Syllable Desktop is a discontinued
free and open-source
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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.
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
Features according to the official website include:
* Native
64-bit journaled file system
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, the
AtheOS File System
The AtheOS file system (''AFS'') was originally used in the AtheOS operating system under Master boot record, MBR partition ID , and is now a part of the Syllable Desktop, Syllable and the Syllable-based Wave OS operating system. AFS started with e ...
(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
Vim means enthusiasm and vigor. It may also refer to:
* Vim (cleaning product)
* Vim Comedy Company, a movie studio
* Vim Records
* Vimentin, a protein
* "Vim", a song by Machine Head on the album ''Through the Ashes of Empires''
* Vim (text ed ...
,
Perl,
Python,
Apache
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, others.
*
GNU toolchain (
GCC,
Glibc,
Binutils,
Make)
*
Preemptive multitasking with
multithreading
*
Symmetric multiprocessing
Symmetric multiprocessing or shared-memory multiprocessing (SMP) involves a multiprocessor computer hardware and software architecture where two or more identical processors are connected to a single, shared main memory, have full access to all ...
(multiple
processor) support
*
Device driver
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s 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
See also
*
Haiku (operating system)
References
Further reading
* 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
*
*
* Linux Format 78 (April 2006)
* Linux Format 105 (May 2008)
External links
*
Free software operating systems
Hobbyist operating systems
Unix variants
X86 operating systems
Software using the GPL license
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