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Syllable Project's Developer Newsletter #1

Posted by timothy on from the starting-fresh dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The July issue of the Syllable Development Newsletter is available, featuring updates and progress from Syllable, the open source desktop OS, over the past month. Highlights include a new 3DFX driver, major ATerm updates and UI principle discussions. Good progress is being made."

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  1. 3dfx driver?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    That would have come in really handy, oh, I don't know, like five freaking years ago!

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    1. Re:3dfx driver?! by jarito030507 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      As Syllable is still under heavy development, most people shouldn't run it on their main machine yet. The 3dfx driver was ported because someone needed it to support some old video card they were using in an extra box. The more drivers the better, why are you complaining?

  2. Stuff for upcoming release by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's a few screenshots for stuff I'm working on. Updated Windows-like titlebars:

    http://msa.section.me.uk/syllable/win98-update.gif

    Shaped window decorations (should be in 0.5.4, depending on a few technical issues):

    http://msa.section.me.uk/syllable/beish-testing.gi f

    Of course, those are just cosmetic and pale in comparison to the BIG developments in 0.5.4. These include integration of the new Dock panel and file browser:

    http://msa.section.me.uk/syllable/desk053.gif

    along with an updated CD-ROM driver (should work on more machines) and revamped Terminal app. Plus all the usual fixes, improvements and cleanups. I wrote an article on Syllable explaining how well the OS is progressing and what it offers already:

    http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7900

    BTW, for coders out there, Syllable includes a fully-fledged GNU toolchain along with Emacs, Vim and other goodies. Worth checking out if you fancy coding with a friendly team of developers for an up-and-coming OS.