This sounds like a good idea. I generally ask that new contributors go
through the freedos-devel list before they get added to the software list,
but I've generally been more loose with putting stuff on our ibiblio
archive. It would be great to have a more formal process for what to
include there.
On Jan 24, 2015 6:06 PM, Michael Brutman mbbrut...@brutman.com wrote:
Yeah, I'm not too keen on starting that pissing contest ... especially
for a hobbyist project.
Most open source projects go by reputation; you gain 'cred' by submitting
good patches/software/documentation/etc. I was
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 6:09 AM, Mateusz Viste mate...@viste.fr wrote:
I don't really see the point in LOCK.EXE for now, but of course when/if
it evolves with the other features that were mentioned on the mailing
list recently (encrypting user directories and stuff), then it would
definitely
On Jan 23, 2015 5:01 AM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU jcharbonnea...@cpsge.org
wrote:
Unfortunately,to my dismay,I found out today while programming the
multi-user system that QBASIC (yes,I program in QBASIC) doesn't support
creating interrupt vectors.Due to that fact,I cannot finish programming the
disk when booting live? Will this affect how I structure
things on the .ISO?
On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Jim Hall jh...@freedos.org wrote:
Let's keep this discussion on the mailing list.
Elsewhere in the discussion, I think we talked about unzipping the
packages. I'm not sure what
3.Once the user has clicked or selected their account and typed in
their password,(which is verified by an encrypted settings
file),freeDOS runs the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.But,the login program is
still running,so it will scan (or look) to see if the user tries to
access another user's
[...]
My thoughts for the simpler installation process:
1. *Boot the FreeDOS Install CDROM.* This is basically a live FreeDOS,
which happens to boot into an automated install process.
Or install USB stick, of course! On most systems, you
could unzip all packages into a ramdisk to get
Let's keep this discussion on the mailing list.
Elsewhere in the discussion, I think we talked about unzipping the
packages. I'm not sure what the live part of the ISO would be, but maybe
that only needs to boot up the BASE packages (it doesn't make sense to have
DEVEL on the live part, for
I have updated the FreeDOS Road Map
http://www.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/FreeDOS_Road_Map in the wiki:
www.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/FreeDOS_Road_Map
This edit reflects the recent discussion on freedos-devel concerning
FreeDOS 1.2 2.0, and Chelson's Kickstarter project concerning
FreeDOS-32.
On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 10:15 PM, Michael Brutman mbbrut...@brutman.com
wrote:
If you want to run multiple virtual DOS machines at the same time use an
existing solution that already has the Virtual 8086 mode, or even an entire
virtual machine. I really can't see the advantage that you would
On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote:
P.S. You might do better with TxWin (LGPL, C), which does explicitly
support DOS via OW: http://trac.netlabs.org/txwin/
Argh, his download link is broken. You might have to email him
directly (although I also seem to have a
I thought to try something new with the updated installer. Rather than have
one big program that does everything, why not create a few simple tools
that can be used in an INSTALL.BAT to install FreeDOS? Enhanced Batch File
tools already exist, I suppose, but I wanted free software tools. And of
On Sunday, January 4, 2015, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU jcharbonnea...@cpsge.org
wrote:
Hello,everyone!I am creating a new security feature for the new
distribution.It is a password lockout,and can only be unlocked by the
same computer.(Meaning that you cant unlock it on another
computer).Along with
I'm traveling, and likely won't be able to check email again or update the
roadmap on the wiki until Wednesday. With a few disagreements, it looks
like the consensus remains this:
*- FreeDOS 1.2 should be an update/refresh from FreeDOS 1.1. No major
changes. Improved installer is a good idea.*
Obviously reading leak MS/DR-DOS source code is bad, but I want to
make sure.
Those are of course off-limits. (Well, a bit questionable in case of
DR-DOS, I don't know what exactly the license said when it was briefly
available as OpenDOS)
Yes, these are off-limits.
If you download and
I haven't tried putting the FreeDOS 1.1 installer on a USB fob drive, but
it would probably work if the ISO image was written using liveusb-creator.
https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/
I use this to every time I upgrade Linux on my laptop, because my laptop
doesn't have a CDROM drive. It's
The list of features on the kickstarter seem to be copied/pasted from the
FreeDOS-32 page:
http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net
Jim
On Dec 31, 2014 1:03 PM, cordat...@aol.com wrote:
I'm curious what the specific uses are being proposed for FreeDOS-32 ?
