GRIMOIRE.md additions:
- The arsenal — three distrobox-based operator environments (Kali,
BlackArch's 2,800+ packages, Parrot privacy stack), 600+ host-native
tools via pacman/AUR, ~3,400 cross-distrobox total, with progressive
unlock through certification arcs
- Boss contracts — raids vs nightmare tiers, contract.toml state
machine semantics, branch-on-solution-approach, faction favor as
earned reputation
- The XP engine — ~100K-line gamification crate, modified-logarithmic
level curve with prestige boundaries, multiplicative multiplier stack
(property-tested cap), signed-commit-attestation XP for upstream
contributions (forge-resistant)
- Loot economy depth — tier-tied drop tables, prestige-locked gear,
reputation multipliers
- Certification arcs — OffSec (OSCP/OSEP/OSWE/OSCE³), GIAC, ISC²,
EC-Council, INE, Splunk/Sentinel/Elastic, AZ-500/SC-100/AWS Security
- Blue + red + purple split — full-spectrum positioning vs the
curriculum-only competitors
MESH.md (NEW) — the e-waste reduction philosophy as a load-bearing
front-door doc. Three reinforcing pillars (environmental, economic,
sovereign) + how the mesh works at a high level + what it enables.
"The mesh is the product. Everything else is architecture in service
of this core." Old laptops and retired workstations pulled from the
e-waste stream back into a sovereign compute pool.
README.md updates:
- Mesh-on-salvaged-silicon as a first-class capability bullet
- Promise section now leads with "the mesh is the product"
- Cross-link to MESH.md
The pivot here is from "Syn_OS is a security distro with mesh capability"
to "Syn_OS is mesh-of-old-hardware running local AI; security distro is
how we got here." This matches the founder's stated load-bearing thesis.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Visual identity for the public-facing repo:
- Phoenix logo (red, with Syn_OS wordmark) at the top of README as hero
- Phoenix-white variant in the footer band for visual symmetry
- Sanctum wallpaper added to assets/ (available for embed where useful)
- Four no-fake-stats badges: pre-release status, Sun & Salt codename,
Rust language tag, CC-BY-SA docs license
Assets directory created at assets/ holding only what's safe to publish:
phoenix.png, phoenix-white.png, synos-sanctum.png. Live desktop
screenshot and oversized wallpapers omitted (privacy + repo size).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- README.md: Complete project overview with features, download, quick start
- ARCHITECTURE.md: System design, components, security architecture
- Includes technology stack, deployment models, performance specs
- All non-sensitive IP suitable for public consumption
