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Bearings

Find your footing on a brand-new Bazzite.

Switching to Linux means a hundred small "wait, where is…?" moments. Bearings sits on your desktop and answers them: what things are called now, what’s worth setting up first, and where everything lives, without sending you spelunking through wikis.

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screens

A look inside.#

Bearings home screen
fig. 01Home. Five rooms, two friendly questions, nothing blinking at you.
Familiar Territory lookup
fig. 02Familiar Territory. Your old world, translated. "Finder" in, "Dolphin" out.
what’s inside

What it does.#

  • Familiar Territory. Type what you knew on macOS or Windows; get what it’s called here and where it lives.
  • The Checklist. A first-week setup list that respects your time: essentials first, rabbit holes clearly marked.
  • The Deck. Bazzite’s handheld side, covered without making the desktop feel second-class.
  • Search. Everything above, one keystroke away.
  • Fresh content, strictly opt-in. A toggle can fetch updated content from public GitHub so answers stay current between releases. Off by default, always your call.
at a glance, then the details

Privacy#

collectedNothing.No telemetry, no usage stats, no crash reports phoning home.
sharedWith no one.There’s no server of mine, so there’s nowhere to share to.
livesOn your computer.Settings and data sit in ordinary local files.
ads & trackersZero.No ad code, no analytics code, no third-party requests.
internet useOnly if you opt in.The content-update toggle fetches versioned files from public GitHub. Off by default.
delete it allUninstall. Done.Remove the app and its folder; nothing lingers anywhere else.
  • When updates are on, the fetch is a plain HTTPS request to GitHub, which sees standard technical data like your IP address under GitHub’s own policy. The request names a content file and nothing about you.
  • Not directed at children under 13, and no data is knowingly collected from anyone, because no data is collected at all.
  • Made by Kamsiob · questions to hello@kamsiob.com · any change gets posted here with a new date. The full policy, same plain words →

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