Thank you for all your replies! So far I am seeing the following "themes"
* Speed and startup time * Running "timeless" software that was abandoned largely because of propaganda and business * Keeping Old hardware running. * Distraction free * Avoid being terrorized by the modern commercial experience. On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 11:45 AM Deposite Pirate <[email protected]> wrote: > > April 14, 2021 6:01 PM, "Johnpaul Humphrey" <[email protected]> wrote: > > So my question is, why do YOU use FreeDOS? > > > Because there is no such thing as a "retro" or "ancient" computer. > That wording is programmed obsolescence propaganda. A computer is > a useful tool as long as it works as expected and there is no good > reason to throw it away. As long as it works it is no less capable > then the day you got it. Emulation always sucks more or less. It is > never perfect. Real hardware is always better. DOS is an appropriate > OS for some tasks. > > When it comes to games, better graphics != better gameplay. Like > better special effects doesn't make for a better movie. And better > sound production doesn't make for better music. In fact better > graphics in games, better special effects in movies and better > sound production in music are far too often just a way to distract > from the lack of skills, ideas of those who made them. Also a good > movie, good music or a good game never gets old, this is how you > actually know it is good. Most games, movies and music are just > an endless stream of generic boring fast food-like entertainment > for living intestines (consumers) being fleeced and sedated. > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Johnpaul T. Humphrey _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
