Syllable Desktop (operating system)

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Syllable
Syllable 0.5.3
Website	syllable.org
Company/ developer	Kristian Van Der Vliet, Kaj de Vos, Rick Caudill, Arno Klenke, Henrik Isaksson
OS family	Amiga OS-like
Source model	Free software/open source
Latest stable release	0.6.5 / January 8, 2008
Supported platforms	5x86
Kernel type	Monolithic kernel
License	GNU GPL
Working state	alpha

Syllable is a 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.

It has a native web browser (ABrowse which is WebKit based), email client (Whisper), media player, IDE, and many more applications.

Features according to the official website include:

Native 64-bit journaled file system, the AtheOS File System (usually called AFS, which is not the same as the Andrew File System)
C++ oriented API
Object-oriented graphical desktop environment on a native GUI architecture
Mostly POSIX compliant
Software ports, including Emacs, Vim, Perl, Python, Apache and others.
GNU toolchain (GCC, Glibc, Binutils, Make)
Pre-emptive 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

The latest version is 0.6.5, released on January 8, 2008.

[edit] See also

Free software Portal

Haiku (operating system) (free and open source)
KolibriOS (free and open source)
MenuetOS (the 32-bit version is free and open source, the 64-bit version is freeware)
SkyOS (proprietary and closed source)