Linked by Michael Saunders on Mon 2nd Aug 2004 18:21 UTC
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.
Permalink for comment
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
Recent Original Stories
Recent Comments
Headlines
Random Comments
Random Stories
Random OS Link
..."SkyOS? Nice piece of SW, but no serious apps
Syllable? Didn't have a closer look at it, but the same as SkyOS, I guess."...
There's more to it than that, though. Yeah, the apps for both may be limited at present, but they're coming -- and it's better to have two or three good email apps than fifty average ones, for instance.
Over Windows, Syllable can offer low price (free) and open source. Over Linux it offers easier configuration, a saner way to load drivers, much faster boot. Of course there are other things too.
Syllable and SkyOS aren't going to take big chunks out of the Windows and Linux market overnight, but given a few years they could make small (but significant) inroads.
Oh, and here's something else to consider -- something I didn't cover much in the article, but still worth attention. Syllable runs quite a few CLI UNIX tools, such as Emacs, ViM and BitchX, and others can be ported without much hassle. So (like SkyOS) the fully native apps may be lacking at the moment, but ports are available to fill the gaps -- SkyOS has some great GTK ports and Syllable has a number of CLI apps. No doubt as Syllable progresses, we may see software such as Firefox ported too.