@freedosproject For any who don't know, #FreeDOS is awesome and entirely human created. And I've had great interactions with some of the developers, such as the very nice one who took the time to explain why I could not cache XTIDE into memory via JEMM (hopefully they add that feature).
Good people, if you have a retro pc it's worth a shot.
Clé USB bootable FreeDOS pour la mise à niveau des BIOS/UEFI sous Linux
Mise à jour du BIOS/UEFI avec une clé USB FreeDOS
👾 100 Games Tested: Is FreeDOS 1.4 Better Than MS-DOS?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hYb6VfSZLUs
I'm curious what the Fediverse would recommend as a resource for learning MS-DOS in 2026.
I have limited exposure to it having grown up mostly on Windows 9x, but I use a Linux CLI and these days, I always opt for Powershell in the rare cases where I use Windows because it supports Unix-like commands. As such, I'm very limited on what I know about using DOS.
I see some tutorials on Youtube, I'm just curious what y'all think.
#Retro #retrocomputing #msdos #dos #dosgaming #dosbox #freedos
On the other end of this spectrum, I'd like to add: There's nothing stopping anybody extending MS-DOS to 64-bits to create a new boot-to-DOS OS that new software can be written for. Like, we don't have to stick to MS-DOS compatibility ad-inifinium. There can be new DOSes, there can be new software for command-line text-mode interfaces that aren't 40 million lines of C, just a BIOS or UEFI abstraction that will run on literally any hardware in the last 35 years and continue to run [hopefully] for the next 35 years.
Dear Friends whoo can-can use Mastodon,
1) It took me a while but I am using Mastodon from any hardware/software combination. Even #Windows at the local library.
2) Can I say the same ease of use about my hardware and #software usage? [Clue ~ NO!]
3) For example this morning using three different screen-shot programs I was barely able (eventually successful) to take a partial desktop #screenshot.
4) And so I looked for a new OS. #FreeDOS in #ReactOS maybe? Heavens still not available for every day use after 30 years of development? Wot?
5) #EasyOS developer is asking about what desktop colour scheme people prefer. The choices are all two tone monochrome. We honestly have been using colour monitors for 30 years AND if people want #monochrome they can change to blue and light blue or red and pink. What sort of crazed time wasting is this?
Anyway enough whingeing from me the most terrible person in the #development cycle (an actual end user)
I am now going to finish my herbal tea. Pray to the St of GNU
https://stallman.org/saintignucius.jpg
https://stallman.org/saint.html
🙏🏿 
David Fleetwood - RG Admin
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