Guides
How to install OrielOS, find your way around it every day and set it up for games. The same guides are in the source code’s docs folder and the project’s wiki on GitHub.
Get started
- Install OrielOS
Download the installer, make a USB stick, make room next to Windows, install and start OrielOS for the first time.
- Try OrielOS in a virtual machine
Build OrielOS, make a virtual machine disk and start it in QEMU or VMware Workstation.
- Status
What works today, what doesn't work yet, and what's planned.
- Known limitations
What OrielOS can't do yet, and what it won't do by design.
Everyday use
- The desktop
The taskbar, the system tray, snapping windows, Files, taking a screenshot, Process Manager, and light and dark.
- Using Start
Searching, pinning apps, All apps, recommendations, and the account and power buttons.
- Keyboard shortcuts
The Windows shortcuts for Start, Files, Run, Process Manager, Screenshot and more.
- Settings
The categories, finding a setting, and applying changes.
- Installing apps
The Store, Flathub, and how Firefox arrives on first boot.
- Windows programs
Running a Windows
.exeor.msiwith Run this app, its Start entries, and removing a program. - Updates and going back
How OrielOS prepares an update for the next restart, and how to go back to the previous version.
- Getting help
Where to look things up, where to ask, and how to report a problem.
Gaming
- Games and controllers
What OrielOS sets up for games, pairing Xbox and PlayStation controllers, and apps for gaming mice and lighting.
- Games with anti-cheat
Why OrielOS always starts in the mode that games with anti-cheat need, and why there's Sleep but no Hibernate.
- Secure Boot and your drivers
The one-time blue screen that lets the NVIDIA driver and other drivers load, and the firmware update warning.
Find a topic
Every topic in the guides, A to Z. Use your browser’s find (Ctrl+F) to search this list.
A
- Accent colour Settings
- Accessory apps Settings
- After installing Install OrielOS
- Applying changes Settings
- Apps and the Store Status
- Apps from the Store Updates and going back
- Ask a question Getting help
B
- Before you start Install OrielOS
- Build OrielOS Try OrielOS in a virtual machine
C
- Changing a shortcut Keyboard shortcuts
- Checking your PC Games with anti-cheat
- Controllers Games and controllers
D
- Desktop Status
- Device security Settings
- Doesn't work yet Status
- Download Install OrielOS
E
- Everyday use Known limitations
F
- Fedora packages Installing apps
- Files The desktop
- Finding a setting Settings
- Firefox Installing apps
- From the update icon Settings
G
- Games Known limitations
- Games and drivers Status
- GE-Proton for Windows games in Steam Games and controllers
- Getting games Games and controllers
- Going back yourself Updates and going back
- Graphics in a virtual machine Try OrielOS in a virtual machine
H
- Hardware verified Status
- How long the previous version is kept Updates and going back
- How to check Secure Boot and your drivers
- How updates arrive Updates and going back
I
- If a game still won't start Games with anti-cheat
- If an update doesn't start Updates and going back
- If OrielOS won't start properly Getting help
- If something goes wrong Install OrielOS
- If you miss it Secure Boot and your drivers
- If your PC needs a firmware update Secure Boot and your drivers
- In a terminal Updates and going back
- Installing Status
- Installing an app Installing apps
L
- Light and dark The desktop
- Locking and signing out The desktop
- Look it up Getting help
M
- Make a virtual machine disk Try OrielOS in a virtual machine
- Make the USB stick Install OrielOS
- Mice, keyboards and lighting Games and controllers
P
- Pinned apps Using Start
- Planned Status
- Power mode Settings
- Preparing a version yourself Updates and going back
- Process Manager The desktop
R
- Recommended Using Start
- Removing a program Windows programs
- Removing an app Installing apps
- Removing the virtual machine Try OrielOS in a virtual machine
- Report a problem Getting help
- Running a program Windows programs
S
- Search Using Start
- Settings Status
- Snap layouts Keyboard shortcuts
- Start and the taskbar Settings
- Start entries Windows programs
- Start from the stick Install OrielOS
- Start it in QEMU Try OrielOS in a virtual machine
- Start it in VMware Workstation Try OrielOS in a virtual machine
T
- Taking a screenshot The desktop
- The boot menu Updates and going back
- The first start Install OrielOS
- The installer Install OrielOS
- The system tray The desktop
- The taskbar The desktop
- The update settings Updates and going back
- Trying it out Known limitations
U
- Updates Status
- Updating apps Installing apps
- Using the keyboard Using Start
W
- What doesn't work Windows programs
- What going back keeps Updates and going back
- What happens on first boot Try OrielOS in a virtual machine
- What OrielOS sets up for games Games and controllers
- What stays and what changes Updates and going back
- What that means Games with anti-cheat
- What you need Install OrielOS
- What you need Try OrielOS in a virtual machine
- What you'll see Secure Boot and your drivers
- What's in each version Updates and going back
- Where programs are kept Windows programs
- Why the step is needed Secure Boot and your drivers
- Why there's no Hibernate Games with anti-cheat
- Windows The desktop
- Works Status
Y
- Your account and the power button Using Start
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