Editing Syllable Desktop (section)

== Features ==
Syllable Desktop has a native Webkit-based [[web browser]] named Webster (formerly ABrowse), an [[email client]] named Whisper, a media player, an [[Integrated development environment|IDE]], and other applications.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Saunders |first=Michael |date=2004-08-02 |title=Syllable – The Little OS with a Big Future |url=https://www.osnews.com/story/7900/syllable-the-little-os-with-a-big-future/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=[[OSNews]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

Features according to the official website include:
* Native [[64-bit]] [[Journaling file system|journaled]] [[file system]], the AtheOS File System (AFS)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Culka |first=Martin |title=Syllable |url=https://www.root.cz/clanky/syllable/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Root.cz |language=cs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-06-14 |title=Four alternative operating systems |url=https://www.linux.com/news/four-alternative-operating-systems/ |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=Linux.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[C++]] oriented [[Application programming interface|API]]
* [[Object-oriented programming|Object-oriented]] graphical [[desktop environment]] on a native [[GUI]] architecture
* Mostly [[POSIX]] compliant<ref name=":3" />
* Software [[Porting|ports]], including [[Vim (text editor)|Vim]], [[Perl]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Apache HTTP Server|Apache]], others.
* [[GNU toolchain]] ([[GNU Compiler Collection|GCC]], [[Glibc]], [[Binutils]], [[make (software)|Make]])
* [[Preemption (computing)|Preemptive]] [[Computer multitasking|multitasking]] with [[Thread (computer science)|multithreading]]
* [[Symmetric multiprocessing]] (multiple [[central processing unit|processor]]) support
* [[Device driver]]s for most common hardware (video, sound, network chips)
* File system drivers for [[File Allocation Table|FAT]] (read/write), [[NTFS]] (read) and [[ext2]] (read)
* [[Rebol]] as system [[scripting language]]