FreeDOS 1.0 Released

Noksagt writes, "FreeDOS 1.0 has been released only a little bit later than planned. The 1.0 milestone is considered to be 'a stable and viable MS-DOS replacement' and features long filename support, HIMEM and EMM386 management, and CD-ROM support."

Comments

hooray!

[doofusclam]

~writes new MS-DOS compatible apps~

FreeWindows 3.11

[linguae]

This is exciting that we have a FOSS and functional equivalent of MS-DOS 6.22 (with some other features like long file names). I can run my old DOS games on my Mac with QEMU. Now, I wonder when somebody will get started on FreeWindows 3.11?

Dos 1.0??

[scenestar]

And I Thought debian's release cycle was slow.

Re:Dos 1.0??

[93 Escort Wagon]

"And I Thought debian's release cycle was slow."

They did beat Hurd out of the gate, though.

Necromancy

[KiloByte]

I'm not that skilled in necromancy, but as far as I can tell, in any system Animate Dead spells work only before the corpse rots away. And in the case of DOS, indeed, they're a tiny bit too late.

I guess it's rather the time for exorcisms now.

Re:Moo

[CODiNE]

Why are you worried about a legal DOS when you're running OS X on non-Apple hardware? Well hey if that helps you sleep at night.

Re:Why no link to the site?

[funfail]

You know, because of Slashdotting... DOS just can't handle a DDOS.

Re:Where does this fit into the map?

[Bing Tsher E]

This is for running MS-DOS programs on your StrongARM NetBSD box, inside of Bochs.

This is what I've been waiting for!

[RAMMS EIN]

Finally! Now I can run loadlin on a completely free OS!

Re:Moo

[3dr]

He did also mention BSD and Linux. Those are perfectly legal to use on any PC.

Not when my questionably elected, somewhat appointed, congressional representatives get done with them!

32 bit DOS extender?

[Anonymous Coward]

Does it come with a DOS extender fully compliant with the DPMI and VCPI specs? I think it's worth waiting a few more years for that.

Re:Why no link to the site?

[Anonymous Coward]

The submitter didn't even bother putting a link to freedos.

Mmmm, Freedos

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Re:Moo

[Dun Malg]

If your talking about windows you can use the net use lpt1: //computername/printer name to make a network or USB printer print just like it was LPT1, I have to do it all the time for crappy military dos applications. (btw you do need to share the printer out if its a USB printer)

Yeah, that was the guy's "fix" also. Unfortunately, it requires several network services to be loaded, some of which conflict with the function of my Idiot Employer's dialup networking configuration.

Re:DOS is alive and kicking.

[Anonymous Coward]

Something else *did* come along: Linux Live CDs. You thought you'd impress because you still use your DOS skills you had 10 years ago. Wrong crowd. Instead it is apparent that for the past 10 years Linux has been in your pile of "should look into it someday", but you never moved your ass and now you look stupid complaining about maintaining your gas lamp after light bulbs have been invented.

Screenshots

[Bobby Cannon]

Where's the screenshots?

Re:Now they can start with FreeWIN3.11 v0.1 alpha

[Anonymous Coward]

2046 FreeWINME
2056 FreeWINXP
2066 FreeWINVISTA

Where does WILLIE 1.0 fit into all that?

Re:Where does that leave Linux?

[OrangeTide]

FreeDOS has a feature Linux lacks, DRIVE LETTERS!!

Re:Where does that leave Linux?

[808140]

Well, on my linux installation, I have all my partitions mounted in folders called 'C:', 'D:', 'E:' ...