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 title: Maneki neko
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+
+```
+⠀⠀⠀⣀⣄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣠⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
+⠀⠀⢸⣿⣩⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣍⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
+⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⢁⣀⣀⡀⠀
+⠀⠀⣾⣿⠟⠉⠉⠻⣿⣿⠟⠉⠉⠛⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦
+⠀⢠⣿⣿⣷⡿⢿⣾⠛⠛⣷⡿⣿⣾⣦⣈⠉⠙⠛⠋
+⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣀⣤⣤⣀⣤⣼⣿⣿⡿⠀⣼⡿⠀
+⠀⣀⣬⠻⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠟⣁⠐⡿⠃⠀
+⣸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡄⠀⠀⢀⣀⣼⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀
+⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣄⠙⣧⣄⣠⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀
+⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀
+⣤⣄⡉⠙⠋⣁⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀
+⠟⠉⣉⣉⡉⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⢉⣉⣉⠉⠻⠀⠀
+⢠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⡈⢻⡟⢁⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀
+⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀
+⠀⠈⠉⠙⠛⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠛⠋⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀
+```
+
+## What is it???
+The _StratOS Maneki Neko_ is our simple Welcome screen application. It opens up automatically after you login into your newly installed StratOS system.
+
+![maneki on stratos desktop](./maneki_pics/01_readme_stratos.png)
+
+## What does it do?
+
+This small program is made to fulfill just these three things.
+
+
+> Tell you about StratOS, how its made and what exactly it is.
+
+> Tell you about the StratOS community and the contributing members to the project.
+
+> To help set up your new system by providing easy access to do the initial setup process including (but not limited to - in future versions) the following tasks:
+>> Installing a new StratOS distro (aka `stratum`) easily.\
+>> Changing common default settings such as default apps and/or themes.\
+>> Installing from a community-curated list of popular Linux applications.
+>>
+
+New users can make use of _Maneki Neko_ to install popular applications on an otherwise barebones system which may require prior Linux command knowledge.
+
+![ui demo to change default settings](<./maneki_pics/02_readme_changeSetting.png>)
+
+![ui demo to install curated packages](./maneki_pics/03_readme_programInstaller.png)
+
+
+
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