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AtheOS was a free software Unix-like operating system for x86-based computers. (The name is a contraction of Athena Operating System; no reference to atheism was ever intended. It was previously called AltOS.) It was initially intended as an AmigaOS 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 on Usenet. Although it was licensed as open source software, Skauen did not accept contributions of code from the general public as most general-purpose OS projects do. He ceased development of it and the project is generally considered dead. But the free availability of the source code under the GPL allowed other developers to launch Syllable, a fork from the stagnant AtheOS code base, with ongoing development.
Skauen ported KHTML to AtheOS in order to create the ABrowse web browser.
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AtheOS - GPLed multiuser OS. In development for 4 years, object oriented multi-threaded GUI, 64-bit journaling file system, and Synchronous MultiProcessor (SMP) support.
Meta Description: [ AtheOS is an GPL'ed alternative OS running on Intel based PC's. Featuring an object oriented GUI interface, multi threading SMP, journaling filesystem, TCP/IP network stack and various other components expected in a modern desktop OS ]
AtheOS on VMware - Information on booting AtheOS in VMware. The site includes (slightly outdated) pre-made images.
Cosmoe Operating System - Windowing system for Linux based on AtheOS, ported by Bill Hayden. Uses AtheOS GUI system atop Linux kernel, but aims to become an independent OS, and to fully support BeOS API and have source compatibility with BeOS programs.
Interview with the AtheOS Creator, Kurt Skauen - Asks Skauen's views on binary compatibility in future versions of AtheOS, multithreading, and the future of his OS in general. [OSNews]
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Myelin: Notes on AtheOS - Has a few scripts and software ports that work with AtheOS, and notes on inner workings of AppServer and startup sequence, possibly of interest to some developers.
SourceForge: AtheOS - The official developers' mailing list for AtheOS is where most users of AtheOS discuss programming and news and post their questions concerning development.
Meta Description: [ The world's largest development and download repository of Open Source code and applications ]
The AtheOS Info Site - It lists various user and developer questions and answers about AtheOS in FAQ format. Specifically, it covers how to set a view to use a fixed font, how to compile the sources from scratch, and how to handle graphics. The AtheOS Info Site also discusses particulars of the AtheOS API and Unicode support.
Zer0 Reality - AtheOS news and community forums.
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