Shadowfetch Linux is a desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's "Testing" branch and featuring a customised KDE Plasma desktop. The distribution intends to be a "creative workstation", with several software applications for creative work installed by default. Shadowfetch Linux also includes local artificial intelligence tools and various privacy-enhancing features, such as UFW firewall, MAC-address randomization and hardened sysctl attributes.

What we don't do


• No accounts. Nothing here needs you to sign up for anything.

• No telemetry. The apps do not report back on how you use them.

• No ads inside apps.

• No subscription for a tool that should be a purchase. You buy it once.

What you get out of the box

Private by default
UFW firewall on, MAC-address randomization, hardened sysctl. Your machine, your data.

Agent-ready, on-device
Run Hermes or OpenClaw, then give each project a private Agent Studio workspace with tasks, memory, artifacts and safety rules.

Themed end to end
GRUB, boot splash, login, and desktop unified in the Umbra gold-on-graphite look.

Easy to keep healthy
The Control Center puts safe updates, plain-language health checks, snapshots, recovery, graphics and agent tools in one place.

2D · Photo
GIMP, Krita, Inkscape, Scribus, darktable, RawTherapee, digiKam

Audio · Video
Ardour, Audacity, Hydrogen, Kdenlive, Shotcut, OBS Studio, full LV2 plugin set

3D · Color
Blender, FreeCAD, OpenSCAD, ArgyllCMS, DisplayCAL, colord

Agent-ready out of the box

Hermes
Nous Research’s self-improving agent — writes its own skills as you work, with a Telegram/Discord/Slack gateway.

OpenClaw
A lightweight personal agent with friendly onboarding that drives your local models.

100% local
Run one recommended on-device model and local web chat. The wider model catalog stays available as an advanced option.

Agent Studio
Create an isolated workspace with instructions, task state, durable memory and logs. Browser and sandbox tools remain deliberate, guided installs.

Get Balena Etcher for Windows/Mac/Linux to create bootable USB Stick here:

https://etcher.balena.io/#download-etcher

Visit the Shadowfetch website here:

https://www.shadowfetch.com/