synos-public-docs/FEATURES.md
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docs: update public docs to v80.0.0 "Sunlance" (1.0 GA) (#1)
Bump README, FEATURES, FOR_RECRUITERS, ROADMAP, and GRIMOIRE from the v60
"Sun & Salt" line to the v80 "Sunlance" 1.0 GA milestone.

- Version strings, badges, and headline metrics -> v80 / 1.0 GA
- ALFRED v5 -> v6.0; GRIMOIRE 100 labs -> 108 (catalog 1.0); 160 -> 209 crates
- Post-quantum framed as the default posture
- Correct the now-dead custom-syscall claim (469-485 collide with upstream
  Linux 6.19) -> generic capability-gated, signed kernel-module interface
- Generalize stale CI-workflow / kernel-module counts

IP discipline: withholds v61-v80 subsystem internals (consensus, federated
learning, policy engine, cross-prompt-injection, char-dev/ioctl specifics,
key-escrow). Public-safe pre-release information only.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-27 11:20:20 -04:00

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Capabilities

Syn_OS v80.0.0 "Sunlance" (1.0 GA) — what's actually inside.


kernel

  • Custom Linux 6.19 built with CONFIG_RUST=y.
  • Capability-gated kernel interface — signed, memory-safe Rust kernel modules expose AI/observability state to userspace (decision telemetry, namespace trust, audit and incident signals, kernel-mitigation posture). Access is root-only and capability-gated; the build hard-fails without a kernel signing key.
  • Kernel hot path heavily Rust (the post-Rust-ratchet commitment — hot paths and foundations move toward Rust, never away).
  • KSPP hardening fragment merged into the kernel config.
  • Module signing enforced — MOK keys, signed modules, signature verification at load.

ALFRED — the AI daemon

  • ALFRED v6.0 — the GA consolidation of the daemon.
  • Local inference via Ollama and ONNX. No cloud in the critical path.
  • 11-region neuroanatomically-modeled brain. Specialized regions coordinated by a brainstem.
  • Guardrails on autonomous behavior — bounded, policy-checked remediation rather than free rein.
  • Cortex stage fusing traditional AI, neuromorphic spike networks, quantum coherence collapse, and TNGS.
  • research-mode cargo feature unlocks extended analysis paths for the Goodlife ISO.
  • Smoke-tested. 14-check ALFRED smoke suite in CI.
  • Privacy-first. No telemetry leaves the box without consent. The default state is silent.

GRIMOIRE — gamified training

  • GRIMOIRE 1.0 catalog — 108 hand-authored labs across 13 categories (integrity-manifest enforced).
  • 11 certification paths mapped (Security+, OSCP, OSWE, CRTP, CRTO, eJPT, GPEN/GCIH, CEH, CISSP foundations, etc.).
  • Faction system — at least three named houses, allegiance gates content, faction wars are a recurring beat.
  • XP economy — earn, spend, craft, trade.
  • Boss contracts — multi-stage scenarios chaining labs into multi-week arcs.
  • Branching narrative quests with NPCs, cutscenes, and persistent world history.
  • 5 competition modes — leaderboard, squad missions, faction wars, head-to-head, asymmetric red-vs-blue.
  • Cohort mode — class, club, and team-scale deployments.
  • First-boot wizard — calibrated onboarding, not a personality test.
  • Sovereign Operator Path — endgame arc graduating players to running their own mesh.

See GRIMOIRE.md for the deep dive.


synos-bevy — game engine

  • Bevy 0.14 integration, ~7,000+ lines, 8 plugins:
    • Cutscene — Season 1 narrative, async loading, typewriter UI, camera choreography.
    • Mindmap — force-directed 3D knowledge graph with RON persistence.
    • Retro filter — CRT post-processing with custom WGSL shaders.
    • Cyberspace — virtual world exploration, grid animation, particles.
    • Skill tree — Fallout-style perk chart with pentagon stat layout.
    • Faction HQ — three faction headquarters, NPC placement, mission boards, reputation system.
    • Rehoboam — Westworld-inspired 3D sphere system monitor.
    • Twin (v51 Storm Glass) — kernel-state visualization plugin.

Arcanum Hive — distributed mesh

  • 8-node target topology with Tailscale (WireGuard fallback).
  • Kubernetes operator managing ArcanumNode lifecycle, SecurityAlert CRDs, phase state machines.
  • mTLS by default. Per-tenant HMAC.
  • Stoneglass Ansible playbook (v55) — public self-hosting recipe.
  • Remote node attestation — kernel version, SSH hardening, SUID audit, CVE scan.

post-quantum cryptography (default)

Post-quantum is the default posture, not an opt-in — hybrid key exchange and signatures across the system's transport and signing surfaces.

  • ML-KEM — key encapsulation (Kyber successor).
  • ML-DSA — digital signatures (Dilithium successor).
  • SLH-DSA — hash-based signatures (SPHINCS+ successor).
  • Integrated through the project's Icarus crate.

supply chain

  • SBOM (CycloneDX) generated per ISO profile.
  • Cosign-signed releases with Rekor transparency log entries.
  • SLSA-3 reproducible build pipeline with dual-witness cross-oracle verification (when the second oracle is online).
  • cargo deny clean — OpenSSL/native-tls banned. Unmaintained crates pinned or replaced.
  • Patch generator — block-level binary diffing with zstd compression and SHA-256 manifests.
  • Lab integrity manifest — every lab in the 108-lab corpus hashed and verified.

desktop experience

  • Cinnamon + Xfce4 dual-desktop support out of the box.
  • LightDM display manager.
  • Plymouth boot splash with the project's red-phoenix theme.
  • synos-ops TUI — expanded multi-tab operations dashboard for the operator.
  • Sound theme, custom wallpapers, fastfetch integration.
  • Branding consistency across MOTD, terminal headers, and /etc/os-release.

tooling

  • 600+ native security tools via pacman/AUR.
  • 3,400+ tools available through Distrobox containers (Kali, BlackArch, Parrot images).
  • Fully curated — the point is what you can do, not how many binaries are in /usr/bin.
  • Offensive tooling boundaries are mechanical — what's available in each ISO is what's intended.

quality gates

  • 209-crate Rust workspace. Zero compile errors.
  • 1,600+ tests. 100% pass rate.
  • 35% tarpaulin coverage floor, ratcheted upward over time.
  • SHA-pinned CI workflows across hosted and self-hosted runners.
  • Self-healing build pipeline across 41 stages.
  • MkDocs Material documentation site, version-aware.

what isn't on this list

The Operator (Master) image's full capability surface — the proprietary Fragment Field IDS, the full C2 framework, the unrestricted offensive tooling layer, the federation server internals, the license-gate enforcement mechanism. Those exist. They aren't part of the public release.

What's listed above is what GRIMOIRE Public + Goodlife users will actually have in hand when those ISOs drop.