FreeDOS 1.0 Released

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday September 4, 2006 @11:05AM from the begun-before-you-were-born dept.

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."

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hooray! by doofusclam · 2006-09-04 11:09 · Score: 5, Funny

~writes new MS-DOS compatible apps~
FreeWindows 3.11 by linguae · 2006-09-04 11:13 · Score: 4, Funny

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?? by scenestar · 2006-09-04 11:13 · Score: 4, Funny

And I Thought debian's release cycle was slow.

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1. Re:Dos 1.0?? by 93+Escort+Wagon · 2006-09-04 11:53 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  "And I Thought debian's release cycle was slow."
  
  They did beat Hurd out of the gate, though.
  
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Necromancy by KiloByte · 2006-09-04 11:28 · Score: 4, Funny

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.

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Re:Moo by CODiNE · 2006-09-04 11:30 · Score: 4, Funny

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.

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Re:Why no link to the site? by funfail · 2006-09-04 11:30 · Score: 5, Funny

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

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Re:Where does this fit into the map? by Bing+Tsher+E · 2006-09-04 11:37 · Score: 4, Funny

This is for running MS-DOS programs on your StrongARM NetBSD box, inside of Bochs.
This is what I've been waiting for! by RAMMS+EIN · 2006-09-04 11:38 · Score: 4, Funny

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

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Re:Moo by 3dr · 2006-09-04 11:55 · Score: 4, Funny

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? by Anonymous Coward · 2006-09-04 12:01 · Score: 2, Funny

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:Moo by Dun+Malg · 2006-09-04 12:54 · Score: 2, Funny

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.

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Screenshots by Bobby+Cannon · 2006-09-04 13:30 · Score: 3, Funny

Where's the screenshots?

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Re:Where does that leave Linux? by OrangeTide · 2006-09-04 14:44 · Score: 4, Funny

FreeDOS has a feature Linux lacks, DRIVE LETTERS!!

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