[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":194},["ShallowReactive",2],{"content-faq":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":186,"extension":187,"meta":188,"navigation":189,"path":190,"seo":191,"stem":192,"__hash__":193},"content\u002Ffaq.md","FAQ",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":170},"minimark",[9,14,19,23,31,35,38,42,53,57,65,69,76,89,93,100,107,111,114,121,125,128,132,135,139,146,150,153,157,167],[10,11,13],"h1",{"id":12},"frequently-asked-slightly-answered","Frequently asked, slightly answered",[15,16,18],"h2",{"id":17},"is-this-just-nixos-with-a-theme","Is this just NixOS with a theme?",[20,21,22],"p",{},"No. NixOS is the base — like Ubuntu is Debian with a sensible release schedule — but argentumOS ships two first-party apps written from scratch (System Settings, App Store), a custom installer flow, custom Plymouth boot, a curated default desktop, and a deliberate policy against requiring the terminal for anything routine.",[20,24,25,26,30],{},"You can configure NixOS yourself to ",[27,28,29],"em",{},"look"," like argentumOS. You'll have a great time. We'll see you in three weekends.",[15,32,34],{"id":33},"why-nixos-and-not-arch-debian-fedora","Why NixOS and not Arch \u002F Debian \u002F Fedora?",[20,36,37],{},"Atomic updates and reliable rollbacks. If something breaks, the user reboots and picks the previous generation from the boot menu. That property is hard to fake on top of a traditional package manager. The cost is build complexity, and the build complexity is our problem, not yours.",[15,39,41],{"id":40},"why-flatpak-for-apps-and-not-nix-packages","Why Flatpak for apps and not Nix packages?",[20,43,44,45,48,49,52],{},"Because asking a user to wait for a system rebuild every time they want to try a new app is not a real plan. Flatpak ships fast, sandboxes properly, updates per-app, and Flathub already has the apps people actually want. Nix is excellent for the ",[27,46,47],{},"system",". Flatpak is excellent for the ",[27,50,51],{},"applications",". We use both.",[15,54,56],{"id":55},"will-my-hardware-work","Will my hardware work?",[20,58,59,60,64],{},"Probably. argentumOS uses the standard Linux kernel with the standard set of firmware blobs (",[61,62,63],"code",{},"linux-firmware","), and Cinnamon as the desktop. If a piece of hardware works on Ubuntu, it almost certainly works here. Boot the live ISO and check Wi-Fi, sound, and brightness before installing. That's the time to find out.",[15,66,68],{"id":67},"can-i-install-appimage-deb-rpm-files","Can I install AppImage \u002F .deb \u002F .rpm files?",[20,70,71,72,75],{},"AppImages — yes, they run anywhere, just ",[61,73,74],{},"chmod +x"," and run them (or use an AppImage launcher from Flathub).",[20,77,78,81,82,85,86,88],{},[61,79,80],{},".deb"," and ",[61,83,84],{},".rpm"," — no, those are package formats for other distros and we are not pretending to be one. If the app you want only ships as a ",[61,87,80],{},", see if there's a Flatpak; there usually is.",[15,90,92],{"id":91},"can-i-open-a-terminal","Can I open a terminal?",[20,94,95,96,99],{},"Yes. We're not monsters. The terminal is in the menu. It runs ",[61,97,98],{},"bash",". Knock yourself out.",[20,101,102,103,106],{},"The rule is ",[27,104,105],{},"the OS should not require it"," for normal use. Having one is fine. Needing one to fix Wi-Fi is not.",[15,108,110],{"id":109},"how-do-i-update-the-system","How do I update the system?",[20,112,113],{},"System Settings → System → \"Check for updates.\" It does the thing.",[20,115,116,117,120],{},"Behind the scenes this runs ",[61,118,119],{},"nixos-rebuild",". You don't need to know that. You can if you want.",[15,122,124],{"id":123},"can-i-dual-boot","Can I dual-boot?",[20,126,127],{},"You can, but the installer doesn't ship a dual-boot wizard yet. For now: install Windows first, leave free space, install argentumOS into the free space. GRUB will pick up both. If this sentence sounded like instructions, you're already power-user-adjacent and you'll be fine.",[15,129,131],{"id":130},"whats-the-release-cadence","What's the release cadence?",[20,133,134],{},"Slow. On purpose. We'd rather skip a month than ship a broken update. NixOS gets two stable channels per year and we track those; the apps and theme update more often, but you'll never wake up to a UX overhaul.",[15,136,138],{"id":137},"is-there-a-community","Is there a community?",[20,140,141,142,145],{},"GitHub issues, for now. If something breaks, that's where it goes. Describe what you tried to do ",[27,143,144],{},"without the terminal",". If the workaround you found involved the terminal, that's the bug.",[15,147,149],{"id":148},"why-argentum","Why \"argentum\"?",[20,151,152],{},"It's Latin for silver. Cohesive dark theme with a metallic accent. We're not over-thinking the etymology and neither should you.",[15,154,156],{"id":155},"who-makes-this","Who makes this?",[20,158,159,166],{},[160,161,165],"a",{"href":162,"rel":163},"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com",[164],"nofollow","sinisterMage",", hosted under the Celestia Foundation. One person, one project, one strong opinion about save buttons.",[20,168,169],{},"xoxo",{"title":171,"searchDepth":172,"depth":172,"links":173},"",2,[174,175,176,177,178,179,180,181,182,183,184,185],{"id":17,"depth":172,"text":18},{"id":33,"depth":172,"text":34},{"id":40,"depth":172,"text":41},{"id":55,"depth":172,"text":56},{"id":67,"depth":172,"text":68},{"id":91,"depth":172,"text":92},{"id":109,"depth":172,"text":110},{"id":123,"depth":172,"text":124},{"id":130,"depth":172,"text":131},{"id":137,"depth":172,"text":138},{"id":148,"depth":172,"text":149},{"id":155,"depth":172,"text":156},"Common questions about argentumOS, answered with the appropriate amount of caffeine.","md",{},true,"\u002Ffaq",{"title":5,"description":186},"faq","AmUvNnjVNZ4rhE1OVq_UGrlPAYHJ1O-ZdjVfK8DG9Bo",1779386732034]