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newgroup.
An evolution of the Linux group primitive. A newgroup can contain human users, system services, commercial APIs, AI models, and IoT-connected physical systems. Dynamic, permanent or temporary.
System · 08 / 12Operating System
Telux.
System for Group Exchange. A proposed operating system layer that unifies group identity, power management, and transactional security into a single coherent primitive. No existing OS combines all three. Telux does.
Telux · statusRESEARCH
PhaseArchitecture · design documents
HeritagePlan 9 · seL4 · CICS
IdentityW3C DIDs · non-human first-class
CompanionOutstack →
§ 01Core conceptsnewgroup · Islands · Outstack
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Islands.
Sovereign containers. Every group belongs to an Island. Islands are the primary security boundary. Each must declare who or what is Sovereign over it. Sovereignty is hierarchical and grantable.
sovereignty · security boundary03
Three-layer architecture.
Visible (group chat, NL query, exchange records), Submerged (daemon, sovereignty enforcer, power governor), Bedrock (LSM module, immutable audit, TPM/HSM keys, power gates).
visible · submerged · bedrock04
Power as security.
Islands receive electricity budgets. Exceeding that budget is a security event. At exec() time, Outstack checks whether the power budget permits the process. In EMERGENCY mode, only CRITICAL-class processes run.
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Transactional exchange.
Every exchange between entities in a group is recorded before it completes. Hashed, signed, distributed to the appropriate visibility tier. The write-ahead log is the bedrock of trust.
write-ahead · signed · auditable06
Non-human identity.
AI models, IoT sensors, and automated services get first-class group membership with capabilities, power budgets, and auditable exchange records. W3C Decentralized Identifiers for all non-human members.
DIDs · AI · IoT · first-class§ 02Architecture heritagethree traditions, unified
Inherited from
Plan 9Per-process namespace isolation (Bell Labs, 1987)
seL4Capability-based security (2009)
CICSTransaction orchestration (IBM, 1960s)
RTGSpacecraft power accounting discipline
Open questions
AccountingNotation format for exchange records
AI identityEntity identity model for AI members
SuccessionSovereignty succession rules
FederationCross-Island protocol design
§ 03Where to find it
Telux is in the research phase.
Comprehensive design documents. Implementation probes for AOSP and open hardware. The companion project is Outstack.