About Star-Blade OS
Star-Blade OS is a proprietary desktop and server operating system developed by Future Star Technologies, Inc. It has Desktop and Server editions and is currently privately distributed.
What SBOS includes
SBOS Desktop and SBOS Server share the Star System Kernel, the Star-Blade File System, SBOS userland, the immutable core, and the operating-system services used for updates, recovery, policy, and administration.
Native .sba applications use the SBOS application model. Supported Windows, Linux, and macOS applications use separate compatibility paths. SBOS tracks both through the App Registry, application environments, lifecycle management, diagnostics, and server-authorized provisioning.
Server capabilities include Server Suite, App Collections, FST ID, Star-Blade Gateway Services, Star-Blade Network, the native hypervisor, and enterprise administration systems.
What SBOS is not
| Assumption | Correction |
|---|---|
| Linux distribution | SBOS had Linux-based prototypes during early research. Current SBOS is not a Linux distribution. |
| Windows clone | SBOS can run supported Windows applications through compatibility environments, but Windows applications remain compatibility applications. |
| Installer wrapper | Compatibility is one part of the OS. SBOS also includes kernel, filesystem, updates, diagnostics, provisioning, policy, identity, gateway, file sharing, and server capabilities. |
| One VM per app | Normal application execution uses app environments. Full virtual machines use the SBOS native hypervisor. |
Desktop, Server, and Server Suite
SBOS Desktop
Interactive use for login, shell, files, browser, media, games, development, creative work, settings, application maintenance, and updates.
SBOS Server
The server edition of SBOS for infrastructure roles, file services, hosting, mail, remote access, backup, containers, virtualization, identity, and gateway services.
Server Suite
The administered set of SBOS server capabilities. Roles can be deployed together or separately according to the duties required.
Application environments and virtual machines
SBOS application environments are not full guest operating systems. They are app-specific runtime environments with files, dependencies, configuration, permissions, devices, network rules, resources, compatibility behavior, diagnostics, and lifecycle state. The SBOS native hypervisor is a first-party virtualization system for full virtual machines. VMware and VirtualBox run as separate compatibility applications; their supported versions vary by release, and they do not participate in native SBOS trust inheritance.