Editing Syllable Desktop (section)

== History ==
Syllable Desktop is a fork of AtheOS, a free and open source operating system that was discontinued. AtheOS was originally developed to be an [[Amiga]] clone for x86 processors, and also took inspiration from [[BeOS]] for the file system it used.<ref name=":1" /> Syllable was started around July 2002 because the sole developer of AtheOS went inactive for nine months.<ref name=":0" /> Syllable Desktop aimed to be a successor to AtheOS and expand on it, such as adding additional hardware support.<ref name=":1" /> Further development aimed at porting additional software and libraries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=de Vos |first=Kaj |date=2012-07-16 |title=Syllable gets Enlightenment graphics engine |url=https://www.osnews.com/story/26189/syllable-gets-enlightenment-graphics-engine/ |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=[[OSNews]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The last source code commit was in 2012, but the developer is working on restarting the project according to information on the website.