Background Information

Syllable, also known as Syllable Desktop, is a discontinued, lightweight operating system designed for hobbyists using Pentium processors. The operating system was origonally a fork of AtheOS, and used a file system based off of BeOS. Further development of Syllable aimed at porting additional software and libraries from AtheOS, however the project has since gone dorment around 2012.

Technical Specifications

General Information

  • Developer:
    • Kristian Van Der Vliet
    • Kaj de Vos
    • Rick Caudill
    • Arno Klenke
    • Henrik Isaksson
  • Licensing: GNU General Public License
  • OS Family: Linux (Unix-like)
  • Initial Release Date:
  • Latest Release Date:

Availability Information

  • Languages: Multilingual
  • Platforms: IA-32 and i486

System Information

  • Working State: Discontinued
  • Source Model: Open Source
  • Update Method: Manual Update Method
  • Package manager: Manual Application Installation
  • Default User Interface: AtheOS GUI

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