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1. config/wayland.toml: kwin_wayland_wrapper → redbear-compositor (redbear-compositor IS the Wayland compositor) 2. docs/README.md: removed stale 2026-04-14 status note (referenced docs were already deleted) 3. docs/07: redbear-compositor serves as Wayland compositor (not "provides kwin_wayland binary")
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# Red Bear OS Documentation Index
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Technical documentation for Red Bear OS as an overlay distribution on top of Redox OS.
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This index is the entry point for the documentation set. Its main job is to make the
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current/canonical versus historical/reference split obvious.
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> **Status note (2026-05-01):** The canonical desktop path document is
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> `local/docs/CONSOLE-TO-KDE-DESKTOP-PLAN.md` (v4.0, single comprehensive plan). It supersedes
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> all earlier individual assessments and is the single authority for current state.
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> The historical docs below (01–05) remain useful for architecture reference and implementation
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> rationale, but they should be read together with the new plan and the current local subsystem docs.
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> `local/docs/CONSOLE-TO-KDE-DESKTOP-PLAN.md` (v4.0) for current state.
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> **Red Bear note:** newer subsystem plans can also live under `local/docs/` when they are Red Bear-
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> specific rather than general Redox architecture material. In particular, see
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> `local/docs/WIFI-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md` for the current Wi-Fi direction,
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> `local/docs/CONSOLE-TO-KDE-DESKTOP-PLAN.md` for the canonical desktop path,
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> and `local/docs/CONSOLE-TO-KDE-DESKTOP-PLAN.md` for the canonical desktop path.
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> **Repository model:** RedBearOS relates to Redox in the same way Ubuntu relates to Debian.
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> Upstream Redox remains the base platform; Red Bear carries packaging, patch, validation, and
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> subsystem overlays on top. For long-term stability, upstream-owned source trees should be treated
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> as refreshable working copies, while durable Red Bear state belongs in `local/patches/`,
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> `local/recipes/`, `local/docs/`, and tracked Red Bear configs.
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>
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> **WIP policy:** if an upstream recipe or subsystem is still marked WIP, Red Bear treats it as a
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> local project until upstream promotes it to first-class status. We may refresh from upstream WIP,
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> but we should fix and ship from the Red Bear overlay until upstream support is real enough to
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> replace the local copy.
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## Document Status Matrix
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| Document set | Role |
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| `README.md`, `AGENTS.md`, `docs/README.md`, `docs/07-RED-BEAR-OS-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md` | canonical repository-level policy and current execution model |
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| `local/docs/CONSOLE-TO-KDE-DESKTOP-PLAN.md` | **canonical comprehensive implementation plan** — supersedes all individual subsystem docs |
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| `local/docs/*IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN*.md`, `local/docs/DRM-MODERNIZATION-EXECUTION-PLAN.md` | subsystem plans for deep-dive detail only; authority chain → console-to-KDE plan |
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| `docs/01-REDOX-ARCHITECTURE.md` | architecture reference |
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| `docs/04-LINUX-DRIVER-COMPAT.md`, `docs/05-KDE-PLASMA-ON-REDOX.md` | valuable but partly historical roadmap/design material |
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When a current-state local document conflicts with an older historical public roadmap, prefer the
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console-to-KDE plan.
