FRACTORIUM_SHR
+mkdir -p $FRACTORIUM_ICO
+
+mv ember* $FRACTORIUM_BIN
+mv fractorium $FRACTORIUM_BIN
+mv lib* $FRACTORIUM_LIB
+
+cp $EXTRA_LIBS/libHalf.so.12 $FRACTORIUM_LIB
+cp $EXTRA_LIBS/libIex-2_2.so.12 $FRACTORIUM_LIB
+cp $EXTRA_LIBS/libIexMath-2_2.so.12 $FRACTORIUM_LIB
+cp $EXTRA_LIBS/libIlmImf-2_2.so.22 $FRACTORIUM_LIB
+cp $EXTRA_LIBS/libIlmThread-2_2.so.12 $FRACTORIUM_LIB
+cp $EXTRA_LIBS/libImath-2_2.so.12 $FRACTORIUM_LIB
+cp $EXTRA_LIBS/libjpeg.so.8 $FRACTORIUM_LIB
+cp $EXTRA_LIBS/libpng16.so.16 $FRACTORIUM_LIB
+cp $EXTRA_LIBS/libOpenCL.so.1 $FRACTORIUM_LIB
+cp $EXTRA_LIBS/libtbb.so.2 $FRACTORIUM_LIB
+
+cp $DATA_PATH/dark_linux.qss $FRACTORIUM_BIN
+cp $DATA_PATH/lightdark.qss $FRACTORIUM_BIN
+cp $DATA_PATH/flam3-palettes.xml $FRACTORIUM_BIN
+cp $DATA_PATH/*.gradient $FRACTORIUM_BIN
+cp $DATA_PATH/*.ugr $FRACTORIUM_BIN
+cp $ICON_PATH/Fractorium.png $FRACTORIUM_ICO
+mv $FRACTORIUM_ICO/Fractorium.png $FRACTORIUM_ICO/fractorium.png
+cp $DATA_PATH/fractorium.appimage.desktop $FRACTORIUM_SHR
+mv $FRACTORIUM_SHR/fractorium.appimage.desktop $FRACTORIUM_SHR/fractorium.desktop
+
+cd ../
+
+mv release Fractorium.AppDir
+
+# LINUX_DEPLOY_QT OPTIONS
+
+# -unsupported-bundle-everything:    Bundles ALL dependency libraries, down to and including the ld-linux.so loader and glibc. This will allow applications built on newer systems to run on older target systems, but it is not recommended since it leads to bundles that are larger than necessary
+
+# -unsupported-allow-new-glibc: Allows linuxdeployqt to run on distributions newer than the oldest still-supported Ubuntu LTS release. This will result in AppImages that will not run on all still-supported distributions, and is neither recommended nor tested or supported
+
+$LINUX_DEPLOY_QT $APP_DIR/usr/share/applications/fractorium.desktop -executable=Fractorium.AppDir/usr/bin/emberrender -executable=Fractorium.AppDir/usr/bin/embergenome -executable=Fractorium.AppDir/usr/bin/emberanimate -always-overwrite #-unsupported-allow-new-glibc
+
+rm $APP_DIR/AppRun
+
+cp $DATA_PATH/AppRun $APP_DIR
+
+$APP_IMAGE_TOOL $APP_DIR
+
+echo ""
+echo "Creating the DEB package."
+echo ""
+
+mkdir -p Fractorium
+mkdir -p Fractorium/DEBIAN
+mkdir -p Fractorium/usr/bin
+mkdir -p Fractorium/usr/share/applications
+mkdir -p Fractorium/usr/share/fractorium
+
+cp Fractorium-x86_64.AppImage Fractorium/usr/bin
+
+cp $DATA_PATH/fractorium.package.desktop Fractorium/usr/share/applications
+mv Fractorium/usr/share/applications/fractorium.package.desktop Fractorium/usr/share/applications/fractorium.desktop
+
+cp $ICON_PATH/Fractorium.png Fractorium/usr/share/fractorium
+mv Fractorium/usr/share/fractorium/Fractorium.png Fractorium/usr/share/fractorium/fractorium.png
+
+cp $DATA_PATH/control.package Fractorium/DEBIAN
+mv Fractorium/DEBIAN/control.package Fractorium/DEBIAN/control
+
+#creating symbolic links
+cd ./Fractorium/usr/bin
+
+ln -s Fractorium-x86_64.AppImage fractorium
+ln -s Fractorium-x86_64.AppImage emberrender
+ln -s Fractorium-x86_64.AppImage embergenome
+ln -s Fractorium-x86_64.AppImage emberanimate
+
+cd ../../../
+
+dpkg --build Fractorium
+
+echo ""
+echo "Creating RPM package"
+echo ""
+
+mkdir -p rpmbuild
+mkdir -p rpmbuild/BUILD
+mkdir -p rpmbuild/BUILDROOT
+mkdir -p rpmbuild/RPMS
+mkdir -p rpmbuild/SOURCES
+mkdir -p rpmbuild/SPECS
+mkdir -p rpmbuild/SRPMS
+mkdir -p rpmbuild/tmp
+
+cp $DATA_PATH/Fractorium.spec rpmbuild/SPECS
+
+cd Fractorium
+cp -r usr ../rpmbuild/BUILDROOT
+cd ../rpmbuild
+
+rpmbuild -v -bb SPECS/Fractorium.spec
+
+cd ../
+
+mv rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/* ./
+
+emberVersion=$(grep '#define EMBER_VERSION' ../Source/Ember/EmberDefines.h | sed 's/^.*EMBER_VERSION "\([^"]\+\)".*/\1/')
+
+mv Fractorium.deb Fractorium-$emberVersion-.x86_64.deb
+mv Fractorium-$emberVersion-1.x86_64.rpm Fractorium-$emberVersion.x86_64.rpm
+
+tar -czvf Fractorium-$emberVersion.x86_64.AppImage.tar.gz Fractorium-x86_64.AppImage
+
+#cleaning
+rm -rf Fractorium
+rm -rf Fractorium.AppDir
+rm -rf rpmbuild
+rm -rf Fractorium-x86_64.AppImage
+
+