Capabilities are what Amonite intentionally promises as a product, documented according to edition maturity. They are not an inventory of every feature, every inherited Debian behaviour, or every desktop convenience.
Edition identity: EDITIONS.md.
| Capability | Standard (Alpha 2) | Lite (Alpha) | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complete general-purpose desktop | Y | - | - |
| Lightweight desktop | - | Y | - |
| Secure installation | Y | Y | - |
| Offline evaluation before install | Y | Y | - |
| Curated command-line environment | Y | Y | - |
| Local AI inference | Y | Y | - |
Mobile is experimental. No capability contract is published for it; its public documentation is limited to identity, purpose, and status in EDITIONS.md.
Ordinary desktop behaviours - screenshots, notifications, file previews, archive handling - are expected consequences of shipping a desktop. They are not product-defining capabilities.
Standard provides a complete general-purpose desktop operating system. After install it is intended for everyday computing, development, administration, and related desktop work without requiring the user to assemble the environment first.
Lite provides a lightweight desktop: the same product identity with a reduced graphical footprint.
Specific desktop technologies may change without changing either identity.
Published Alpha editions install through a guided installer with optional encrypted storage. Installing Amonite and protecting disks should be deliberate, confirmable steps.
Official installation media provide a live session that can be evaluated before any installed disk is modified.
Published Alpha editions include a curated command-line environment, ready for development and administration from the first session.
Compatible models run on the local machine, offline, with models and prompts under user control. Local applications can use an API-compatible interface without depending on external inference services.
Local AI is one intentional capability among others. Amonite is not an "AI operating system".
- Implementation choices and package selections
- Expected desktop utilities that do not define the product
- Capabilities inherited from Debian, unless Amonite intentionally elevates them
- Capability claims for experimental Mobile beyond identity
- Hypothetical future editions
- EDITIONS.md - Edition identity and maturity
- ARCHITECTURE.md - Shared architecture
- INSTALL.md - Installation of published Alpha editions
- FIRST_STEPS.md - Getting started after install