Syllable
The Syllable project creates a set of operating systems that form a network platform. Syllable Desktop is a complete desktop operating system that is exceptionally powerful, fast, and easy to use. It has its own kernel, filesystem, GUI, and applications. Syllable Desktop is based on AtheOS, is largely POSIX.1 compliant, and uses many of the GNU utilities. Syllable Server is a server operating system built to be similar to Syllable Desktop, but on the Linux kernel.
| Tags | Operating Systems Linux Distributions Desktop Environment Emulators |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | C C++ Rebol |
Recent releases
- 17 May 2009 17:02
Changes: Many bugs were fixed, including several regressions from earlier releases. The window decorators don't destabilize the system anymore. The installation procedure is greatly enhanced, with options to fix hardware support problems. The native Web browser is replaced with Webster, based on a newer version of the WebKit engine. Many enhancements were made to standards support leading, among others, to the ability to run QEmu, so now you can run virtual machines. The documentation was improved and several translations were added.
- 12 Sep 2008 09:37
Changes: This release is important because it focused on making the system usable as a server. Several popular servers and several innovative REBOL software stacks were added. Out of the box, Syllable Server can now accept remote SSH logins over the network, run a Web server on the Cheyenne REBOL server, run an FTP server, and more. Special attention has been paid to programming, with support for Model-View-Controller Web applications in QuarterMaster and network applications with the REBOL/Services Service Oriented Architecture. The Genode Nitpicker windowing system is also included.
- 08 Jan 2008 02:08
Changes: Support for scanners has been added with the inclusion of the SANE scanner package. There are new drivers for the D-Link DL2000 Gigabit network card and S3 DeltaChrome video card. There have been a number of improvements and fixes to the network stack which gives significantly better network performance. Development files such as headers and static libraries have also been split off from the base installation. SimpleBurn and cdrtools are now part of the base installation, making it easy to create and burn CDs with Syllable.
- 16 Dec 2007 15:54
Changes: A versioned package pool was added, to facilitate shipping older versions of libraries to maintain backward compatibility for applications. Terminal initialisation and printing were fixed. GLibC, CoreUtils, BASh, ORCA, the printing packages, and others were updated. IPTables is included, so Syllable Server can be used to build a firewall. The wireless tools are included for configuring wireless networks. The ALSA userspace library and tools were added to provide full access to the audio system. All separate binary packages for Server 0.1 are still valid on Server 0.2.
- 08 Oct 2007 14:02
Changes: This release provides a text mode Linux environment, but also contains a preliminary graphical environment built on the framebuffer device, with DirectFB and SDL on top. The installation procedure is short, but is still manual. Included are tools such as a graphical Web browser, a file manager, and an editor. One thing Syllable Server is designed for is to function as a lightweight virtualisation platform for running other operating systems (or multiple instances of itself). The QEmu virtualisor/emulator is included, and the KQEmu Accelerator kernel module is integrated into the system.
