14 Years & Kicking: FreeDOS Is Still Alive

Phoronix ^ | December 29, 2012 | Posted by Michael Larabel

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

FreeDOS, the open-source DOS operating system, is still alive and seeing activity around the GPL-licensed project though the FreeDOS SVN code repository hasn't seen any activity in nearly one year.

In writing yesterday about Automake looking to drop MS-DOS and Windows 95/98/ME support, some Phoronix readers were quick to comment that dropping MS-DOS support would also be bad news for FreeDOS.

The last time that FreeDOS came to my mind was nearly one year ago when writing about the release of FreeDOS 1.1. With not having heard much out of the FreeDOS camp in about a year, I was curious to see where they're at today.

[Morris70]

Now where did I leave that 5 1/4 with Zork and
Leisure suit Larry?

[KC_Lion]

Does it have any relationship to GLaDOS?

[wolfpat]

The magic word is “plugh”.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

LS Larry....LOL...

I remember that one.

I still have a bunch of floppies...hmmm.

[RedMDer]

[adorno]

Remnants of the dinosaur age are still around.

Heck, the alligator and crocodiles also refused to go extinct too.

[martin_fierro]

Sexy like a brown Zune.

[bigbob]

sheesh, you gotta updatem man! No one runs DOS anymore...

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[Marine_Uncle]

RE: "I still have a bunch of floppies...hmmm."
It sure has been a few years. :)