Syllable - alternative OS

Syllable started his life in July 2002 as an alternative system release of the AtheOS operating system. Some AtheOS developers, concerned about the long time term development of AtheOS, created Syllable to ensure that development would continue. There are five ways to try Syllable,you can use the premium CD, liveCD, basic CD, Emulate or upgrade, The main goal of Syllable is to create a reliable and easy-to-use open source operating system for the home and small office user.

Syllable is always being developed, but it is already relatively stable and mature, and already including thesome nice and useful features:
Booting usually takes less than ten seconds. A full GUI is built into the OS Support for a wide range of common hardware devices, including video, network, and sound cards from manufacturers such as Intel, AMD, 3Com, nVidia, and Creative (see Syllable Hardware for a complete list). Internet access through an Ethernet network (PPP and PPPoE are not fully supported yet, but are available in a test version). A graphical web browser (ABrowse), based on WebKit; an e-mail client (Whisper), and hundreds of other native applications. A journalled file system, modelled on the BeOS file system. An application launcher (like the Windows Start button) 99% POSIX compliance GUI-based preferences tools for networking, display preferences, user administration, etc. The entire source is available via the GPL and LGPL. An object-oriented programming API You can help in the development of Syllable. And they are always interested in hearing from developers, testers, project managers, graphical artists, documentation authors...anyone! No matter your skill set, you can contribute to Syllable. All you need to do is install Syllable, subscribe to the mailing list, and start!

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