FAQ

• What even is an "Operating System"?

  An operating system is the software interface that allows you to interact with the hardware of a computer. Windows 10 and 11 are operating systems. It's essentially the platform which your applications run on top of.

• What is it that you do?

  I assemble and tailor a custom operating system to your personal needs. While operating systems like Windows have an excessive amount of code designed to cover a multitude of legacy edge cases - which often leaves it consuming far more resources than necessary, difficult to configure and much more vulnerable to viruses and other issues - my custom system is totally tailored to your device's hardware. This means a significantly more stable, secure and fast computing experience.

• Do I need to get a new computer?

  In most cases, no! I can tailor an operating system to any existing device's needs.

  The only devices that are not able to be updated right now are computers with chipsets other than x86_64 (although this will change in the future). If you don't know what that means or you have an older device, you don't need to worry about it.

• Does it get pop-ups / viruses / or similar issues?

  While operating systems like Windows have a huge amount of legacy and bloated code that make it more vulnerable to these sorts of issues, my custom operating systems are based on a totally different software paradigm. The core of the operating system is significantly more minimal and is assembled using a variety of different independently tested parts. This means that the attack surface is incredibly small - there is no way for viruses or pop-ups to appear simply because they are not compatible with my systems. Even if you were to manually download viruses and attempt to run them, you would not be able to get them to work. Unless you were to explicity and manually open up a security hole in the system, it remains immune to any external forces. It's that simple.

• Does it go out of support, like Windows 10 did?

  This will absolutely never happen, ever. Because the system is based on free (as in freedom) and open-source software, each part is independently maintained and provided by a global network of volunteers and will continue to receive updates as long as people are using it. Even if I were to die or go bankrupt, your system would happily continue to update and maintain itself. My custom operating system is like a tailored suit for your computer that dry cleans itself. Even without internet, the system is very stable and will run for a long, long time.

• Is it stable?

  You can run a system for months without restarting it and it wouldn't have any issues. Because the system is tailored to your device, it only ever does what it needs to do.

• What if I have more questions?

  Feel free to contact me with any questions you have!