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FreeDOS

Posted by michael on from the when-autoexec.bat-was-king dept.

Jim Hall writes: "Newsforge [ed. note: Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN] is running an article about the FreeDOS Project. If you don't know: FreeDOS aims to be a complete, free, 100% MS-DOS compatible operating system, and is released under the GNU General Public License. It's a good read. From the article: 'But, in the true spirit of Open Source, FreeDOS is not content to be an imitation of the existing technology. ... Open Source talks about freedom to use, but it also means freedom to choose. FreeDOS gives people another choice. If you don't want DOS, try something else. But if DOS might be the key for that special device you are building, check out FreeDOS. It is definitely worth a look.'" We did an interview with Hall two years ago - looks like the project has come a long way since then.

7 of 226 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Why FreeDOS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    >Why spend time developing an MS-DOS compatible operating system that is obsolete and hardly used.

    I dunno. Maybe because it seems to irk trolls?

  2. Re:Current project status by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I know you're just being silly, but they started in '94, not '91. And calling .BAT a powerful language is just a crime against humanity. ;-)

  3. Disk operating systems. by Crusty+Oldman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Y'know, I'm getting a little pissed at this Microsoft acting like they have the only disk operating system in existence.

    cp/m works great for me, and I see no reason to change. (Seriously!)

  4. Awesome! by jasno · · Score: 3, Funny

    Finally the beginnings of Open Source(tm)'s domination!!!

    Now that we have DOS, we can begin reimplementing our 32bit OS on top of it! We'll wrap it around the DOS core and try and sell people on the idea that its still an advanced OS. Then we can finally acheive the reliability and performace of Windows.

    Forgive me, its late....

    --

    http://www.masturbateforpeace.com/
  5. The real reason for FreeDOS... by MsGeek · · Score: 3, Funny

    DOOM, DOOM and more DOOM.

    --
    Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power multiplied.
  6. choosey people choose... by JimBobJoe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fuck vi! To hell with emacs!

    Go edlin!

  7. MS-DOS/XP - Pay Close Attention by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Windows XP,

    Open 'My Computer'.
    Right Click on your Floppy Disk Icon.
    Select Format.
    Click the button that says "Create an MS-DOS startup disk"
    Format the disk.

    Look at that, you have a DOS disk!

    (Of course, this feature doesn't exist according to the average slashdot user, since XP is too busy giving out all your personal information, crashing, refusing to run any software, reporing you to the FBI, shutting itself down, keeping track of everything you do and going out with your girl when you're not looking.)