Syllable Desktop
# Syllable Desktop

Syllable Desktop is a discontinued 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.

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, the AtheOS File System (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, Perl, Python, Apache, others.
* GNU toolchain (GCC, Glibc, Binutils, Make)
* Preemptive 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