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## Documents
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| # | Document | Description |
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|---|----------|-------------|
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| 01 | [Architecture Overview](01-REDOX-ARCHITECTURE.md) | Architecture reference for Redox internals: microkernel, scheme system, driver model, display stack |
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| 04 | [Linux Driver Compatibility Layer](04-LINUX-DRIVER-COMPAT.md) | Historical/current hybrid design reference for the LinuxKPI-style driver compatibility model |
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| 05 | [KDE Plasma on Redox](05-KDE-PLASMA-ON-REDOX.md) | Historical KDE implementation path plus deeper KDE-specific rationale |
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| 06 | [Build System Setup](06-BUILD-SYSTEM-SETUP.md) | How to build Redox from this repository |
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| 07 | [Red Bear OS Implementation Plan](07-RED-BEAR-OS-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md) | Canonical public implementation plan focused on profiles, packaging, validation, and staged hardware enablement |
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## Related Red Bear-local current-state plans
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**Consolidation (2026-04-30)**: 13 standalone assessment docs deleted. All current state is now in
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`local/docs/CONSOLE-TO-KDE-DESKTOP-PLAN.md` (v4.0). Individual subsystem plans remain for detail:
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- `../local/docs/CONSOLE-TO-KDE-DESKTOP-PLAN.md` — **CANONICAL** comprehensive plan: kernel→DRM→Mesa→Wayland→KDE path
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- `../local/docs/KERNEL-IPC-CREDENTIAL-PLAN.md` — kernel credential syscalls + IPC (implemented)
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- `../local/docs/USB-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md` — USB completeness and rollout
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- `../local/docs/WIFI-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md` — Wi-Fi architecture and rollout
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- `../local/docs/BLUETOOTH-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md` — Bluetooth architecture and rollout
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- `../local/docs/ACPI-IMPROVEMENT-PLAN.md` — ACPI ownership, robustness, validation
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- `../local/docs/IRQ-AND-LOWLEVEL-CONTROLLERS-ENHANCEMENT-PLAN.md` — PCI/IRQ quality, MSI/MSI-X
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- `../local/docs/DRM-MODERNIZATION-EXECUTION-PLAN.md` — DRM-focused execution (subsystem detail)
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- `../local/docs/WAYLAND-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md` — Wayland compositor (subsystem detail)
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- `../local/docs/RELIBC-IPC-ASSESSMENT-AND-IMPROVEMENT-PLAN.md` — relibc IPC surface
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- `../local/docs/GREETER-LOGIN-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md` — greeter/login design
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- `../local/docs/DBUS-INTEGRATION-PLAN.md` — D-Bus architecture
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- `../local/docs/SCRIPT-BEHAVIOR-MATRIX.md` — script guarantees and non-guarantees
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- `../local/docs/QUIRKS-SYSTEM.md` — hardware quirks infrastructure
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These local Red Bear plans should be treated as first-class subsystem references for desktop/session,
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USB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and low-level controller work. They carry blocker detail that the public docs
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summarize at a higher level.
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For PCI/IRQ language specifically, prefer the local IRQ plan’s distinction between:
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- compile-visible infrastructure,
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- bounded QEMU/runtime proof,
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- and broader hardware validation.
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Do not flatten those into one “supported” claim in public summaries.
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## Related Red Bear-local governance docs
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- `../local/docs/SCRIPT-BEHAVIOR-MATRIX.md` — what the main sync/fetch/apply/build scripts do and do not guarantee
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## Current State Summary (as of 2026-05-01)
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This summary is only a quick orientation layer. For canonical current-state detail, see `local/docs/CONSOLE-TO-KDE-DESKTOP-PLAN.md` (v4.0).
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- `docs/07-RED-BEAR-OS-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md` for repository-wide execution order,
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- `local/docs/CONSOLE-TO-KDE-DESKTOP-PLAN.md` for the canonical comprehensive plan,
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- `local/docs/PROFILE-MATRIX.md` for support-language by tracked profile,
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- `local/docs/PROFILE-MATRIX.md` for support-language by tracked profile,
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- and the active subsystem plans under `local/docs/` for detailed current workstreams.
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- **Compile targets**: the supported compile targets are `redbear-mini`, `redbear-full`, and `redbear-grub`
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- **Live ISO policy**: live `.iso` outputs (`make live`) are for real bare-metal boot/install/recovery workflows, not the VM/QEMU execution surface.
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- **Wayland**: libwayland + wayland-protocols built. A bounded greeter/compositor-backed login proof now passes, but broader compositor/runtime stability remains incomplete.
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- **Qt6**: qtbase 6.11.0 (Core+Gui+Widgets+DBus+Wayland), qtdeclarative, qtsvg, qtwayland ALL BUILT
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- **D-Bus**: 1.16.2 built for Redox. Qt6DBus enabled.
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- **KF6 Frameworks**: 36/48 built, 12 blocked by QML gate. See `local/docs/CONSOLE-TO-KDE-DESKTOP-PLAN.md` for full breakdown.
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- **Mesa**: software-rendered path is present; full GBM / hardware-validated Wayland path is still incomplete.
