AIMB-XLABS
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Independent AI systems lab

Local intelligence.
Total control.

We build AI systems that run on your hardware, answer to your rules, and keep working when the network doesn't.

Meet xOS Read the principles
FocusOffline-first AI
Current buildxOS alpha / 0.1
BaseUbuntu 24.04 LTS
SIGNAL_001REMOTION / 30FPSLOCAL
phi3:mini127.0.0.1:11434offline ready
NO CLOUDNO ACCOUNT
xOS / private cognitive workspace

01 / Flagship

An operating system
for thinking offline.

xOS replaces the browser tab with a full-screen cognitive workspace. No accounts, no telemetry, no round trips.

LIVE_SESSION / 1280×800
xOS shell in English, showing the offline cognitive shell prompt and local model status
phi3:mini / 127.0.0.1:11434EN / DEFAULTready
Fig. 01English / same shell, same local model. Toggle the interface language.

The private cognitive workspace

Boot. Think. Reset.

xOS is a live Ubuntu image built around a single idea: the model should be the only thing between you and the machine. It boots straight into a text-first shell, talks to a local Ollama instance, and keeps every prompt on the box.

4.7GBlive image
02languages
0cloud calls
  • 01

    Offline by construction

    Phi-3 Mini runs through Ollama on loopback. No account, no API key, no outbound request.

  • 02

    A shell, not a desktop

    Xorg, Openbox, and a Tkinter interface. Deliberately small, legible, and fast to start.

  • 03

    Bilingual from day one

    English is the default. /language id switches the entire interface to Bahasa Indonesia.

  • 04

    Live, not persistent

    The OS boots from a read-only ISO into RAM. Reboot and the machine returns to a clean state.

Tested in BIOS + UEFI / VirtualBox inference is the next gate / no persistence in alpha

02 / The lab

We build for the machine
in front of you.

AIMB-X is an independent lab for systems that trade convenience for control. We think the trade is worth it.

01

Local by default

If a feature needs the cloud, it needs a reason. The default answer is no.

DATA STAYS HERE
02

Legible systems

No black boxes in the stack we ship. Every layer should be something you can inspect, replace, or remove.

OPEN TO INSPECTION
03

Small surface

Fewer layers. Less to trust. More to understand. Small systems are easier to keep honest.

MINIMUM VIABLE TRUST

The most private data is the data that never leaves the room.

AIMB-X design principle / 001

03 / System

Small stack.
Hard boundary.

Every part of xOS is chosen for what it does not do: no account layer, no telemetry path, no hidden round trip.

STACK TRACE / 001TOP → BASE
L4xOS shellTkinter / Openbox / Xorg
L3Ollama runtime127.0.0.1:11434
L2phi3:miniLocal weights / no API key
L1Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble / live session
L0Casper + squashfs + xorrisoReproducible ISO pipeline
Outbound routenone
Runtime target127.0.0.1
The network is not in the inference path.

Architecture notes

What stays local.

The shell talks to Ollama over loopback. Ollama loads the model from local disk. The model answers with local compute. That is the whole path.

01

One model, one port

The runtime binds to loopback. There is no provider key to leak and no hosted endpoint to depend on.

02

The 2 GB limit

Our QEMU smoke test had 2 GB of RAM. phi3:mini needs roughly 2.2 GB for weights alone, so inference is a separate gate, not a validated claim.

03

BIOS and UEFI

Both firmware paths boot to the kiosk. The ISO is hybrid and boots without a persistence layer.

BIOSUEFIXorgOpenboxCaspersquashfs

$ sha256sum xos-alpha.iso
verify before boot → status

04 / Status

The honest state
of the build.

Alpha means the parts that work are tested, and the parts that don't are named. This page changes when the evidence does.

BUILD 001ALPHAVERIFY / THEN BOOT
Validation gateStateEvidence
ISO builtPASS4.7 GB hybrid image
BIOS bootPASSKiosk reaches the shell
UEFI bootPASSSame image, firmware path B
English defaultPASSFirst boot language
Bahasa IndonesiaPASS/language id, then Esc
Graceful stopPASSEsc returns to a clean state
VirtualBox inferenceNEXTNext validation gate
2 GB QEMU inferenceLIMITphi3:mini weights ≈ 2.2 GB
ISO checksum / SHA-256fc66ff1408a993dda7db94d25ea3abb68125894e772f0a0580cb62a10403c425
xos-alpha.iso / 4.7 GBNo claim is stronger than its test.

05 / Next move

Bring your
own compute.

xOS is built in public, on ordinary hardware, with the receipts in the repository. Read the build notes, check the image, or write to the lab.

Read the build notes Write to the lab
QUICKSTART.TXTREAD ONLY

$ git clone https://github.com/Dracko000/xos.git

$ cd xos

$ cat README.md

$ sha256sum xos-alpha.iso

verify: fc66ff1408a993dd…0403c425
then: boot from the live image.

NO ACCOUNTNO TELEMETRYALPHA
Build in publicLocal first / always