Mastodawn

I like using #FreeDOS to explain how a computer starts up. DOS is simple enough and small enough that you can see the moving parts.

And once you see how it works in DOS, you can understand more complex systems like #Linux

https://www.both.org/?p=13889

Use FreeDOS to learn about computers - Both.org

Start by learning a simple system and work your way up from there.

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Malka Beth

@freedosproject really I remember DOS & directory manager as a kid, and at that point computers did all that really was needed, clear through to today.

*Better graphics is nice, as is speed of getting onto the internet & sharing videos on it but that's about the only real improvements I've seen.

This is a mainstay of why I intend on switching to linux as I want something similar to DOS & Directory Manager, from windows which used to mimic DM in functionality but hasn't done so in about 20-25 years.

#Linux #DOS #Windows

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lemgandi 7h ago

@BrahmaBelarusian @freedosproject

Huh. I started out on PDP-11s and used MS-DOS professionally for a few years. Lemme tell ya, multi-task//mult-iuser is a Great Thing. I remember having to stop everything on the machine to edit a file, then restart it again after. Ugh. Unix was a huge step forward.

I run Debian these days.

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Malka Beth 7h ago

@lemgandi @freedosproject I've found multiuser & multitasking setups create short-term expediency, at a cost of longterm messes that made the tasks take longer overall. This is why even as I use multiuser systems I avoid doing so whenever possible, similar to multitasking setups.