FreeDOS
freely-licensed PC-compatible DOS clone
FreeDOS is a free and open source operating system. It is made to work just like MS-DOS. Almost all programs that will run on MS-DOS will run on FreeDOS too. It was created because Microsoft did not want to make MS-DOS anymore. FreeDOS can be installed with a floppy or with a CD.
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![]() FreeDOS 1.1 default shell, FreeCOM | |
Developer | Jim Hall & The FreeDOS team |
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Written in | Assembly Language, C |
OS family | DOS |
Working state | Current |
Source model | Open source[1] |
Initial release | 12 January 1998source?] | [
Latest release | 1.3[2] ![]() |
Repository | |
Available in | English, German, Dutch |
Platforms | x86 |
Kernel type | Monolithic kernel |
Influenced by | MS-DOS |
Default user interface | Command-line interface (COMMAND.COM) |
License | GNU GPL[3] with various different licenses for utilities |
Official website | freedos |
References
change- ↑ SourceForge 2018, p. 1: "FreeDOS is […] distributed under the GNU General Public License or a similar open source software license."
- ↑ "FreeDOS 1.3: Release Build Environment (RBE) - 3rd Edition, report file". 20 February 2022.
- ↑ SourceForge 2018.
Other websites
changeWikimedia Commons has media related to FreeDOS.
- Official website ; Official blog Archived 2021-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Official download site
- Official Facebook group
- Official SourceForge page
- FreeDOS on Twitter