| 📰 Title: | FreeDOS | 🕹️ / 🛠️ Type: | Tool |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🗃️ Genre: | Emulation | 🚦 Status: | 04. Released (status) |
| 🏷️ Category: | Emulation ➤ Engine ➤ PC (Emulation & Virtualization) | 🌍️ Browser version: | |
| 🔖 Tags: | Operating System; MICROSOFT | 📦️ Package Name: | fdpp | install-freedos |
| 🐣️ Approx. start: | 1994-06-29 | 📦️ Arch package: |  |
| 🐓️ Latest: | 2023-04-02 | 📦️ RPM package: | |
| 📍️ Version: | Latest: 2.43 / Dev: 4973031 | 📦️ Deb package: | |
| 🏛️ License type: | 🕊️ Libre | 📦️ Flatpak package: | |
| 🏛️ License: | GPL-2 | 📦️ AppImage package: | |
| 🏝️ Perspective: | First person (interface) | 📦️ Snap package: | |
| 👁️ Visual: | 2D | ⚙️ Generic binary: | |
| ⏱️ Pacing: | Real Time | 📄️ Source: | |
| 👫️ Played: | Single | 📱️ PDA support: | |
| 🎖️ This record: |  |
🕳️ Not used: | |
| 🎀️ Game design: | 👫️ Contrib.: | goupildb | |
| 🎰️ ID: | 16273 | 🐛️ Created: | 2022-11-12 |
| 🐜️ Updated: | 2023-04-21 |
| [en]: | A libre operating system compatible with MS-DOS. Just about any program that runs under MS-DOS will run under FreeDOS, even on a network, with few limitations (the '386' mode of Windows for Workgroups 3.11 does not work). It allows you to play classic DOS games, run old software (to recover data from an old company program for example) or develop embedded systems (or maintain old embedded systems). | [fr]: | Un système d'exploitation libre compatible avec MS-DOS. A peu près tous les programmes qui fonctionnent sous MS-DOS fonctionneront sous FreeDOS, même en réseau, avec peu de limitations (le mode '386' de Windows for Workgroups 3.11 ne fonctionne pas). Il permet de jouer à des jeux DOS classiques, d'exécuter d'anciens logiciels (pour récupérer les données d'un ancien programme d'entreprise par exemple) ou développer des systèmes embarqués (ou maintenir d'anciens systèmes embarqués). |
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🦉️From Devs: (201711),
🦝️ From Users: (202304),
📰 Progress: (1.3/202203),
🕵️ Reviews: (1.3/202203),
🕯️ How To: (202204), (202202), [fr](202106),
🎮️ Showcase: (201912), (202010), (201912),
🏡️ Website & videos
[Homepage] [Dev site] [Features/About] [Screenshots] [Videos pv(1.3/202203) t(202xxx) ts(202xxx) gd(201711) gu(202304) id(202xxx) r(1.3/202203) lp(202xxx) d(201912) d(202010) d(201912) d(202107) d(202203) d(202004) d(202006) d(202008) d(202107) d(202109) ht(202204) ht(202202) ht[fr](202106) ht[de](202xxx) ht[ru](202xxx) ht[pl](202xxx) ht[cz](202xxx) ht[sp](202xxx) ht[pt](202xxx) ht[it](202xxx) ht[tr](202xxx)] [WIKI] [FAQ] [RSS] [Changelog 1 2 3]
💰 Commercial: [Patreon]
🍩️ Resources
● Some documentation:
• Installing FreeDOS on a host system (installing FreeDOS using QEMU on Linux): ht(202303)
● Tools & Games:
• WinWorld (an online museum dedicated to the preservation and sharing of vintage, abandoned, and pre-release software): [WinWorld]
● Tools:
• DOjS (a DOS JavaScript Canvas with sound, MIT): [DOjS]
• DOS_SDK (a SDK for developing DOS software for x86 machines, including IBM PC compatibles and NEC PC-98, BSD-3-Clause): [DOS_SDK]
• NASM (a cross-platform x86 assembler with an Intel-like syntax, 2-clause BSD): [NASM] [Dev site]
• SBEMU (It provides SoundBlaster emulation with OPL3 for AC97, and could be a way to play classic DOS games on newer PC hardware, CC-BY 4.0): [SBEMU] [Presentation & Binary]
