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FreeDOS Not Dead; 1.0 Release Imminent

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wide-wide-world-of-os-hacking dept.

Lisa writes "Jim Hall, creator of the open source MS-DOS operating system project FreeDOS, says that while work on the project may have slowed recently, he isn't ready to throw in the towel just yet. In fact, Hall says he hopes to see version 1.0 released as soon as the end of the month." (So rumors to the contrary can be safely ignored.)

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  1. how's about Free95? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Once we've gotten up to FreeDos 6.2, will the next release be Free95 (release date 2095), which replicates Windows 95 in a feature and bug-complete way?