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Syllable - The Little OS with a Big Future?

Posted by simoniker on from the um-ah-dah-leh dept.

Vanders writes "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? In an OSNews article, Michael Saunders takes a look at Syllable, the OS that picked up where AtheOS left off over two years ago. Michael takes you through Syllable and shows you what we have been doing these past few years."

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  1. Re:Sure by Hatta · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Furthermore, it shouldn't be necessary to use a CLI, ever.

    I agree. I would further propose that it shouldn't be necessary to use a GUI, ever.

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  2. One of the pros was low memory use? by LWATCDR · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How is 64 Megs low memory usage?
    Seems like a pretty good chunk of memory if you ask me for a less than complete OS.

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  3. Re:Sure by moonbender · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Anyone can install a tarball and with great scripts like CompileProgram anyone can install it with one command.

    No. You can do that, and I can probably figure it out easily enough, but no, most people can not install a program from source. Although I'm sure they could be enabled to do it - portage is a start, an easy to use graphical portage would be even more of a start.

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