> -----Original Message----- > From: Alex [mailto:alxm...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 3:48 PM > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Best GUIs for DOS > > On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Marco Achury > <marcoach...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > El 06/04/2012 01:25 p.m., Eric Auer escribió: > > > > Hi! > > > > Can someone please tell me what are the best GUIs available > for FreeDOS? > > > > Naturally, this is a double question, since GUIs fall into > two categories: > > > > 1) Text-mode GUIs > > 2) Graphical GUIs > > > > So, which GUI(s) would you recommend for each category? > > > > Maybe unrelated but: File Maven is a freeware text-mode "GUI" > > file manager which has a sort of laplink clone built in. And the > > Arachne web browser has some aspects of a graphical GUI. > > > > The most comprehensive GUIs are probably Windows (3.0, 3.1 > or Windows > > for Workgroups 3.11, all non-free, 3.x standard mode works > okay, WfW > > and 386enh mode can be hard, too much RAM as > > well) and GEM. There is a free GEM distro by Shane, see also: > > > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengem/files/ > > http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/mix_entry.php?id=8126 > > > > Unfortunately, the more complete ShaneLand GEM website in > UK is down. > > Shane can now be reached at Opendawn, Japan, I hope. > > > > Eric :-) > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. > > Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. > > Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-user mailing list > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > > > > On my taste Norton Commander (or any of their clones) is > the best text > > mode GUI. > > I think File Maven uses the same double panel. > > > > The are a lot of NC clones, some are updated for long file name > > support > > > > > > -- > > -- > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > Marco A. Achury > > > Actually, what I had in mind when I asked about GUIs was just > GUIs themselves, not application using them. But it was nice > to see Norton Commander being brought up in the discussion! > This brings up sweet memories. > > The starting point of my exploration on DOS-based GUIs was: > http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php > ?n=Main.GallDosGui > > With Google you can find several other webpages about GUIs for DOS. > > My interest, at this point, is mostly in the windowing > system, not in the applications that often come bundled with > those packages. I am looking for a nice GUI simply as a > development tool, not as a ready-made working environment. > > It seems that there is a number of GUIs available for > FreeDOS, in addition to OpenGEM. > But I was not able to find much comparative info about those GUIs. > Any idea why OpenGEM is the only GUI environment listed on > the FreeDOS website under the category GUIs? > To be fair, I must say that if you look hard withing the > website you do find the reference to other GUIs, such as the > Icon GUI. So why OpenGEM is the only one in the spotlight? > > Please share your experiences with regard to DOS-based GUIs > as development tools.
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