Shadowfetch Linux 2.1.3 «Umbra»
Documentation
16 guides, covering installation, verification, hardware and Secure Boot, local AI agents, the security model, the known issues and the release history. Each page separates what the system does today from what is planned.
Get it running
From nothing installed to a working desktop.
- Overview/linux
What Shadowfetch Linux is: a private, AI-ready creative workstation built on Debian testing with KDE Plasma 6.
- Screenshots/linux/screenshots
The desktop, the first-boot Welcome app, the assistant, Control Center and Agent Studio, as they ship.
- Download/linux/download
The ISO, its exact size, the checksum and signature, resumable mirrors, and how to write it to a USB stick.
- Verify/linux/verify
Confirm the SHA-256 checksum and the GPG signature on Linux, macOS or Windows before you install.
- Install/linux/install
Boot the ISO, click through Calamares, reboot - about fifteen minutes, plus the first-boot notes.
- APT repository/linux/apt
The signed repository (suite umbra, component main, amd64) for adding Shadowfetch packages to an existing Debian system.
Hardware and boot
What it runs on, and the one firmware setting that stops it.
- Hardware notes/linux/hardware
64-bit Intel and AMD requirements, RAM and disk headroom, NVIDIA and hybrid laptops, peripherals and virtual machines.
- Secure Boot/linux/secure-boot
The installer is not signed by a Microsoft-trusted shim, so Secure Boot must be off. What that costs and how to do it safely.
Use it
The part that is actually different from stock Debian.
- AI agent setup/linux/agents
Pick a runtime, give each job its own Agent Studio workspace, and grant only the capabilities that job needs. Agents run on your hardware.
Know the limits
Read this before installing on a machine you depend on.
- Security model/linux/security
What is inherited from Debian, what Shadowfetch adds, what it does not collect, and the current caveats.
- Known issues/linux/known-issues
The honest caveats: Secure Boot is unsigned, Debian testing moves, NVIDIA varies, local AI needs headroom.
- Roadmap/linux/roadmap
What is shipping now versus what is planned, in stages. Dates are targets, not promises.
Reference
Answers, history, licensing.
- FAQ/linux/faq
Direct answers on the Debian relationship, who it suits, NVIDIA, whether local AI phones home, and verifying the ISO.
- Changelog/linux/changelog
The release history, and what changed in each one.
- Licensing & source/linux/licensing
Upstream licenses, the license Shadowfetch's own components carry, and the written offer for corresponding source.
- Support the project/linux/donate
Shadowfetch Linux is free and stays free. There is a tip jar, with no tiers, perks or gated features.