Feren OS User Guide

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Downloading Feren OS

Getting the correct Feren OS for your machine
Getting the Feren OS ISO
- Going to the Feren OS Download Page
- Downloading Feren OS
Verifying your Feren OS ISO

Preparing for installation

Writing the ISO to a USB Stick
- Getting the necessary tools
- Flashing your Feren OS ISO file to your USB
Writing the ISO to a DVD
Making preparations
Using Transfer Tool to backup your data from Windows
Using Transfer Tool to backup your data from Feren OS

Booting Feren OS from USB or DVD

Boot Feren OS from USB or DVD
- Booting with ‘nomodeset’ (for NVIDIA users)
Accessibility Options
- Finding the accessibility options
- Activating “Keys” Accessibility Features using the keyboard

Installing Feren OS

Installing Feren OS to an empty hard drive
Installing Feren OS over Windows
Installing Feren OS alongside Windows
Installing Feren OS over macOS
Installing Feren OS alongside macOS
Installing Feren OS over Linux
Installing Feren OS alongside Linux

Feren OS Classic

Transitioning from Feren OS Classic to Feren OS
- What you need
- Transitioning from Feren OS Classic to Feren OS

Getting Started

Booting with nomodeset for NVIDIA Hardware
- Booting with nomodeset on an installed system
- Installing Drivers
First Steps
- Logging in for the first time
Welcome Screen
Restoring data with Transfer Tool
Update Manager
Accessibility Options
- Finding the accessibility options
- Activating “Keys” Accessibility Features using the keyboard

Hardware and Feren OS

Driver Manager
Broadcom Wireless Network Drivers
- Why is my WiFi not working?
- Installing the Wireless Network Drivers
Extra tips for NVIDIA users
- Adding the Optimus Indicator

Using Feren OS

Using the Desktop
Using the Desktop (Feren OS Classic)
System Settings
System Settings (Feren OS Classic)
Using Vivaldi
- Using Vivaldi in Feren OS
- Getting help with Vivaldi
  - Places to go to get help with Vivaldi

Installing applications

Store
Web Browser Manager
- What is Web Browser Manager?
- Using Web Browser Manager
Snap Store
AppImages
- What are AppImages?
Common Program Replacements

Gaming on Feren OS

Steam
- How to install Steam
- Extra Tips
Lutris

Making Feren OS your own

Global Theme
- What are Global Themes?
- Getting new Global Themes
Getting new themes
Adding widgets to your desktop
- Feren OS
- Feren OS Classic
Theme Colouriser
Customising your Lock Screen
Customising the Login Screen
- Login Window

Sending Feedback

Sending Feedback about Feren OS
- Where can you send feedback about Feren OS?

Maintaining Feren OS

The Troubleshooting Page
Resetting the package repositories
Removing old packages
Removing or downgrading foreign packages
- Removing foreign packages
- Downgrading foreign packages
Reporting Bugs
- Where and how do I report bugs?
Where to find help

Feren OS User Guide

Using Vivaldi

Using Vivaldi

This section of the User Guide details how to use Vivaldi in Feren OS to browse the internet. Click on an item to continue.

Using Vivaldi in Feren OS
Getting help with Vivaldi

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