Installing apps from the Store

The Store is where Linux apps come from in Wild OS: thousands of free apps, from browsers and office suites to Steam and Spotify. Open it from Start or the taskbar.

Install an app

1. Search for it, or browse Popular apps, Games and Swap your Windows apps.
2. Open the app and choose Install. Wild OS may ask for your password.
3. When it’s done, choose Open, or find it in Start.

Update and remove apps

Updates lists apps with a newer version. Choose Update on one or Update all. Installed lists everything you have, with Uninstall on each.

Updates to Wild OS itself, including its security fixes, are in Settings > Updates, not the Store. See how updates work.

Where apps come from

The Store brings together two sources, and each app’s page says which one it’s from.

Source	How it’s checked
Flathub	The largest Linux app store. Apps are reviewed before they’re listed and run in their own sandbox, with only the access they need. The Store marks them Checked and sandboxed.
Wild OS	Apps from Debian and Wild OS’s own packages, built and signed by the maintainers. They get fixes along with your other updates, and they run like any program on your computer.

You can see and change what each Flathub app can reach in Settings > Privacy and security > App permissions. See app permissions.

Swap your Windows apps

Many programs you know from Windows have a proper Linux version: Spotify, Discord, Steam, Zoom, Slack, VLC, GIMP, LibreOffice and more. The Store’s Swap your Windows apps section gathers them together.

If you download the Windows installer for one of them anyway, Wild OS spots it and offers the Linux version. See installing a Windows program.

Windows programs

Windows programs don’t come from the Store. Download the installer from the maker’s website as you always have, then open the .exe file from Files, and Wild OS offers to install it.