Linked by Michael Saunders on Mon 2nd Aug 2004 18:21 UTC
Syllable, AtheOS Tired of endless Windows security problems? Intrigued by Linux's power but discouraged by its complexity? Tempted by Mac OS but not thrilled with the hardware cost? If so, you might want to investigate the growing bunch of hobbyist OSes -- Syllable, SkyOS, Haiku, MenuetOS, Visopsys, ReactOS and others. Syllable is perhaps the most promising of them all; it's a maturing open source desktop OS with an evolving kernel & device driver range, and is targeted at the home/small-office user.
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RE:Is it usable?
by spikeb on Mon 2nd Aug 2004 22:47 UTC

No, neither skyos nor syllable are what you seem to mean by usable, yet. Give 'em time and/or help. Neither may reach the status of apps that linux has, but i think one or both will, plus haiku will have at least beos level apps.