The kickstarter site mentions supporting
It seems clear a consensus is appearing, but I'll give folks another few
days to chime in. That will give me time to continue on website cleanup
things, anyway. :-)
*What I think I'm hearing: (and I agree)*
*- FreeDOS 1.2 should be an update/refresh from FreeDOS 1.1. No major
changes. Improved
Chelson Aitcheson has just started an independent Kickstarter project to
fund development for FreeDOS-32, in support of a FreeDOS 2.0 distribution.
I will also post a note about this on the FreeDOS website, but I wanted to
share a link here for those who wanted to contribute.
Harold (AKA Mercury Thirteen) and I have been discussing creating a FreeDOS
1.2 distribution. He's volunteered to put together the new distribution. I
thought we should share that with freedos-devel to see if anyone else wants
to help with this!
FreeDOS 1.2 is planned to be a refresh to FreeDOS
On Wednesday, December 31, 2014, Matej Horvat matej.hor...@guest.arnes.si
wrote:
(...)
And finally, it would be nice if my Slovene translations (not 100%
complete yet though) could be included in the distribution. :)
Hi Matej
It's usually best to send translations of program strings (i.e.
On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Mercury Thirteen mercury0x0...@gmail.com
wrote:
I have nothing against the project at all (it would be awesome to have a
DOS with 32 bit speed) but I have to say I agree with Mike - the two
projects should keep separate names. FreeDOS should remain an enhanced
Mike pointed out that the FreeDOS Road Map
http://www.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/FreeDOS_Road_Map (wiki) is out of
date and short on details and suggested a broad discussion on the road map,
get consensus and have it updated.
I figured we should start a separate discussion thread about that.
On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Mercury Thirteen mercury0x0...@gmail.com
wrote:
Jim, will your installer still need the .LSM files?If so, do you need them
for each .EXE or just for each package?
The LSM needs to be present (it goes in APPINFO, I think) but the new
installer doesn't read LSM
On Linux DOSemu, DRIVES doesn't report any disks at all. I just get
Detected drives: 0
Here's a screenshot:
http://www.freedos.org/jhall/temp/dosemu-drives-screenshot.png
But from FreeDOS, I have C:, D:, E:, and Z: drives.
DOSemu version 1.4.0.8 - 18.20131022git.fc20 on Fedora 21.
I'm using
FreeDOS-32 was born dead IMHO. You simply can't not do what they had in
mind and still be 100% application compatible. That's why they had to
start over and over again, without really getting anywhere.
And you won't find anyone writing any new software for it that fills all
the needs
Looks like I forgot to make the read NovOS letter into a link, so here is
the URL:
http://www.ctyme.com/dri2.htm
On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Jim Hall jh...@freedos.org wrote:
Mike pointed out that the FreeDOS Road Map
http://www.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/FreeDOS_Road_Map (wiki) is out
On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Mercury Thirteen mercury0x0...@gmail.com
wrote:
I thought the same as Ralf and was surprised to see the vertical bar being
used, and I also wasn't aware you could have more than 26 drives either.
But Drives now checks for letters A - Z, the additional symbols
For others who are curious about this, I googled the game 'Ib' since I
hadn't heard of it before:
http://www.vgperson.com/games/ib.htm
:-)
On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 7:53 PM, sparky4 spar...@cock.li wrote:
it is a top down 16 bit scroller game for FreeDOS and the game play will be
just like
On Wednesday, December 24, 2014, Ralf Quint freedos...@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/23/2014 7:47 PM, Travis Siegel wrote:
I don't know how thorough you want to be, but msdos 5+, and some
versions of both opendos and ptsdos, you can actually have more than 26
drives, up to 32 if I remember
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Mercury Thirteen mercury0x0...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi Eric!
Yes, this shell (as well as my GUI from which I'm porting it) is
completely open source.
I guess it could fit under either category? When the port is finished, it
will be an exact clone of the MS-DOS
Hi everyone!
I've been in and out for a while, but I'm getting back to FreeDOS. I don't
think I'll have much time to write code, so I'll defer there. Instead, I'm
going to start working on some updates to the website very soon. My plan is
to make the site easier for new users to navigate, and
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Jim Hall jh...@freedos.org wrote:
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Eric Auer e.a...@jpberlin.de wrote:
My goal is to eliminate any non-free software from the FreeDOS
software list. For example: Ndn does not provide source code
Maybe you can move
Hi Reuben
Yes, I think it would be great to be listed. Please do add us!
