- AtheOS
Infobox_OS
name = AtheOS
caption = The AtheOS Desktop
family =Amiga OS -like
developer = Kurt Skauen
source_model =Open source
working_state = Abandoned
kernel_type =
latest_release_version = 0.3.7
latest_release_date =
license = GPL
website = [http://atheos.syllable.org/index.html atheos.syllable.org/index.html]AtheOS was a
free software operating system forx86 -based computers. It was initially intended as anAmigaOS clone, but that objective was later abandoned. It is no longer in development, and has been superseded by the Syllable operating system.History
It was created entirely by a Norwegian
programmer , Kurt Skauen, from 1994 to the early 2000s; AtheOS was announced to the world in March 2000 onUsenet . Although it was licensed asfree software , Skauen was more hesitant to accept contributions from the public than other free andopen source operating system projects. The availability of the code under the GPL allowed other developers to launch Syllable, a fork from the AtheOS code base, with ongoing development.Skauen ported
KHTML to AtheOS in order to create theABrowse web browser .Features
* Its own native
64-bit journaling file system , theAtheOS File System (usually called "AFS")
* Support forsymmetric multiprocessing
* An original, legacy-free,object-oriented GUI architecture
* Support for most of thePOSIX standard
*Pre-emptive multitasking withmultithreading
*C++ orientedAPI External links
* [http://atheos.syllable.org/index.html atheos.syllable.org/index.html]
* [http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=66 Interview With The AtheOS Creator, Kurt Skauen] -OSNews (27 August ,2001 )
* [http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/07/1727254 AtheOS Wizard Kurt Skauen Tells All] -Slashdot (7 September ,2001 )
* [http://www.osnews.com/story.php/1385/Comparing-MenuetOS-SkyOS-and-AtheOS/ Comparing hobby OS's]
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