Fast where it counts
Genuinely light: built to run well on machines with 4 GB of memory, especially with an SSD.
Your computer deserves a new system.
Snow OS is simple to use, light and secure. It brings speed back to computers that still have plenty to offer — with today's browser, apps and updates.
No e-mail needed to sign up
Everything a computer should be. Nothing more.
Turn it on and use it. The system stays out of your way so you can work, study, watch videos and talk to people.
Familiar from minute one
Menu bar on top, Dock at the bottom, shortcuts where your fingers expect them. Nothing to relearn.
Made for today's web
A current browser, video, video calls and modern apps. Your computer keeps up with the world again.
Secure and kept up to date
Continuous security updates. No more stuck with a browser the rest of the world gave up on.
Private by design
Accounts without e-mail or phone number, and no tracking. Your data stays yours.
Try before you install
Start it from a USB stick and use it for real. Nothing on your disk changes until you decide to install.
Light on requirements
You don't need new hardware. If your computer has a 64-bit processor and a reasonably recent graphics chip, Snow OS is made to run on it.
See graphics compatibility64-bitprocessor, Intel or AMD
4 GBof memory is the starting point
OpenGL 3.0graphics, which the desktop needs to draw itself
8 GBUSB stick to install from
From USB stick to desktop in three steps
- 1
Download
Grab the Snow OS image from the download page and check its checksum.
- 2
Write it to a USB stick
Any 8 GB stick will do. We show you step by step.
- 3
Install
Start your computer from the stick and follow the installer.
Your account, your machines
Create a Snow OS account to connect your computers to the cloud soon: backup, synced files and device location. No e-mail, no phone number — just a username, a password and a recovery key only you hold.