As Rugxulo mentioned, not everything in FreeDOS is GNU GPL, but everything
in the Base set is free software (programs from other sets have similar
free licenses that may or may not meet Richard's definition of 'free.')
On
On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Eric Auer e.a...@jpberlin.de wrote:
Hi Jims ;-)
freedos.org download page
http://www.freedos.org/download/
link seems to be broken. I click on it, but it doesn't work in firefox
30.0
That is a webdesign problem: The download button at the
top
Definitely. I'll add a warning that if you download and study the MS-DOS
source code, you should not contribute code to FreeDOS afterwards. We want
to avoid any suggestion that FreeDOS has been tainted by this proprietary
code.
(I've also included this warning in the Microsoft releases source
I can fix the technote. Thanks for letting me know. I usually try to clean
up text files when I post these notes, but must have missed that one.
JH
On Nov 29, 2013 4:26 PM, Tae Wong seotaewon...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.freedos.org/technotes/technote/txt/148.txt
This file uses acute accent
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Jim Michaels jmich...@yahoo.com wrote:
I get consistent timeouts trying to use filezilla to anon ftp
ftp.ibiblio.org
however, it works over the web for some odd reason. perhaps they have gone
http only?
server misconfig probably. i notified them about it.
I
Your programs do not include source code, so I can't tell how your
program is checking to see what packages need updating. However, if it
helps you, you may use lsm-export to do some of the work for you. Or
to at least query the Software List on the FreeDOS website. You can
use lsm-export in three
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 3:25 AM, Евгений Нежданов copperm...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello.
Hi. teogum replied to your other email on this topic, but here's my
contribution.
Today, FreeDOS is often used by three types of users:
Very big thank for you for give me information about FreeDOS
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 4:54 AM, Евгений Нежданов copperm...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all. I want statistics about FreeDOS usage and general DOS usage of
the world. I have few programs written by me for the MS-DOS since many
years ago. This is a graphical library (written in the Turbo Pascal),
Generally, programs should make noise only when they need the user's
attention, and even then after some long while has passed (such as
installing a bunch of packages). To beep more often than that gets annoying.
On Jan 12, 2013 2:37 AM, sparky4 spar...@4ch.maidlab.jp wrote:
I am interested in
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 2:11 PM, opensou...@tigusoft.pl
opensou...@tigusoft.pl wrote:
On the web page it is hard to find .img download or any explanation/howto
about
liev-cd with freedos.
Is it even page?
Hi. On any page on www.freedos.org, you should see the green Download
FreeDOS button
Happy New Year, everyone!
I'm still around, but a lot busier these days with my M.S. program.
-jh
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Henrique Peron hpe...@terra.com.br wrote:
Hallo Herr Ehlert,
happy new year!
Feliz Ano Novo! (port.)
Gutes neues Jahr!
Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
Henrique
:)
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote:
I forgot I could just quote you the old email I sent him (apparently
three years ago). Also, it appears his website (with only Take Command
plugins) is here: http://www.unm.edu/~cdye/
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:07:23 -0500
Honestly, I'm all for .7z, but Jim and pals around here seem to prefer
.ZIP (pseudo standard). Which isn't so bad when we're dealing with
normal-sized files. For big stuff, I'd want better compression:
http://lzip.nongnu.org/benchmark.txt
A big reason I prefer zip is that zip files were
Wong mentioned a spelling error, so I assumed he quoted the typo here:
Unfortunately TTF2PCX has a bug. It claims it can convert chars up to
65535 but in the fact ha[n]dles chars only up to 32767
I inserted the missing 'n' in 'handles'.
But I didn't check Blocek to see if that is the error
If hosting is required for a custom MediaWiki installation, I would be
happy to offer that. (I used to host a FreeDOS download mirror several
years ago, and indeed the info page on it is still there. :))
Thanks! It's good to know we have some alternate hosting options if we need
to go
Hi all,
If you have an account with SourceForge, you may have received an
email from them that SourceForge will retire their Hosted Apps on
September 1 this year. You can recognize if something is a Hosted App
by it's URL - if the URL is of the pattern
On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Jim Hall jh...@freedos.org wrote:
Hi all,
If you have an account with SourceForge, you may have received an
email from them that SourceForge will retire their Hosted Apps on
September 1 this year. You can recognize if something is a Hosted App
by it's URL
Great comments, thanks. I didn't see the ads with my ad blocker in place.
