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jbz🐟 FreeDOS: History, Legacy, and a Valuable Resource for Old Machines —André Machado｢ The FreeDOS project began in 1994 when Jim Hall, then a physics student at the University of Wisconsin–River Falls, observed that Microsoft had announced the end of support for MS‑DOS. Unwilling to see DOS functionality disappear, Hall posted a manifesto on Usenet proposing the development of an open‑source DOS replacement ｣<a href="https://machaddr.substack.com/p/freedos-history-legacy-and-a-valuable" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://machaddr.substack.com/p/freedos-history-legacy-and-a-valuable</a><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/freedos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedos</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/msdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#msdos</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a>

Susanne Lilith<a href="https://rheinneckar.social/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDOS</a> 1.4 ist raus. Für alle, die von <a href="https://rheinneckar.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a> weg wollen!

Pixel PurritoIt's a good day when stars align: beginning of holidays, new <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDOS</a> release, and my “white whale” <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CRT</a> monitor appears for sale on evilBay at a reasonable price.

Marcel SIneM(S)US<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDOS</a> 1.4 ist da | heise online <a href="https://www.heise.de/news/FreeDOS-1-4-ist-da-10345336.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.heise.de/news/FreeDOS-1-4-ist-da-10345336.html</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a>

Daniel AJ Sokolov<a href="https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@heiseonline</a> Als <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/bonus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bonus</a> für das Fediverse hier der Link zu offiziellen Ankündigung von PD-DOS (heute FreeDOS) aus dem Juni 1994:<a href="https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.msdos.apps/c/oQmT4ETcSzU/m/O1HR8PE2u-EJ?pli=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.msdos.apps/c/oQmT4ETcSzU/m/O1HR8PE2u-EJ?pli=1</a><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOS</a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDOS</a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/OSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OSS</a>

Brad LinderFreeDOS 1.4 brings improvements to this open source DOS alternativeFreeDOS is an open source operating system designed to let you run DOS programs without installing an operating system that Microsoft abandoned decades ago. Unlike some other open source alternatives to Microsoft operating systems, FreeDOS has been feature complete and stable for a very long time… but that doesn’t mean there’s not room for improvement.So three years after the last major […]<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/dos/" target="_blank">#dos</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/foss/" target="_blank">#foss</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/freedos/" target="_blank">#freedos</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/open-source/" target="_blank">#openSource</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/os-updates/" target="_blank">#osUpdates</a>Read more: <a href="https://liliputing.com/freedos-1-4-released-keeping-the-dream-of-an-open-source-dos-alternative-alive/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://liliputing.com/freedos-1-4-released-keeping-the-dream-of-an-open-source-dos-alternative-alive/</a>

ClaudioMMissed the release of <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDOS</a> 1.4 recently, and was turned on to the new release thanks to @arstechnica@mastodon.socia. :crt_w_prompt:<a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/fire-up-your-compaq-deskpro-freedos-1-4-is-the-first-stable-update-since-2022/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/fire-up-your-compaq-deskpro-freedos-1-4-is-the-first-stable-update-since-2022/</a>

IT NewsFreeDOS 1.4 Released - Even in 2025 there are still many applications for a simple Disk Operating System ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/04/08/freedos-1-4-released/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/04/08/freedos-1-4-released/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/softwaredevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwaredevelopment</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/operatingsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#operatingsystems</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/freedos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedos</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a>

ballpark_frank<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDOS</a> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/fire-up-your-compaq-deskpro-freedos-1-4-is-the-first-stable-update-since-2022/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/fire-up-your-compaq-deskpro-freedos-1-4-is-the-first-stable-update-since-2022/</a>

