XFDOS is the best GUI i have used.
https://code.google.com/archive/p/nanox-microwindows-nxlib-fltk-for-dos/downloads
USB mouse & keyboard works from BIOS and should not be an issue. If you
want "old school" opengem works fairly well as does Tandy Deskmate. For
opengem unzip using FreeDOS unzip and it should be ready to run the install
from there.

I have been experimenting with a "hybrid" Win 3.0 & Win 3.1 install & the
FreeDOS metakernel. But that is a story for another time. :^0.

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 10:55 AM, Skyler F <electricity...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am using freedos on a Dell Pentium 4 laptop for programs that need DOS
> and access to a serial port (and will not run on a virtual machine or
> windows DOS)
>
> I am having trouble getting openGEM working. I downloaded opengem and got
> a lot of folders and zip files. I couldn't find any exe in the openGEM
> folder, but I did find something in the freeGEM directory. I ran the setup,
> and it asked me stuff about my graphics, and I was never able to get it up
> and running.
>
> Who knows about an easy to install basic GUI desktop  for freedos. I would
> like one that supports a USB mouse and a graphics card that I don't know
> and can be installed by a computer noob.
>
> Thanks
> Skyler
>
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