The Slime OS Vision: Cloud-First Computing for a Circular Economy

Every year, millions of laptops and desktops are discarded — not because they’re broken, but because they can’t run the latest operating system update. We built Slime OS to end that cycle.

The Problem

Forced hardware upgrade cycles are one of the largest contributors to e-waste in the consumer electronics sector. A machine that ran perfectly well three years ago gets declared obsolete by an OS vendor, and most users simply buy new hardware. The old device goes to a drawer, a landfill, or a recycling centre.

We think this is solvable.

The Architecture

Slime OS separates the OS into two parts:

The Membrane — a hardened, minimal Debian Linux core deployed via full-disk wipe. It boots directly into a secure, read-only kiosk using the cage Wayland compositor. It has no local user storage. It is nothing more than a gateway.

The Brain — a cloud VM that contains the user’s entire environment: apps, files, settings, and running processes. If the local device loses power mid-session, the cloud VM stays frozen and active in the datacenter. Reconnect from any device — any device — and your session is exactly where you left it.

The Protocol

We use FreeRDP on the client side and xRDP on Linux cloud VMs. Windows cloud VMs stream natively via RDP. The entire stream is wrapped in a persistent WireGuard VPN tunnel, keeping datacenter ports completely invisible to the public internet.

The Business Model

We’re partnering with regional data centers, hosting providers, and Telcos to monetise their idle edge compute. Slime OS delivers a consumer Desktop-as-a-Service subscription while giving partners a compelling Green Tech sustainability story and high-bandwidth utilisation.

Open Source

Every layer of the stack is open. Debian, FreeRDP, xRDP, WireGuard, cage, Authelia — all auditable, all community-driven. We will never be a black box.

We’re just getting started. Follow this page for updates, or get in touch.