Editing SkyOS (section)

{{Short description|Operating system}}
{{Infobox OS
| logo                   = [[Image:SkyOS Logo.svg|250px|The SkyOS Logo]]
| motto                  = See the light, break free.
| developer              = Robert Szeleney
| source_model           = [[Closed source]]
| released               = {{Start date and age|1997|12|15}}
| latest_test_version    = Beta 
| latest_test_date       = {{Start date and age|2013|08|09}}
| marketing_target       = Desktop users
| language               = Multilingual
| kernel_type            = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]]
| license                = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| working_state          = [[Software release life cycle#Halted|Halted]]
| supported_platforms    = [[IA-32]]
}}

'''SkyOS''' is a discontinued prototype commercial, [[Proprietary software|proprietary]], graphical desktop [[operating system]] written for the [[x86]] [[computer architecture]]. Its first version was released in 1997, and its last beta build was released in 2008.

As of January 30, 2009, development of the OS was halted, with no plans to resume its development.<ref>{{cite web | title=SkyOS development is currently halted and no plans to resume its development have been announced | url=http://www.skyos.org/?q=node/647 | access-date=2009-01-30 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910053108/http://www.skyos.org/?q=node/647 | archive-date=2011-09-10 }}</ref>

In August 2013, developer Robert Szeleney announced the release of a public beta on the SkyOS website. This allows public users to download a Live CD of the SkyOS operating system, for testing and to optionally install the system.<ref>{{cite web | title=SkyOS Public Beta | url=http://skyos.org/?q=node/651 | access-date=2009-08-09 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816234843/http://www.skyos.org/?q=node%2F651 | archive-date=2013-08-16 | url-status=dead }}</ref>