APT pinning is how a Debian desktop says no to surprise upgrades
Before mixing Debian releases or vendor repositories, audit APT priorities so the resolver cannot quietly choose a package source you did not intend.
Small apps.A full desktop.Useful technology, explained.
Shadowfetch is an independent software studio. Three things: small, single-purpose apps published on the App Store by Robert Corbin; Shadowfetch Linux, a full Debian-based desktop; and the Journal, where the useful parts get written down.
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- AppsThe full catalog, filterable without JavaScript.
- CollectionsApps grouped into seven shelves.
- LinuxThe desktop, its docs and the download.
- JournalWriting, by beat and by date.
- AboutWhat the studio is and what it ships.
$0.99 once · no accounts · no telemetry · no ads
| Month | Apps shipped |
|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | 0 |
| Feb 2026 | 0 |
| Mar 2026 | 0 |
| Apr 2026 | 20 |
| May 2026 | 92 |
| Jun 2026 | 107 |
| Jul 2026 | 65 |
≈41 apps shipped per month, 2026 · through Jul 2026
Recently shipped
| Date | App | Platform | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
 Planthread: IEP Organizer | iOS | Education | |
 Petalbatch: Floral Recipes | iOS | Business | |
 Numiscribe: Coin Archive | iOS | Reference | |
 Locoquill: Model Train Log | iOS | Reference | |
 Aidmargin: College Offers | iOS | Education | |
 Wrapspan: Rod Workshop | iOS | Sports | |
 Turngrain: Bowl Studio | iOS | Lifestyle | |
 Tuftgrid: Rug Planner | iOS | Lifestyle | |
 Tintwright: Formula Cards | iOS | Business | |
 Temperarc: Chocolate Lab | iOS | Food & Drink |
From the Journal
New writing from the Shadowfetch studio - practical guides to the apps, the desktop and the tools around them.
Latest article
Btrfs subvolumes decide what your snapshots can save
Before enabling automatic Snapper snapshots, decide which Btrfs subvolumes should roll back, which should persist, and what still needs a real backup.
How to Calculate Lye Safely for a Soap Recipe
The safe lye number starts with oil weights and NaOH SAP values, then superfat and water choices are applied with sodium hydroxide treated as caustic.
How to Tell Whether Your Writing Is Actually Readable
A practical way to judge readability by audience fit, structure, plain wording, and sentence-level friction instead of treating a grade-level score as the whole answer.
Debian testing with Plasma 6 is a tradeoff, not a shortcut
Debian testing can be useful for a controlled Plasma 6 desktop, but its churn and security limits make stable Debian the safer daily-driver choice.
How to Find and Identify Things in the Night Sky Offline
A practical offline workflow for using time, location, direction, Moon phase, planets, constellations, and a prepared atlas without relying on live signal.
Shadowfetch Linux 2.0.1 «Umbra»
A private, AI-ready creative workstation, built honestly on Debian. KDE Plasma 6, themed end to end in shadow and gold, with the creative tools you’d otherwise spend a weekend installing already working.
We don’t fork anything we don’t have to. If you’ve used Debian, you already know how to use Shadowfetch.
- Base
- Debian testing derivative
- Desktop
- KDE Plasma 6
- Requires
- 4 GB RAM · 40 GB disk
Download 4.49 GB (4.18 GiB) ISO
Debian is a registered trademark of Software in the Public Interest, Inc. Shadowfetch Linux is an independent derivative and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Debian project.
Curated collections
Principles
Local-first. Your machine, your data. Nothing is uploaded, nothing needs an account, and nothing phones home.
Small and finished. Each app does one thing. It ships when it works, not when a roadmap says so.
Built on Debian, not around it. Security updates and 99% of the archive come straight from upstream.
One person, publishing in public. Every app, every release, and every mistake is on the record above - and the Journal writes up the parts worth keeping.