Since SourceForge has pushed back the date, we have a bit more time to
figure out what to do with the wiki. We always have option 1, but I'd
really like to find out from SourceForge how a local MediaWiki could send
email
If you just need to update the URL to the GNU GPL v2, that seems fine.
Please go ahead.
jh
On Jun 21, 2012 10:49 PM, solarflow99 solarflo...@gmail.com wrote:
I just wondered if there was a way to commit the change in myself?
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote:
Current applications include an IRC client (IRCjr), an FTP client, a
Telnet client, Netcat, Ping, and SNTP client, a DHCP client, HtGet,
and an FTP server.
http://code.google.com/p/mtcp/
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Jim Michaels jmich...@yahoo.com wrote:
what is SNTP? I have heard of
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 6:49 AM, Eric Auer e.a...@jpberlin.de wrote:
Hi Dhanunjay,
I am new member joined recently in this group.I am new to Freedos and Even
Dos, so can I have your help
Dos is a classic, so you will find a lot about it online :-)
Recently I am struck with some problem
The Last Updated dates in the Software List represent the last time the LSM
entry was modified, NOT the date of the most recent release. We might have
done some cleanup on some of those items, or updated the maintainer, and the
Last Updated would have been automatically set to when we touched that
[...]
Not useless, really. For example, MS-DOS 5 introduced their DOS Shell that
supported task switching, a rudimentary form of multitasking.
You could also (allegedly) just change your Win3x or Win9x shell=
line (system.ini ??) to command.com and use BootGUI=0 (or whatever).
Or such. ;-)
[...]
I'd love to see this as a feature added to FreeDOS one day.
There's always vmix, it's pretty good, and actually does true
multitasking. Last I saw, it was trying to become an os in it's own
right, where it could be used as a dos replacement. I don't think
this got very far, but if I
FreeDOS friends:
I must share the sad news that Pasquale Pat Villani, 57, passed away
on Saturday night, at his home. Many of you knew Pat. For our new
members: Pat Villani was the author of the original FreeDOS kernel.
Pat and I were good friends. Although we never met in person, we
chatted on
Anyone can please upload the __correct__ HISTORY.TXT file for the
2040 kernel release on some place where it is easily discoverable ?
Both SF and fdos.org ?
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/freedos/index.php?title=Unstable_Kernel_Branchaction=history
--- {{delete}}
I have deleted
Yes, I knew. Thanks. :-)
On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Geraldo Netto geraldone...@gmail.com wrote:
Hallo!
Mceric == Eric (Auer) :P
I have deleted the old Unstable_Kernel_Branch entry from our wiki.
File history showed it was uploaded/owned by wiki user Mceric.
I am updating the 'devel' side of the FreeDOS software list, and
cannot find any DOS binaries for xHarbour. Can anyone help me? I also
need corresponding source code.
The upstream web site no longer points to DOS binaries:
http://www.xharbour.org/index.asp?page=download/dos/binaries_dos
The old
Does anyone know the origin of Bootsplash that was included in FreeDOS
1.0? I'm going through the software list, making sure everything is in
order before Bernd makes the next 1.1-test release, and realized that
Bootsplash was included in 1.0 without source code.
There aren't any doc files with
, Bernd Blaauw bbla...@home.nl wrote:
Op 21-7-2011 21:21, Jim Hall schreef:
Does anyone know the origin of Bootsplash that was included in FreeDOS
1.0? I'm going through the software list, making sure everything is in
order before Bernd makes the next 1.1-test release, and realized that
Bootsplash
Writing entire installation procedures in 4DOS should be possible as
well, just takes lots more research.
For sure 4DOS is more useful, but it might be overkill here. I don't
know if Jim would prefer FreeCOM exclusively instead or not (though I
probably would).
Yes, I prefer using the
Long story short: Doszip is pretty perfect unless you need 8086 support.
http://sf.net/projects/doszip
(Anyways, a decent file manager isn't essential by any means, and
surely there are dozens of other file managers, I'm probably
forgetting a few. Maybe they're open source, who knows, I
Most attractive to average users (rough guess):
Mpxplay
Bret's USB
CuteMouse
mTCP + common packet drivers
Arachne
WGET
Mined
GNU Emacs
Perl
Python
OpenGem
OpenWatcom + NASM
FreeDoom + Eternity Engine
HXRT + HXGUI
p7zip
DJGPP (GCC + GPP + Watt-32)
UIDE + XMGR + RDISK + SHCDX33E
The provox screen reader for dos which I would like to have added to
the freedos ftp site is currently located at:
http://www.thesiegelsnest.us/provox/provox7.zip
[...]
