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An Actively Developed GUI for ... FreeDOS?

Posted by timothy on from the esotericism dept.

shanecoughlan writes "FreeDOS, the GPL DOS distribution, has a powerful little graphical user interface called OpenGEM being actively developed for it. Well, powerful is relative. OpenGEM is based off the DR GEM GUI from the 1980s, and is a 16bit single-tasking GUI that tends not to use extended memory. While KDE and GNOME might not be shaking in their boots, it's an interesting opensource project in its own right. And it runs on a 286 with 640kb of RAM..."

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  1. Screenshots! by paulius_g · · Score: 5, Interesting

    0.25 seconds of Googling:

    http://www.operating-system.org/betriebssystem/bsg fx/os/opengem-scr-01.png
    http://www.operating-system.org/betriebssystem/bsg fx/os/opengem-scr-02.png
    http://www.operating-system.org/betriebssystem/bsg fx/os/opengem-scr-03.png
    http://www.operating-system.org/betriebssystem/bsg fx/os/opengem-scr-04.png
    http://www.operating-system.org/betriebssystem/bsg fx/os/opengem-scr-05.png

    Enjoy! :-)

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  2. Needs web browser by ArmorFiend · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So who has the cahones to develop a standards-compliant web browser for this gui? Meet the new killer app. Same as the old killer app.

    I've been poking around for a viable web-surfing configuration for an 8mb pentium-1 system, and there really is nothing out there.

  3. Uh - I always thought Seal had a nicer look... by starseeker · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://sealsystem.sourceforge.net/

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  4. Re:Slow News Day? by salesgeek · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sure its nifty and all, but why does one person's small project make the news?

    Puhleeeez. Every time Slashdot features any small project someone has to pop in and bitch that it's not important, who cares, why is /. covering it and on and on... Sit down and have a nice cup of shut the @##@$@ up and be happy that another project just got a little sunshine.

    Incidentally, this project is actually useful and could be yet another killer open source application when it grows up. Do you know how many old computers are out there that are obsolete only because there's no free lightweight desktop OS with internet connectivity for them?

    Frankly, the only way a small project becomes a big one is when other developers, supporters and users find out the project exists and can contribute to it.

    I am not trying to imply that it isn't a cool project or worth doing, but that if his project makes the news so should the majority of sourceforge projects.

    Of course your not, but you are bitter about something. Don't be a boo-bird.

    Me first please.

    At least you admit it, thought which is a step up from usual :)

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  5. Re:No screenshots by nocomment · · Score: 4, Informative

    you want screenshots? you got screenshots.

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