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@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ written entirely in **Rust**. It is a full fork of Redox OS (baseline 0.1.0), ac
 on branch `0.2.5` with hardware enablement, multiple filesystems, a native greeter and login
 system, and a KDE Plasma desktop path.
 
+We aim to stay close to upstream Redox — diverging only where necessary to add missing
+functionality, fix bugs, or support new hardware. The build system itself is under constant
+active development alongside the OS.
+
 It ships with several **first-in-class Rust-native tools** found nowhere else in the OS world:
 
 - **cub** — an AUR-inspired package manager with pacman-style CLI (`-S`/`-Q`/`-R`) and a ratatui