Syllable 0.5.4 Released

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Posted by michael on Saturday October 2, 2004 @09:00AM from the tin-pot-bootloader dept.

AtheOSParrot writes "Version 0.5.4 of the Syllable operating system has been released. The lightweight, BeOS-alike is aimed squarely at finally realising the dream of bringing an easy-to-use, free software desktop to everyday users. 0.5.4 is a significant milestone in this direction with the integration of the new desktop, which is completely unimpeded by any legacy X-Windows foundations or toolkits beneath. This is no tin-pot bootloader with bitmaps snapped on; other features include SMP, networking, ATA/ATAPI, audio & video, 2D acceleration, GCC, USB & a 64-bit journaled FS with attributes. With desktop Linux still not having dented the 1% mark, will Syllable be the one to do to Windows what Firefox has done to IE? Also reported on OSNews.com, Golem.de and Linuxfr.org."

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waiting... by chipster · 2004-10-02 09:06 · Score: 4, Funny

...for the BeOS and Eugenia Loli-Queru flamage to begin.
1. Re:waiting... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-02 11:09 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Alright.
  
  She's a gross-looking sub-par writer. I wish she would quit with "osnews" and her pathetic pseudo-journalism. I hate her, her bias, and her claims that such bias does not exist.
Well... by HateBreeder · 2004-10-02 09:07 · Score: 5, Funny

will Syllable be the one to do to Windows what Firefox has done to IE?

I sure hope not!
Would be a shame to have all the countless hours spent installing my Gentoo, go to waste... :P

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1. Re:Well... by pyrrhonist · 2004-10-02 12:21 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  If I were part of the Gentoo leadership, I'd make this my #1 priority.
  And I say that Gentoo doesn't go far enough!
  That's why I compile a toolchain myself, chroot to it, and then build enough of Linux to compile. Once this is done, I install it by hand into the correct directories, reboot, and build everything from source. This way I get a complete system whithout all that "emerge" bullshit.
  Oh, and when I want to add a kernel patch, I don't bother to recompile the kernel, I just, "vi vmlinuz". That's good enough for me.
  With those fancy precompile distros, you never know what you'll get.
  
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2. Re:Well... by lxs · 2004-10-02 21:18 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  You're completely spoiled!
  
  I have fitted toggle switches on the front of my PC, so I can recompile the kernel in my head and enter it into memory one bit at a time.
Oh no by October_30th · 2004-10-02 09:07 · Score: 3, Funny

hich is completely unimpeded by any legacy X-Windows foundations or toolkits beneath.
All right, everybody. Brace yourselves for a flood of "what's wrong with X-Windows foundations or toolkits?!" posts!

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Two silly bulls? by bushboy · 2004-10-02 09:09 · Score: 4, Funny

Edmund:
Yes, another great Christmas tradition: explaining the rules eight times to the Thicky Twins. The round hasn't in fact started yet. It's got to be a specific book. For instance, if it was The Bible, I would go like that [holding up two fingers] to indicate that there are two syllables in it...

Prince:
Two what?

Edmund:
Two syllables.

Prince:
Two silly bulls? I don't think so, Blackadder -- not in The Bible. I can remember a fatted calf, but, as I recall, that was quite a sensible animal. Oh, ah! It's it, um, er, Noah's Ark, with the, er, two pigs, two ants, and two silly bulls? Is that it?

Edmund:
Two syllables.

Prince:
What?

Edmund:
Look, we're getting confused; let's start again, shall we?

Prince:
No, let's not, Blackadder. I think the whole game's getting a bit sylla, to be honest. How about a nice Christmas story instead?

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just because they're aimed...A "Dip" in the road. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-02 09:13 · Score: 1, Funny

"Just look at what happened with Freedows."

Didn't Jay Leno do a commercial for them?
Re:They all look the same by Misinformed · 2004-10-02 09:33 · Score: 4, Funny

Why is it that all these "new" operating systems (read skyOS, Syllable, etc) always just look like some crappy KDE theme?

Good point. But look on the positive side... it could have looked like GNOME.

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Re:Kinda sick of this nonsense... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-02 09:33 · Score: 1, Funny

Yeah - you're right. Nobody else should be developing anything that isn't linux.

Sometimes you linux guys are just as close-minded as the windows crowd. Think about it.
Just look at what happened with Freedows??? by bayerwerke · 2004-10-02 09:35 · Score: 2, Funny

Um... Well.. actually nothing happened to Freedows.
replacing but not competing? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-02 09:52 · Score: 1, Funny

From the website:
"Syllable is not competing with Windows or Linux."
--and--
"Syllable is intended to be a cool replacement for Windows or Linux."
Re:If they want Syllable to succeed... by Tribbin · 2004-10-02 10:01 · Score: 2, Funny

Sounds too much like sybian? (google for it)

You pervert... ;-)

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Re:just because they're aimed... by mattgreen · 2004-10-02 10:03 · Score: 3, Funny

Ahh, the spirit of open source:
Developer: "I'm working on Y. It is a better version of X!"
OSS community: "You foolish mortal! You should be working on X! Not Y! You can't possibly best X!"
Developer: "I like working on Y though!"
OSS community: "You're just wasting your time, work on X and make it like Y!"
Suggested Names by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-02 10:25 · Score: 2, Funny
Any of these grab you?
- Dipthong
- Consonant
- Vowel
- Semivowel
- Phoneme
- Allophone
- Tripthong
Or, if they bundle more applications and turn it into a suite rather than just an OS, perhaps Word*, Sentence, or Paragraph.
* May already be taken