Feren OS is an Operating System designed with a unique, yet familiar, experience in mindFeren OS is built with the user friendliness in mind. Powered by a heavily edited KDE Plasma desktop, Feren OS provides a unique experience by default that is easy to get to grips with in no time. Featuring most of the benefits of the KDE Plasma Desktop, such as KDE Connect, and a couple of features and useful applications to make use of, Feren OS is simple by default but powerful when needed.
If you ever find yourself unsure about where to find a certain feature, don't worry - the Welcome Screen, User Guide and Social Media pages are available at all times* whenever you need to pop in and ask a question. *Social Media availability of the developer of Feren OS depends on when he is awake |
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A whole world of applications are available
Feren OS comes with a handy selection of applications that are available by default in the OS, as well as access to thousands of other available applications thanks to upstream repositories. Most apps are free and available to download too.
Vivaldi
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Files
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Store
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Remmina
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Global Theme
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KDenLive**
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LibreOffice
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Calendar
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OBS Studio**
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Photos
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Krita
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Kate
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Okular
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Steam**
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Lutris**
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Spectacle
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Calculator
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Maps
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**Not preinstalled by default
Plenty of ways to open documents for Office
With Feren OS, the lack of an official client for Microsoft Office® is made up for with the huge amount of alternative programs available to Feren OS for opening many types of Office Documents. From using Mail to access your emails to using one of plenty of Office Alternative programs to access Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents to relatively high success, here's just some of the available alternatives:
LibreOffice
- Available by default - Comes with Writer, Impress, Calc, and more - Relatively customisable to suit your workflow - Works quite well with Office Documents - Open Source - No EULA |
WPS Office
- Available from Welcome Screen - Comes with Writer, Spreadsheets, and Presentations - Designed to look like the Office of now, and the past - Works with Office Documents - Closed Source - Requires EULA Agreement |
Softmaker Office
- Available from Welcome Screen - Comes with TextMaker, PlanMaker, and Presentations - Can switch between looking like Office now and Office of the past - Works quite well with Office Documents - Closed Source - No EULA - Paid, unless you go for 'FreeOffice' |
Google Docs / Microsoft Office Online
- Available from your Web Browser - Official and made by Google and Microsoft - Simple and easy to use - Designed to work with Office Formats - Closed Source - Applicable to company's terms of service |
Microsoft Office in Wine (Windows Program Loader)
- Requires Wine, and the Installation Disc for Microsoft Office, and/or setup executable - Office 2010 and earlier runs best - Integrates fairly well with the OS - Some features aren't stable enough to be used, may not work, or may even crash the program completely. Improvements come over time, however. |
Web Browsing is made a PleasureRenowned for its great features and customisation, Feren OS comes with Vivaldi***, the browser that you make your own with great features that may make you want to switch web browsers to Vivaldi by default such as Tab Stacking, Quick Commands and Web Panels.
If Vivaldi isn't your thing, there's also Google Chrome, Chromium, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and plenty of other Web Browsers available, and we've also included Web Browser Manager for easy management of these and more popular web browsers. ***By using Vivaldi you agree to Vivaldi's Privacy Policy and EULA. |
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Consistently beautifulFeren OS comes with a mixture of applications across the two leading application platforms. However, despite this everything is designed with a consistent design language in mind. Furthermore, Feren OS is designed to shine on modern hardware, with a beautiful design out of the box and an overall snappy desktop experience included.
If you have a touch screen device, don't worry - just use Tablet Mode (accessible from the initial Welcome screen and in System Settings -> Theme -> Desktop Layout) and enjoy access to an on-screen keyboard, whenever the bottom panel is visible, as well as a desktop experience designed more overall with touch screens in mind. Furthermore, the design of Feren OS is heavily influenced by the community of Feren OS users. If you would like to contribute to Feren OS's artwork or design, head over to http://ferenartwork.deviantart.com/ and get started today. |
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Game onThe Steam Client is useable within Feren OS, meaning you can play between a choice of countless Linux Games from within your Feren OS powered system. On top of this, because of the recent introduction of 'Steam Play' to the client available for Feren OS, you can also play any of the Steam Play Verified games with ease, even if they're only designed to run on Windows, and you can enable the ability to attempt to play any Non-SteamOS Game available on Steam right from Steam Settings -> Steam Play, on Feren OS.
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Updates for all of the system won't get in your way****Finally Feren OS not only puts updates all in one place for most applications, but it doesn't need to restart just to update. That means you can update your applications as well as the system, all in one place, and you can enjoy your OS while it updates in the background daily whenever updates are available.
For extra peace of mind, there is also a firewall pre-installed in Feren OS that can be enabled whenever you want. ****Some updates will require a restart after installation to take effect, furthermore this claim is made about updating pre-installed software in the OS |
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