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Red Bear OS is a derivative of [Redox OS](https://www.redox-os.org) — a general-purpose, Unix-like, microkernel-based operating system written in Rust. It tracks upstream Redox, incorporating its improvements while adding custom drivers, filesystems, and hardware support. Red Bear OS is a derivative of [Redox OS](https://www.redox-os.org) — a general-purpose, Unix-like, microkernel-based operating system written in Rust. It tracks upstream Redox, incorporating its improvements while adding custom drivers, filesystems, and hardware support.
RedBearOS should be understood as an overlay distribution on top of Redox in the same way Ubuntu
relates to Debian:
- Redox is upstream
- Red Bear carries integration, packaging, validation, and subsystem overlays on top
- upstream-owned source trees are refreshable working copies
- durable Red Bear state belongs in `local/patches/`, `local/recipes/`, `local/docs/`, and tracked
Red Bear configs
For **upstream WIP recipes specifically**, Red Bear uses a stricter rule:
1. once an upstream recipe or subsystem is still marked WIP, Red Bear treats it as a local project
2. we copy, fix, validate, and ship that work from our local overlay until it is stable enough for us
3. we continue updating our local copy from upstream WIP work when useful, but we do not rely on the
upstream WIP recipe itself as our shipped source of truth
4. once upstream removes the WIP status and the recipe/subsystem becomes a first-class supported
part of Redox, Red Bear reevaluates and should prefer the upstream version over the local copy
That policy exists so the project can pull refreshed upstream sources regularly and still rebuild
predictably from the Red Bear-owned overlay.
## What's New ## What's New
- KDE bring-up moved forward: `config/redbear-kde.toml` exists, the Qt6 stack builds in-tree, and the KDE recipe tree is now populated. - KDE bring-up moved forward: `config/redbear-kde.toml` exists, the Qt6 stack builds in-tree, and the KDE recipe tree is now populated.
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The current public roadmap and execution model live in the The current public roadmap and execution model live in the
[Red Bear OS Implementation Plan](./docs/07-RED-BEAR-OS-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md). [Red Bear OS Implementation Plan](./docs/07-RED-BEAR-OS-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md).
## Current Phase Snapshot For readers landing on GitHub, the most useful entry points are:
- [Documentation Index](./docs/README.md) — canonical map of current vs historical docs
- [Desktop Stack Current Status](./local/docs/DESKTOP-STACK-CURRENT-STATUS.md) — current build/runtime truth for Qt, Wayland, and KDE surfaces
- [WIP Migration Ledger](./local/docs/WIP-MIGRATION-LEDGER.md) — how Red Bear currently treats upstream WIP versus local overlays
- [Script Behavior Matrix](./local/docs/SCRIPT-BEHAVIOR-MATRIX.md) — what the main sync/fetch/apply/build scripts do and do not guarantee
Current subsystem-specific plans also include:
- [USB Implementation Plan](./local/docs/USB-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md)
- [Wi-Fi Implementation Plan](./local/docs/WIFI-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md)
- [Bluetooth Implementation Plan](./local/docs/BLUETOOTH-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md)
- [IRQ and Low-Level Controllers Enhancement Plan](./local/docs/IRQ-AND-LOWLEVEL-CONTROLLERS-ENHANCEMENT-PLAN.md)
Red Bear OS now treats AMD and Intel machines as equal-priority hardware targets. Older AMD-first
language in historical integration notes should be read as earlier sequencing context, not as the
current platform policy.
## Historical Phase Snapshot
The table below is a legacy P0-P6 snapshot retained for historical continuity with older Red Bear
status notes.
It is **not** the canonical execution-order source for current subsystem planning. For the current
repo-wide order of implementation — including low-level controllers, USB, WiFi, and Bluetooth as
first-class subsystem workstreams — use
[docs/07-RED-BEAR-OS-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md](./docs/07-RED-BEAR-OS-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md) together
with the subsystem plans listed above.
| Phase | Status | Notes | | Phase | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---| |---|---|---|
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| P1 driver infra | ✅ Complete | Compile-oriented infrastructure present | | P1 driver infra | ✅ Complete | Compile-oriented infrastructure present |
| P2 DRM / display | ✅ Code complete | Hardware validation still pending | | P2 DRM / display | ✅ Code complete | Hardware validation still pending |
| P3 POSIX + input | 🚧 In progress | relibc exports now cover the rebuilt `signalfd`/`timerfd`/`eventfd`/`open_memstream` consumer path; runtime validation remains | | P3 POSIX + input | 🚧 In progress | relibc exports now cover the rebuilt `signalfd`/`timerfd`/`eventfd`/`open_memstream` consumer path; runtime validation remains |
| P4 Wayland runtime | 🚧 Partial | `libwayland` and `seatd` now build, and KDE config starts seatd, but compositor/DRM/input runtime validation is still incomplete | | P4 Wayland runtime | 🚧 In progress | `redbear-wayland` is now a first-class profile, builds to a bootable image, and reaches the `orbital-wayland``smallvil` runtime path in QEMU/UEFI |
| P5 AMD accel / IOMMU | 🚧 Partial | `iommu` daemon now builds, but hardware validation and full acceleration are still open | | P5 desktop/network plumbing | 🚧 In progress | `redbear-full` now carries the native VirtIO networking path plus D-Bus system-bus plumbing, and the guest-side runtime check reaches `DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS=present` |
| P6 KDE Plasma | 🚧 In progress | Mix of real builds, shims, and stubs | | P6 KDE Plasma | 🚧 In progress | Mix of real builds, shims, and stubs |
There is no distinct first-class **P7** phase artifact in this repository today; later work appears as milestone-style follow-on work beyond the tracked P6 boundary. There is no distinct first-class **P7** artifact in this older historical numbering. The canonical
current execution plan uses the newer phased/workstream ordering documented in `docs/07`.
## First-class subsystem order and blockers
The current subsystem order is not arbitrary.
- **Low-level controllers / IRQ quality** are first-class because they block reliable driver/runtime validation.
- **USB** is first-class because Bluetooth and wider device support depend on controller and hotplug maturity.
- **Wi-Fi** is first-class because Red Bear still lacks any native wireless driver/control plane.
- **Bluetooth** is first-class because it remains fully missing and depends on either USB maturity or another controller path.
The current blocker chain is:
`low-level controllers -> USB -> Bluetooth`
and, separately:
`low-level controllers -> Wi-Fi driver bring-up -> native wireless control plane -> desktop compatibility later`
These subsystems are all intended to be implemented in full, but they must be executed in this order
to avoid building desktop-facing layers on top of missing runtime substrate.
The current total order is: low-level controllers first, then USB, then Wi-Fi, then Bluetooth, and
only after those runtime services are credible should heavier desktop/session compatibility layers
expand on top of them.
## What's Different from Upstream Redox ## What's Different from Upstream Redox