FreeDOS state

sami

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May 18, 2011, 6:12:06 PM5/18/11

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Is freeDOS still an active project? I love the OS, and I use it as my
Primary OS for work, without a GUI it provides me a nice, no BS and
distraction free environment for getting what I need done. I know that
the project is what, 15 years old? Is it still current? I love what
has been done with it and would find it sad to see it end at only
v1.0. Or am I missing something? Are there more current builds
floating around anywhere?

David Kerber

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May 19, 2011, 8:09:34 AM5/19/11

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In article <4c82c18f-4dba-4033-b17d-573d72eb6266
@x1g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, la.sam...@gmail.com says...

It has a fairly active development mailing list; I get 5 to 15 messages
a day on it, and it looks like they're nearing another release.

Esra Sdrawkcab

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May 19, 2011, 3:13:32 PM5/19/11

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Good 'cos Arachne wasn't integrated last time (wrong default directories
v. config files).

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sami

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May 20, 2011, 5:28:47 AM5/20/11

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On May 19, 8:09 am, David Kerber

<dker...@WarrenRogersAssociates.invalid> wrote:
> In article <4c82c18f-4dba-4033-b17d-573d72eb6266

> @x1g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, la.samide...@gmail.com says...

>
>
>
> > Is freeDOS still an active project? I love the OS, and I use it as my
> > Primary OS for work, without a GUI it provides me a nice, no BS and
> > distraction free environment for getting what I need done. I know that
> > the project is what, 15 years old? Is it still current? I love what
> > has been done with it and would find it sad to see it end at only
> > v1.0. Or am I missing something? Are there more current builds
> > floating around anywhere?
>
> It has a fairly active development mailing list; I get 5 to 15 messages
> a day on it, and it looks like they're nearing another release.

Thank you for your reply. It makes me happy that their is still
development going on with freeDOS. I myself love older OSs, and
routinely theme my linux installs to look more legacy :).

I have been working on a 'ancient' looking GUI for my linux system
lately... lol. I love vintage, and I love using vintage in on modern
systems. Then I found freeDOS :)

Is there a link to where I can get on the dev mailing list, just to
eavesdrop?

David Kerber

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May 20, 2011, 9:39:37 AM5/20/11

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In article <0cd52308-62d8-4095-b6d6-98a1dfd361f4
@q32g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, la.sam...@gmail.com says...

You do it through source forge (I don't have exact urls any more):

freedo...@lists.sourceforge.net

sami

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May 21, 2011, 10:56:23 AM5/21/11

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On May 20, 9:39 am, David Kerber
<dker...@WarrenRogersAssociates.invalid> wrote:
> In article <0cd52308-62d8-4095-b6d6-98a1dfd361f4
> @q32g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, la.samide...@gmail.com says...

> freedos-de...@lists.sourceforge.net
>
> freedos-u...@lists.sourceforge.net

Thanks!