Included with this zip file is the a86 assembler used to compile the
code, which obviously would need to be removed for the
To be completely honest, please don't take this the wrong way, but
some of those I literally never use (or can't remember how!):
* append
* assign
[...]
The idea of BASE is to provide at least clones of all commands that
MS DOS users had in their standard installation of MS DOS, while of
I don't know that I've used this DOSSHELL before. I just tried it now,
and once I got used to the key commands, it seemed easy to use, and
very nice.
The source requires Microsoft BASIC Compiler to build. Is there a free
version of Microsoft BASIC Compiler (DOS) out there? I haven't found
it on
But, IIRC, this was verbatim the version from OpenWatcom. My point was
that people who are developers already have it (or similar). If we're
going to include it, we should also include link (like MS-DOS used
to). Also, there's no DOSSHELL or BASIC there either, and nobody
complained. So some
Based on discussions with Bernd as we prepare for FreeDOS 1.1, I've
done some cleanup on the Software List. The major edits:
* COUNTRY: edited to reflect that it is part of KERNEL
* DOSFSCK: moved Util - Base
* DEVLOAD: moved Util - Base
* EMM386: deleted (replaced by JEMM386)
* FDSHIELD: moved
On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Bernd Blaauw bbla...@home.nl wrote:
Op 16-7-2011 19:44, Jim Hall schreef:
* XMGR: added to Base (removed FDXMS, FDXMS286)
I'd keep FDXMS286 if possible, it's the only XMS-driver for 286 machines.
Ok, I restored FDXMS286 back on the software list (Base
Hmm, speaking of including things in freedos.
How does one get a program added to the freedos distribution/archive?
Please send suggestions to the list. Include a brief synopsis of what
program is useful for, where to get it, its license, state you would like
included. A discussion may
With the risk of having used an outdated binary (and lacking compiler
environment for your official source-code-only release):
Install 4.01 isn't complete but it is stable for use in the next
1.1 Test distribution. By the time the Install program is ready for
1.1 (official), I'll have made a
SCREEN: INSTALLING:
* Sometimes getting the caution: excluded filename not matched:
SOURCE/* when answered No to both questions. Seems odd. When selecting
to not install sources, no messages related to them are expected.
That message comes from the Unzip program. I got that too, during
SCREEN: DONE
* No input on how to proceed/finish (pressing any random key?)
I will add a press any key message. I'll borrow the NLS string from
the CHOICE program.
Homer: Where's the any key??? :-))
BTW, feel free to nag some of us to (re)translate for Install. I see
your /nls/
* Documented that InfoZip's UNZIP is required/expect, and no others
supported (7ZIP, PKZIP, UNRAR, TUNZ, 7ZDECOD etc) ?
I'll add a note in the docs. But this is one reason that I'd prefer to
use UzpMain() or some other internal library to unzip/install
packages. Again, if anyone can figure
If wanting things really fancy, organise sourcecode such that:
* NLS is used (KITTEN), optionally using external language files.
Lacking that, using internal strings.
* INSTALL can be compiled without an external strings file
* INSTALL can be compiled for a certain language with an external
Hi all,
I've tagged version 4.01 of the FreeDOS Install program. This is a
completely new Install program, designed as a major improvement for
the FreeDOS 1.1 distribution.
The new Install asks the user only a few questions: if you want to
install everything, and if you want to install source
I had problems on the helpx.zip package, with the updated installer. You may
want to rebuild this package without mixed case in the directories/files.
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Bernd Blaauw bbla...@home.nl wrote:
Op 30-6-2011 19:02, Bernd Blaauw schreef:
There's an updated FreeDOS
2011/7/1 Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com:
Hi,
(cc'ing freedos-devel since they may be interested)
Okay, I finally made a DOS-only .7z for OpenWatcom 1.9. (Only a year
after their release and two years since 1.8 .7z, heh.)
http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/C_Compilers_Release_Changes
[...]
I wanted to share some behind the scenes changes on the FreeDOS web
site. You may not have noticed, but I've cleaned up many of the web
pages, including some updates and new features. The latest changes
include better support for mobile web browsers.
In the past, if you used a mobile device to
Hi all!
