Re: [Freedos-devel] "FreeDOS Next" packages

How about something very radical - cutting FreeDOS back to the bare operating system, and just offering the other software as user-installed downloads as it was originally packaged? In ye olde days people purchased DOS, installed it, and then installed their own software using the original

Re: [Freedos-devel] Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0

Unless something huge changed about freedos I think “1.4” should be the next version apposed to a jump to 2.0 and while its nice to update packages to the latest versions what is the problem developers are trying to fix? What is the roadmap? Like its been a while since ive actually used

[Freedos-devel] "FreeDOS Next" packages - Utilities (util)

This is the discussion thread for what packages we might drop in the next distribution of FreeDOS. See the other "parent" discussion thread and the "Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0" thread for context. These are the Utilities (util) packages we included in FreeDOS 1.3. This list is pulled from the

[Freedos-devel] "FreeDOS Next" packages - Unix Like Tools (unix)

This is the discussion thread for what packages we might drop in the next distribution of FreeDOS. See the other "parent" discussion thread and the "Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0" thread for context. These are the Unix Like Tools (unix) packages we included in FreeDOS 1.3. This list is pulled from

[Freedos-devel] "FreeDOS Next" packages - Sound Tools (sound)

This is the discussion thread for what packages we might drop in the next distribution of FreeDOS. See the other "parent" discussion thread and the "Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0" thread for context. These are the Sound Tools (sound) packages we included in FreeDOS 1.3. This list is pulled from the

[Freedos-devel] "FreeDOS Next" packages - Networking (net)

This is the discussion thread for what packages we might drop in the next distribution of FreeDOS. See the other "parent" discussion thread and the "Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0" thread for context. These are the Networking (net) packages we included in FreeDOS 1.3. This list is pulled from the

[Freedos-devel] "FreeDOS Next" packages - Graphical Desktops (gui)

This is the discussion thread for what packages we might drop in the next distribution of FreeDOS. See the other "parent" discussion thread and the "Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0" thread for context. These are the Graphical Desktops (gui) packages we included in FreeDOS 1.3. This list is pulled

[Freedos-devel] "FreeDOS Next" packages - Games (games)

This is the discussion thread for what packages we might drop in the next distribution of FreeDOS. See the other "parent" discussion thread and the "Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0" thread for context. These are the Games (games) packages we included in FreeDOS 1.3. This list is pulled from the first

[Freedos-devel] "FreeDOS Next" packages - Editors (edit)

This is the discussion thread for what packages we might drop in the next distribution of FreeDOS. See the other "parent" discussion thread and the "Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0" thread for context. These are the Editors (edit) packages we included in FreeDOS 1.3. This list is pulled from the

[Freedos-devel] "FreeDOS Next" packages - Device Drivers (drivers)

This is the discussion thread for what packages we might drop in the next distribution of FreeDOS. See the other "parent" discussion thread and the "Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0" thread for context. These are the Device Drivers (drivers) packages we included in FreeDOS 1.3. This list is pulled

[Freedos-devel] "FreeDOS Next" packages - Development (devel)

This is the discussion thread for what packages we might drop in the next distribution of FreeDOS. See the other "parent" discussion thread and the "Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0" thread for context. These are the Development (devel) packages we included in FreeDOS 1.3. This list is pulled from the

[Freedos-devel] "FreeDOS Next" packages - Boot Tools (boot)

This is the discussion thread for what packages we might drop in the next distribution of FreeDOS. See the other "parent" discussion thread and the "Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0" thread for context. These are the Boot Tools (boot) packages we included in FreeDOS 1.3. This list is pulled from the

[Freedos-devel] "FreeDOS Next" packages - Archivers (archiver)

This is the discussion thread for what packages we might drop in the next distribution of FreeDOS. See the other "parent" discussion thread and the "Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0" thread for context. These are the Archivers (archiver) packages we included in FreeDOS 1.3. This list is pulled from

[Freedos-devel] "FreeDOS Next" packages - Applications (apps)

This is the discussion thread for what packages we might drop in the next distribution of FreeDOS. See the other "parent" discussion thread and the "Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0" thread for context. These are the Applications (apps) packages we included in FreeDOS 1.3. This list is pulled from the

[Freedos-devel] "FreeDOS Next" packages - FreeDOS Base (base)

This is the discussion thread for what packages we might drop in the next distribution of FreeDOS. See the other "parent" discussion thread and the "Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0" thread for context. These are the FreeDOS Base (base) packages we included in FreeDOS 1.3. This list is pulled from the

[Freedos-devel] "FreeDOS Next" packages

I wanted to start a thread to discuss packages in the *next* FreeDOS distribution. For now, I'll call this "FreeDOS Next" for lack of a better label. This could be "FreeDOS 1.4" or "FreeDOS 2.0" but we'll save the "label" discussion for another time. To frame the discussion, in the "Thinking

Re: [Freedos-devel] Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0

On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 9:10 PM Michael Brutman wrote: > > Please forgive me for getting lost on this thread, but what exactly > is the problem that we are trying to solve? > > Are we trying to make things simpler for novice users? Advanced users? > FreeDOS maintainers (Jerome in particular) ? >

Re: [Freedos-devel] Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0

> On Apr 1, 2022, at 7:42 AM, Paul Dufresne via Freedos-devel > wrote: > > Maybe we should come back to the question wheter we should continue > to use ibiblio for releasing packages, or should concentrate on a > (gitlab or github) repository. > On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 7:57 AM Jerome Shidel

[Freedos-devel] Grafx2 port to FreeDOS (alpha release)

To whom it may concern, I have been working on a FreeDOS port of Grafx2 (http://grafx2.chez.com/index.php). The source code resides at: https://github.com/deverac/grafx2-dos. A FreeDOS package (with sources) resides at ./dist/grafx2.zip. You are welcome to use it however you see fit (within

Re: [Freedos-devel] Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0

> On Apr 1, 2022, at 7:42 AM, Paul Dufresne via Freedos-devel > wrote: > >  > Activé jeu., 31 mars 2022 21:42:12 -0400 Michael Brutman > écrit > > Please forgive me for getting lost on this thread, but what exactly is the > problem that we are trying to solve? > > Are we

Re: [Freedos-devel] Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0

Activé jeu., 31 mars 2022 21:42:12 -0400 Michael Brutman écrit Please forgive me for getting lost on this thread, but what exactly is the problem that we are trying to solve? Are we trying to make things simpler for novice users?  Advanced users?