André Machado :debian:FreeDOS: History, Legacy, and a Valuable Resource for Old MachinesFreeDOS is a free and open‐source operating system designed to be compatible with MS‑DOS. Developed to keep the DOS experience alive even after Microsoft ended support for MS‑DOS, FreeDOS has grown into a complete environment that not only preserves classic DOS functionality but also introduces modern enhancements.Read More: <a href="https://machaddr.substack.com/p/freedos-history-legacy-and-a-valuable" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://machaddr.substack.com/p/freedos-history-legacy-and-a-valuable</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDOS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Operating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Operating</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/System" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#System</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Computer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a>

C:\KKJ\>:idle:Installing <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDOS</a> 1.4 RC3 from floppies 💾 💥 I read that it fixes a lot of bugs! 🐛 <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOS</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/i486" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#i486</a>

The FreeDOS ProjectNeed to read a whole file into memory?<a href="https://www.both.org/?p=9990" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.both.org/?p=9990</a>This shows 2 methods:1. open + filelength + calloc + read2. open + fstat + mmapMethod 1 works on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDOS</a> and other DOS. Method 2 is best for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> 🐧 and other Unix.

Akseli :quake_verified: :kde:The amount of jank in here is amusing <a href="https://blog.tmm.cx/2022/05/15/the-very-weird-hewlett-packard-freedos-option/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.tmm.cx/2022/05/15/the-very-weird-hewlett-packard-freedos-option/</a><a href="https://scalie.zone/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://scalie.zone/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDOS</a> <a href="https://scalie.zone/tags/HP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HP</a>

C:\KKJ\>:idle:<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDOS</a> with my custom WELCOME. ANS screen :)<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@freedosproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@freedosproject</a> 💓

MartínPreparándome para el install fest de FCEIA junto con <a href="https://rebel.ar/@hackfun" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@hackfun</a><a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freesoftware</a> <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/softwarelibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwarelibre</a> <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/installfest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#installfest</a> <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/fceia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fceia</a> <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/UNR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UNR</a> <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/Rosario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rosario</a> <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/hackfun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hackfun</a> <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/ventoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ventoy</a> <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freebsd</a> <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/freedos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedos</a> <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/linuxmint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linuxmint</a> <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/manjaro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manjaro</a> <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/damnsmalllinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#damnsmalllinux</a> <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/q4os" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#q4os</a> <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slackware</a>

Jean-Yves<a href="https://tilde.zone/@movq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@movq</a> I suspect that <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDOS</a> should run natively on it? You could also perhaps get <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/HaikuOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HaikuOS</a> running on it for something lightweight but modern.

Profoundly NerdyThe annual <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BASIC</a> 10 Liner contest has returned! Code like it's 1989!<a href="https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/rules2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/rules2025</a><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#c64</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atari</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/apple2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apple2</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/appleii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#appleii</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/spectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spectrum</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amiga</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#riscos</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/msdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#msdos</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/freedos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedos</a>

Krishean Draconisyesterday i found out it's possible to compile gnucobol with djgpp on freedos: <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/gnucobol/discussion/cobol/thread/bf585faa58/#c467" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sourceforge.net/p/gnucobol/discussion/cobol/thread/bf585faa58/#c467</a><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cobol</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/gnucobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gnucobol</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/freedos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedos</a>

HowToPhilYou can mess around with your own "personal" copy of <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/freedos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedos</a> on my telnet/ssh <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBS</a> as well (in the Games menu)<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/telnetBBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#telnetBBS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/sshBBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sshBBS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retro</a>

Woodoo Prod<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@goosey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@goosey</a> I've just done it only with mTCP and the Packet Driver. :0) No Microsoft Network Client or Novell installed.I run it this way: <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/msdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#msdos</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/freedos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedos</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ibm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ibmpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ibmpc</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/pcdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pcdos</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/drdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drdos</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/packet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#packet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/packetdrivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#packetdrivers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/drivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drivers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#network</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/tcp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tcp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/telnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#telnet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ftp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ftp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/http" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#http</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/nntp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nntp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/mtcp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mtcp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/vntagecomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vntagecomputers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/oldcomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oldcomputers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/oldcomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oldcomputing</a>

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