Pat had emailed me before sending his note to the mailing list, asking
me if I'd be willing to step back into the FreeDOS Project for him. I
said yes, but wanted to wait for Pat I to chat before I sent a note
here to announce my return. But Pat may be away from email right now.
I only
Hi again!
Most of you should recognize Pat Villani. He is the original author of
the FreeDOS kernel, and has been with the FreeDOS Project (off and on)
from the beginning.
Pat contacted me about taking on the role of FreeDOS project
coordinator. Since we no longer have a single person who fills
Hi everyone,
Back in February, I had announced that I was taking an absence from
the FreeDOS Project to focus on an MOT program, effective in May. I've
been transferring my roles in FreeDOS (webmaster, SourceForge admin,
ibiblio admin, etc.)
May is finally here. I'm going to unsubscribe from the
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Eric Auer e.a...@jpberlin.de wrote:
Hi Jim,
Jack sent some additional information about his new driver...
We should mirror it from http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/driver.html
to ibiblio where we have a 2007 version at the moment ;-).
Most information is in
There are many programs with no development ongoing.
[...]
- 4dos
Afair Lucho is still maintaining 4DOS after JP opened sources.
I understood that Lucho stopped working on 4DOS Revived after
releasing version 8.00, in February 2009.
-jh
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 3:27 PM, maybeway36 maybewa...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't see why the packages couldn't be built on Windows; they're
standard zip files. I actually built a couple myself on Linux ;)
-maybeway36
I used to be the package guy for the FreeDOS distros (Alpha5 through
Beta7, I
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 3:11 PM, solarflow99 solarflo...@gmail.com wrote:
hi, I was wondering if it would be ok to distribute a freedos binary for the
dosemu package in rpmfusion? There is lots of credit mentioned in the
package, so its clear that freedos is seperate, etc.
Hi all,
Just a quick status update:
As I posted back in February, I'm stepping out of the FreeDOS Project
so I can focus on grad school for the next 2 years. I'll start my
leave of absence sometime in May this year.
I've posted a few updates to my FreeDOS blog
http://www.freedos.org/jhall/ and
Bart has officially abandoned eltorito.sys.
I've mailed him once with the please to release sources as Free Software
but he refused to reply, I think that means NO!. :)
He may simply have ignored your email and not meant no. I've emailed
him successfully in the past; I'll email him now and
.)
That said, I'm thinking about copying/moving this content from
User:Jhall1 to a Jim Hall article, so it's easier to find.
-jh
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Aitor Santamaría aitor...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks, Jim!! Apparently on this different machine I can access the
page even directly
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:25 AM, David Ormand
dlorm...@aztecfreenet.org wrote:
I've messed around with PDcurses some. What is the advantage of ncurses over
PDcurses?
As far as I can recall, they are basically the same. There's a
description of each on wikipedia:
on that, and it should
bring you to:
http://apps.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/freedos/index.php?title=User:Jhall1
This has the following text:
Jim Hall is a computer programmer and advocate of free software, best
known for his work on FreeDOS. Hall began writing the free replacement
for the MS-DOS
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Jim Hall jh...@freedos.org wrote:
Rather than try to capture all these notes in emails to the mailing
list, I'll put them in the Wiki. Makes more sense, and future
webmasters will have a handy reference (and a place to update
documentation.)
BTW, I've been
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Robert Riebisch r...@bttr-software.de wrote:
Robert Riebisch wrote:
You only need a sourceforge-account! No extra Wiki account necessary.
I have an SF.net account, of course, but it didn't work in the past. Now
it works. Thanks! :-)
Now I know why:
Rather than try to capture all these notes in emails to the mailing
list, I'll put them in the Wiki. Makes more sense, and future
webmasters will have a handy reference (and a place to update
documentation.)
--
Eric asked who has access to the project resources at SF, and the web
site. So here's a complete list of project people at SF:
AITOR is a project admin on SF, so can add members, change developers'
roles, etc.
- can update CVS (not that we use it, but it's historical)
- can update Subversion
-
[...]
I know FreeDOS will be fine during my absence. We have the FreeDOS
Wiki to help manage our user-contributed documentation. Bug tracking
has moved from bugzilla to the SF Bug Tracker. I'm not the only person
with access to the FreeDOS files archive at ibiblio, nor the only
person who can
These days, it seems like it's just me that updates the web site. I'm
more than happy to share this role, especially since I'm about to be
absent for 2 years. If you're interested in becoming a webmaster -
email me.
I suppose one reason it's been just me is that, when you have multiple
people
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