Download – Shiny OS

Requirements

HD Display 1080

A minimum high definition display (1920×1080) is required to show and fit the sidebar and menus. Shiny OS was designed to make sure it behaves correctly at that resolution.

Hardware Graphics Accelerator

Decent hardware acceleration is required. Shiny OS comes with desktop effects such as wobbly windows on by default. Shiny OS will not work well in VMs without such acceleration.

Not for older laptops

Laptops older than 10 years are unlikely to provide good enough performance for Shiny OS. Shiny OS was designed for more modern computers and laptops

Release Notes V1

Based on Ubuntu 22:10

Shiny OS is compatible and will work well with hardware that works with Ubuntu 22:10

Known Issue

Due to bugs in Nvidia drivers, installing and running Shiny OS on a Nvidia laptop with hybrid graphics on an external monitor can cause high CPU usage. Run nvidia-settings and set Prime profile to performance mode to avoid this. Other issue with NVidia is Wayland will not be used and the default movie player, Totem, may crash when started on XOrg. Installing mpv for playing videos is then recommended (sudo apt install mpv)

Logout/Login

It may be necessary to log out and in again if Gnome Shell extensions are mis-behaving when run for the first time.

Flatpak installed as default

Snaps are disabled so Flatpak is on by default and in the Gnome Software store too.

Native Firefox

We provide a native high performance Firefox instead of the Snap based offering from Ubuntu. We use the Mozzila team PPA so it will always offer up to date versions