Syllable Desktop
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Syllable Desktop is a discontinued free and open-source operating system for Pentium and compatible processors. Its purpose is to create an easy-to-use desktop operating system for the home and small office user. It was forked from the stagnant AtheOS in July 2002.
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Developer | Kristian Van Der Vliet, Kaj de Vos, Rick Caudill, Arno Klenke, Henrik Isaksson |
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OS family | Unix-like |
Working state | Alpha |
Source model | Open source |
Initial release | 0.4.0 / July 2002; 21 years ago (2002-07)[1] |
Latest release | 0.6.7 / April 12, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-04-12) |
Platforms | IA-32 |
Kernel type | Hybrid |
License | GNU General Public License |
Official website | syllable |
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It has a native web browser (Webster, which is WebKit-based), email client (Whisper), media player, IDE, and many more applications.
Another version of Syllable OS is the Syllable Server, which is based on Linux core.
Features according to the official website include:
- Native 64-bit journaled file system, the AtheOS File System (usually abbreviated to AFS in this context; not to be confused with the Andrew File System which shares the same abbreviation)
- C++ oriented API
- Object-oriented graphical desktop environment on a native GUI architecture
- Mostly POSIX compliant
- Software ports, including Vim, Perl, Python, Apache, others.
- GNU toolchain (GCC, Glibc, Binutils, Make)
- Preemptive multitasking with multithreading
- Symmetric multiprocessing (multiple processor) support
- Device drivers for most common hardware (video, sound, network chips)
- File system drivers for FAT (read/write), NTFS (read) and ext2 (read)
- Rebol as system scripting language
- Syllable Documentation Archived 2011-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Michael Saunders (2 August 2004) Syllable - The Little OS with a Big Future, OSNews
- Jeff Park (23 August 2006) Syllable: A different open source OS, Linux.com
- Rohan Pearce (30 August 2011) Developer Q&A: Syllable OS, Techworld
- Culka, Martin (9 May 2006). "Syllable" (in Czech). root.cz. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- Niemeyer, Jan (9 September 2007). "Das freie Desktop-Betriebssystem Syllable" (in German). pro-linux.de. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- Linux Format 78 (April 2006)
- Linux Format 105 (May 2008)
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