DistroWatch.com: Shadowfetch Linux

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DistroWatch.com: Shadowfetch Linux
Last Update: 2026-06-11 15:24 UTC OS Type: Linux Based on: Debian (Testing) Origin: USA Architecture: x86_64 Desktop: KDE Plasma Category: Desktop, Live Medium, Privacy Status: Active Popularity: 474 (23 hits per day) Shadowfetch Linux is a desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's "Testing" branch and featuring a customised KDE Plasma desktop. The distribution intends to be a "creative workstation", with several software applications for creative work installed by default. Shadowfetch Linux also includes local artificial intelligence tools and various privacy-enhancing features, such as UFW firewall, MAC-address randomization and hardened sysctl attributes. Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 477 (12), 6 months: 474 (23), 3 months: 329 (48), 4 weeks: 118 (146), 1 week: 78 (190) Visitor rating: No visitor rating given yet. Rate this project.

Last Update: 2026-06-11 15:24 UTC

OS Type: Linux
Based on: Debian (Testing)
Origin: USA
Architecture: x86_64
Desktop: KDE Plasma
Category: Desktop, Live Medium, Privacy
Status: Active
Popularity: 474 (23 hits per day)

Shadowfetch Linux is a desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's "Testing" branch and featuring a customised KDE Plasma desktop. The distribution intends to be a "creative workstation", with several software applications for creative work installed by default. Shadowfetch Linux also includes local artificial intelligence tools and various privacy-enhancing features, such as UFW firewall, MAC-address randomization and hardened sysctl attributes.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 477 (12), 6 months: 474 (23), 3 months: 329 (48), 4 weeks: 118 (146), 1 week: 78 (190)

Visitor rating: No visitor rating given yet. Rate this project.

Shadowfetch Summary
Distribution	Shadowfetch Linux
Home Page	https://www.shadowfetch.com/linux/
Mailing Lists	--
User Forums	--
Alternative User Forums
Documentation	https://www.shadowfetch.com/linux/install
Screenshots	DistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors	https://www.shadowfetch.com/linux/download • DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker	--
Related Websites	GitHub
Reviews
Where To Donate, Buy or Try

Table Notes and Explanations
(Please refer to the table below.) Select view: Major packages only (52) All tracked packages (228) To compare the software in this project to the software available in other distributions, please see our Compare Packages page. Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "plasma-desktop" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package. Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

Table Notes and Explanations

(Please refer to the table below.)

To compare the software in this project to the software available in other distributions, please see our Compare Packages page.

Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "plasma-desktop" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.

Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

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