Syllable Desktop (operating system)

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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 (Webster 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 0.6.6, released on May 15, 2009.

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