> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.strawberryfoundations.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# General recommendations

> General recommendations for your new StrawberryOS system

# The very first step

Before you start with the post-installation, you must first chroot into your base system.
Some of the following processes require direct access to the base system.
As the base partition was mounted read-only, it must first be made writable. Our `fsmgr` tool will help you:

```
# fsmgr system shell
```

## **1.**  Users

A new installation of StrawberryOS only has the superuser named `root`.
This user has all rights, but this is not safe if you want to use StrawberryOS as a desktop operating system.

You can therefore create a new user who does not have root rights by default.
To add a new user, you can use the useradd command:

```
(SystemRoot) # useradd -m -G some_group -s shell username
```

| Placeholder | Description                                                         |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| some\_group | A permission group for the user, e.g. `sudo`, `kvm`, `libvirt`, ... |
| shell       | Login shell for the user, e.g. `/bin/bash`                          |
| username    | Username of the user                                                |

Now change the password of the user:

```
(SystemRoot) # passwd username
```

## **2.**  Graphical user interface (Desktop)

Having a graphical user interface simplifies many tasks.
Without a desktop, hardly any software works - so you should install a desktop.

```
(SystemRoot) # tasksel
```