ACTIVE70%
Visible on any monitor
Full tier-one allocation governed by the workspace composite profile.
cpu.weight = 820 Adaptive Linux Distribution
Context-aware.Developer-centric.Built on Linux.
ArchTitan OS is an adaptive Arch Linux distribution that understands developer workloads, workspace topology and cross-device context—then allocates resources where they matter.
thmctl — live contextACTIVE
$ thmctl status --workspace active
workspace 1 active
profile WEB_DEV + AI
confidence 0.94 [process-tree]
CPU weight820
Memory64%
✓ ✓ gradle daemon protected across workspace switch
Arch Linux BaseHyprland Wayland CompositorAdaptive Resource Engine
Research premise
General-purpose operating systems do not understand developer intent.
01 / 08
Modern operating systems apply static policies to radically different activities: an active compilation, an idle browser and a background build daemon are treated without meaningful workflow context.
ArchTitan OS proposes a shift from process-only management to workspace-topology-aware resource orchestration. It observes what processes are doing, not simply which window has focus.
012–4 GB idle memory overhead
02Static CPU and memory policies
03Manual hybrid GPU switching
04Fragmented Linux–Android tooling
System architecture
One adaptive system.
Four integrated layers.
Built from the distribution base upward, each layer exposes native signals and services to the next.
04ApplicationTitanShare · TitanMirror · CoreAI · TUI InstallerDeveloper experience
03System ServicesTHM · GPU Switcher · Neon Monitor · Snapshot ManagerAdaptive intelligence
02DesktopHyprland · Wayland · SDDM · CalamaresWorkspace topology
01BaseArch Linux · BTRFS · archiso · Linux kernelMinimal foundation
THM classifier
Three signals.
One confident decision.
Modern IDE binaries are polyglot. THM fuses behavioral and semantic evidence instead of trusting a process name.
FUSION
ENGINE
ENGINE
/procchildren + cmdline
IPCwindow semantics
inotifyproject markers
CLASSIFIED ASSYSTEM_DEVconfidence 0.97
Workspace intelligence
Resources follow the work—
not just the focus.
PROTECTED20%
Background + live daemon
Build daemons and LSP services remain active and are never frozen.
cgroup.freeze = 0FREEZEABLE5%
Inactive beyond 15 min
Non-daemon processes are surgically suspended until the workspace returns.
signal = SIGSTOPIntegrated ecosystem
Designed as an operating system.
Not a collection of add-ons.
01Core research contribution
Titan Hardware Manager
A C++17 root-privileged daemon that classifies developer workloads and orchestrates CPU, memory, I/O and process state using real-time system signals.
Hyprland IPC · cgroup v2 · /proc02Adaptive graphics
Auto GPU Switcher
Detects hybrid GPU systems through DRM/KMS and routes workloads to integrated or discrete graphics without a restart or manual configuration.
DRI_PRIME · sysfs · DRM/KMS03Observability
Neon Monitor
A lightweight native monitor for live CPU, memory, thermal and process telemetry with minimal runtime overhead.
procfs · sysfs · native UI04Cross-device ecosystem
TitanShare
Zero-configuration Linux–Android discovery, peer-to-peer file transfer, remote monitoring and controls over the local network.
C++ · Kotlin · TCP · mDNS05Real-time media
TitanMirror
Native Android screen capture and H.264 streaming, decoded with libavcodec and rendered through SDL2 using a DRM/KMS backend.
MediaProjection · H.264 · SDL206Complete distribution
Developer-First Base
A minimal Arch Linux system with Hyprland, BTRFS snapshots, Calamares installation and a purpose-built developer environment.
archiso · BTRFS · Wayland< 1 GBTarget idle RAM
< 100 msMirror latency target
> 10 MB/sTransfer throughput
72 hMixed-workload stress test
Evaluation plan
Measured under real developer workloads.
Controlled benchmarks evaluate memory efficiency, classification accuracy, response latency, daemon continuity and cross-device performance.
01THM memoryfree -m / procfs baseline
02Classifier accuracyControlled polyglot IDE scenarios
03Workspace tiersGradle and Cargo continuity
04GPU switchingDetection-to-routing latency
05TitanShareCalibrated TCP throughput
06TitanMirrorCapture-to-render timestamps
Engineering stack
Native where performance matters.
CoreC++17BashPythonKotlin
PlatformArch LinuxHyprlandBTRFSWayland
InterfacesprocfssysfsinotifyDRM/KMS
Media & NetworkTCP / mDNSH.264libavcodecSDL2
01Silberschatz, Galvin & Gagne — Operating System Concepts, 10th ed.
02Robert Love — Linux Kernel Development, 3rd ed.
03Mel Gorman — Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager
04Brendan Gregg — Systems Performance, 2nd ed.
05Android Open Source Project — Low Memory Killer Daemon (lmkd)
06Corbet, Rubini & Kroah-Hartman — Linux Device Drivers, 3rd ed.