Extensive Theme Support

Shock OS comes with an advanced theme engine that supports a wide range of custom GTK themes, icon themes, Metacity themes, and more! Additionally, it can auto-detect dark themes and adjust the interface accordingly, and even includes support for LibAdwaita themes! With Shock OS, you can customize and theme your desktop to your liking.

Slideshow Background Support

In addition to standard backgrounds, Shock OS includes support for shuffling through an image album to provide a beautiful slideshow background that will automatically change at a set interval.

Screensavers

That's right, Shock OS brings back screensavers! With many fancy 3D screensavers to choose from, you'll find one that makes your lock screen look nice and spicy. If you're not a fan of screensavers, you can always use a blank screen.

Panel and Desktop Icons

Through the 'Panel Layouts' and 'Desktop Icons' apps, you can manage which, or if, desktop icons are displayed, as well as choose a panel layout that fits your liking.

Startup Sound

Shock OS lets you pick a custom startup sound, if the default thunder one is too shocking for you 😂

Shockware Center

The Shockware Center is a lightweight and speedy app store designed specifically for the Raspberry Pi. It's very reliable and user-friendly, and you'll find that browsing for, installing, and removing apps and games is a piece of cake.

Web Apps

Run your favorite websites as if they were apps! Shock OS comes with a web app manager that makes accessing commonly-used websites easier and better integrated with your desktop.

Parental Controls and Screen Time

Shock OS includes baked-in support for enabling screen time tracking and setting screen time limits on child profiles through the use of two apps: Parental Controls and Screen Time. The Parental Controls app allows adult users to enable/disable screen time tracking, and set daily screen time limits, for child users. Screen time limits can only be set for child profiles and will log them off when their daily allotted time has been reached. The Screen Time app allows adult users to opt-in to screen time tracking, and also allows any user to view the screen time usage of other users who have opted-in to the feature.

NOTE: Screen time limits work best on the Raspberry Pi 5, as it has a real-time clock. For older Pi models, an internet connection is required after each reboot for the system to correctly tell time and for the screen time features to work properly.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Linux distro is Shock OS based on?

Shock OS is based on Raspberry Pi OS, which is based on Debian.

What hardware is Shock OS designed to run on?

Shock OS is designed exclusively for the Raspberry Pi.

Does Shock OS come with Flatpak support?

Yes. Shock OS 8.0 Holly and up have full Flatpak support built-in, and installing/removing Flatpak applications is super easy thanks to the Shockware Center. Flatpak is installed simply to widen the range of desktop apps available to users. No Flatpaks are installed by default, and Flatpak can be disabled or removed if you wish.

Does Shock OS come with Snap support?

No, Shock OS does not come with any Snap components installed. While it is possible to install Snap support on Shock OS, Snap applications will not show up in the Shockware Center. We strongly recommend using Flatpaks instead of Snaps whenever possible.