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jbz<p>🐟 FreeDOS: History, Legacy, and a Valuable Resource for Old Machines <br>—André Machado</p><p>｢ 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 ｣</p><p><a href="https://machaddr.substack.com/p/freedos-history-legacy-and-a-valuable" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">machaddr.substack.com/p/freedo</span><span class="invisible">s-history-legacy-and-a-valuable</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/freedos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedos</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/msdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>msdos</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
Susanne Lilith<p><a href="https://rheinneckar.social/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></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">#<span>Windows</span></a> weg wollen!</p>
Linuxiac<p>FreeDOS 1.4 open-source MS DOS-compatible OS released with updated core utilities, better reliability, and improved package organization.<br><a href="https://linuxiac.com/freedos-1-4-now-available/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">linuxiac.com/freedos-1-4-now-a</span><span class="invisible">vailable/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a></p>
Daniel AJ Sokolov<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>heiseonline</span></a></span> Als <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/bonus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bonus</span></a> für das Fediverse hier der Link zu offiziellen Ankündigung von PD-DOS (heute FreeDOS) aus dem Juni 1994:</p><p><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"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">groups.google.com/g/comp.os.ms</span><span class="invisible">dos.apps/c/oQmT4ETcSzU/m/O1HR8PE2u-EJ?pli=1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOS</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/OSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSS</span></a></p>
WinFuture.de<p>FreeDOS 1.4 ist da: Das Gratis-DOS für alte und neue Rechner bringt Stabilität und Updates. Perfekt für Retro-Enthusiasten und alte PCs. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://winfuture.de/news,150196.html?utm_source=Mastodon&amp;utm_medium=ManualStatus&amp;utm_campaign=SocialMedia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">winfuture.de/news,150196.html?</span><span class="invisible">utm_source=Mastodon&amp;utm_medium=ManualStatus&amp;utm_campaign=SocialMedia</span></a></p>
ClaudioM<p>Missed the release of <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a> 1.4 recently, and was turned on to the new release thanks to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>arstechnica</span></a></span>. :crt_w_prompt:​</p><p><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"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">4/fire-up-your-compaq-deskpro-freedos-1-4-is-the-first-stable-update-since-2022/</span></a></p>
MrCopilot<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a> updated to Release 1.4. </p><p><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"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">4/fire-up-your-compaq-deskpro-freedos-1-4-is-the-first-stable-update-since-2022/</span></a></p>
ballpark_frank<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a> </p><p><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"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">4/fire-up-your-compaq-deskpro-freedos-1-4-is-the-first-stable-update-since-2022/</span></a></p>
Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>arstechnica</span></a></span> I used FreeDOS just a few years ago to update my Dell PC's firmware. So clutch! <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@freedosproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>freedosproject</span></a></span> Awesome project. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeGeek</span></a></p>
C:\KKJ\>:idle:<p>Installing <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a> 1.4 RC3 from floppies 💾 💥 </p><p>I read that it fixes a lot of bugs! 🐛 </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOS</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/i486" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>i486</span></a></p>
Andrew Golding<p>I made a thing:</p><p><a href="https://github.com/huronbikes/FATImageTool#" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/huronbikes/FATImage</span><span class="invisible">Tool#</span></a></p><p>It's incomplete and I have a bunch of questions about some things I am seeing, but for the most part I can manipulate a FAT16 filesystem without completely trashing it.</p><p>Goal is to have a parameterized way of creating a bootable DOS disk image.</p><p>It's a silly thing but I wanted to make it.</p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Freedos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedos</span></a></p>
Akseli :quake_verified:​ :kde:<p>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"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.tmm.cx/2022/05/15/the-ver</span><span class="invisible">y-weird-hewlett-packard-freedos-option/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scalie.zone/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://scalie.zone/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a> <a href="https://scalie.zone/tags/HP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HP</span></a></p>
C:\KKJ\>:idle:<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a> with my custom WELCOME. ANS screen :)</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@freedosproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>freedosproject</span></a></span> 💓</p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵<p>The more servile, extortionist, and enshittified Windows becomes, the more I love coming home (or to work!) to a nice <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> desktop.</p><p>The more petty and mercenary <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> becomes ($999 monitor stand!!!!), the more I love mining ebay for $150 machines that become viable daily drivers.</p><p>It's a good life.</p><p>* R.L. glances at the <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> icon on his dock/taskbar</p><p>* <em>~Whimper~!</em></p><p>GOTTA find some way of disenshittifying the web, y'all.</p><p>P.S., When I say "Linux," I do so inclusive of all other FOSS OSes. <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/runbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a>? Of course I do! Do you like <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haiku</span></a>? Haiku is cool! Do you run <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/freedos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a>? Rock on with yo bad self! <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/kolibrios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KolibriOS</span></a>? Why not?!? <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/9port" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>9Port</span></a>? Uhhh.... <em>*backs away slowly*</em> ;)</p>
RalfWausE<p>Erster toot per <a href="https://burningboard.net/tags/DOStodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOStodon</span></a> von einer unter <a href="https://burningboard.net/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a> laufenden Maschine. Und ich habe ein absolut idiotisches Grinsen dabei im Gesicht</p>
SuperIlu<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@trilobyte" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>trilobyte</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@freedosproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>freedosproject</span></a></span> <br>I have <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a> running on my EeePC 😊</p>
SuperIlu<p>I pushed an update to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOStodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOStodon</span></a> (the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> client for MS-DOS):</p><p>- Updated README because of login-problems with Mastodon 4.3 or newer<br>- Uploaded <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/win32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>win32</span></a> version (works on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WinXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WinXP</span></a> or newer)</p><p>Grab it at <a href="https://github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Javascript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Javascript</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CreativeCoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeCoding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastodonClient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonClient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DJGPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJGPP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOjS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOjS</span></a></p>
SuperIlu<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.opencloud.lu/@gunstick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gunstick</span></a></span> I have an EeePC running <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a>. With SBEMU even the sound works and zyou can use it for gaming!</p>
SuperIlu<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/@hp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hp</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a> can be installed directly from SD-card, so no USB-floppy-drive shenannigans</p>
SuperIlu<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/@hp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hp</span></a></span> Mine is running <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a> (and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOStodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOStodon</span></a>) 😊</p>
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