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- **GPU drivers**: redox-drm scheme daemon exists; Intel build-oriented path exists; AMD currently has a bounded retained compile path (`redox-drm` + Red Bear glue) while the imported Linux AMD DC/TTM/core trees remain builds and included in redbear-full (2026-04-29). Hardware validation is still pending.
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- **Input**: evdevd compiled, libevdev built, libinput 1.30.2 built
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- **Networking**: native wired stack present (`pcid-spawner` → NIC daemon → `smolnetd`/`dhcpd`/`netcfg`), Red Bear ships a native `netctl` command, RTL8125 is wired into the existing Realtek autoload path, and the bounded Intel Wi‑Fi path now has host-tested profile start/stop plus interface-specific DHCP handoff without claiming real wireless connectivity.
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- **PCI / IRQ quality**: architecturally strong substrate exists, with bounded MSI-X, IOMMU, xHCI IRQ, and low-level-controller proof surfaces; broader hardware robustness is still intentionally tracked as open work in `../local/docs/IRQ-AND-LOWLEVEL-CONTROLLERS-ENHANCEMENT-PLAN.md`
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- **Wi-Fi profile target**: `config/redbear-wifi-experimental.toml` is the first explicit tracked image slice for bounded Intel Wi‑Fi validation, instead of spreading that claim across the generic desktop profiles.
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- **Bluetooth**: one bounded in-tree BLE-first experimental slice exists, and the Battery Level read-only workload now has a packaged in-guest checker plus a host QEMU harness; QEMU validation is still in progress, so broad desktop Bluetooth parity is still incomplete
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- **Desktop direction**: `redbear-full` carries the desktop-capable target surface; the bounded greeter/login slice now passes, while the wider desktop runtime stack is still incomplete.
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- **ACPI**: materially complete for the historical boot baseline, not release-grade complete; implemented: AML mutex real state, EC widened accesses via byte transactions, kstop-based shutdown eventing, explicit `RSDP_ADDR` forwarding into `acpid`, x86 BIOS-search AML fallback, and real-but-provisional AML-backed power enumeration. **Known gaps**: the explicit boot-path producer contract for AML bootstrap is still underdocumented, `acpid` startup hardening remains open, shutdown/power reporting are still provisional, sleep state transitions and sleep eventing remain incomplete, DMAR ownership is still transitional, and bare-metal validation is still bounded. See `local/docs/ACPI-IMPROVEMENT-PLAN.md`.
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- **Linux driver compat**: linux-kpi now includes early wireless-subsystem compatibility scaffolding in addition to the earlier helper layer, redox-driver-sys and firmware-loader compile, and the bounded Intel Wi-Fi path now has host-tested scan/connect/disconnect/profile/reporting flows without claiming real hardware Wi-Fi connectivity.
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- **Wi-Fi validation tooling**: `redbear-phase5-wifi-check` and `redbear-phase5-wifi-capture` are now packaged in-guest helpers for bounded Intel Wi-Fi runtime validation and evidence capture on bare metal or VFIO-backed guests.
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- **Phase 5 naming note**: the bounded `redbear-phase5-network-check` / `test-phase5-network-qemu.sh` path proves desktop/network plumbing on `redbear-full` in QEMU; it does **not** mean the Wi-Fi implementation plan's later Phase W5 real-hardware reporting/recovery milestone is complete.
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## Quick Start
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```bash
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# 1. Install dependencies (Arch/Manjaro)
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sudo pacman -S --needed --noconfirm gdb meson nasm patchelf python-mako \
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doxygen expat file fuse3 gmp libjpeg-turbo libpng po4a scons \
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sdl12-compat syslinux texinfo xdg-utils zstd
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# 2. Install Rust + tools
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curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
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source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
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cargo install just cbindgen
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# 3. Configure for native build (no Podman)
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echo 'PODMAN_BUILD?=0' > .config
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# 4. Build (downloads cross-toolchain, then compiles)
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make all
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# 5. Run in QEMU
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make qemu
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```
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## Key Repositories
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| Repo | Purpose | URL |
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| Kernel | Microkernel | https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/kernel |
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| Base | Drivers + system components | https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/base |
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| relibc | C library (Rust) | https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/relibc |
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| RedoxFS | Default filesystem | https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redoxfs |
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| libredox | System library | https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/libredox |
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| This repo | Build system | https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redox |
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