• MBiRa (a boot manager that can be installed in the first sector of an HDD (MBR) and can automatically boot an OS, BSD-2): [MBiRa]
• Logger (a message logging system for boot & general message logging, for example to find a message that was displayed stealthily at boot time, BSD-3): [Logger]
• FreeDOS Edlin (the standard line editor in the FreeDOS operating system, GPL-2): [cedit]
• Bloček (a text editor for DOS with Unicode support, GPL-2): [Bloček]
• NDN (Necromancer's Dos Navigator is a clone of the famous "Norton Commander", Free): [NDN]
• DOS Disk Editor (handles all types of FAT file systems - including exFAT, GPL-2): [DOS Disk Editor]
• Ranish Partition Manager (a fork of Ranish Partition Manager, the last version distributed under public domain): [Ranish Partition Manager]
• DOStodon (a mastodon client for MS-DOS, MIT): [DOStodon]
• Microsoft Multiplan (an early 8-bit spreadsheet application for CP/M and MS-DOS, Free): [Microsoft Multiplan]
• Lotus 1-2-3 (an early 8-bit spreadsheet application for MS-DOS, Free): [Lotus 1-2-3]
● Games:
• 💥️ Cats on Broombas (a puzzle-game with EGA graphics developed for #dosgamejam): [Cats on Broombas]
• Toy CPU Simulator (Simple console editor for Windows, Linux, Dos, by jimhall): [Toy CPU Simulator] g(202211) [FOSDEM 2023 (Learn 8-bit machine language with the Toy CPU emulator)]
🛠️ Technical informations
[Open Hub] [PCGamingWiki] [MobyGames]
🐘 Social
(FreeDOS) Devs (FreeDOS Team [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2] [Chat] [mastodon] [twitter] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Interview 1(202xxx) 2(202xxx)]
(FreeDOS) Devs (Jim Hall (jhall) [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2 3] [Patreon] [Chat] [mastodon] [twitter] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Interview 1(Kielux 2017)(201711) 2(April 1st video)(202104)]
(DOS-C) Devs (Pat Villani (patv) [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2] [Chat] [mastodon] [twitter] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Interview 1(202xxx) 2(202xxx)]
(MS-DOS) Devs (Microsoft [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2 3] [mastodon] [twitter] [Facebook] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [LinkedIn] [PressKit] [Interview 1(The story)(201806) 2(Bill Gates)(201810) 3(Paul Allen)(201104) 4(Steve Ballmer)(201611)]
The Project: [Blog] [Chat] [Forums] [mastodon] [twitter] [Facebook] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [reddit] [Discord]
🐝️ Related
[Wikipedia (FreeDOS) [fr] [en] [de]]
[Wikipedia (MS-DOS) [fr] [en] [de]]
📦️ Misc. repositories
[Repology] [pkgs.org] [Arch Linux / AUR] [openSUSE] [Debian/Ubuntu] [Flatpak] [AppImage] [Snap] [PortableLinuxGames]
🕵️ Reviews
[HowLongToBeat] [metacritic] [OpenCritic] [iGDB] [TechRadar]
🕊️ Source of this Entry: [Thanks to Matias/sigsegv @floss.social(20221111)]
🐘 Social Networking Update (on Mastodon)
🛠️ Title: FreeDOS
🦊️ What's: A libre OS compatible with MS-DOS
🏡️ https://freedos.org/
🐣️ https://github.com/FDOS
💰 https://www.freedos.org/patreon
🦉️ https://fosstodon.org/@freedosproject
🔖 #LinuxTool #OperatingSystem #Microsoft
📦️ #Libre #Bin #Arch #RPM
📖 Our entry: http://www.lebottindesjeuxlinux.tuxfamily.org/en/online/lights-on/
🥁️ Update: 2.43
⚗️ Code improvement 🚀️
📌️ Changes: https://github.com/FDOS/kernel/releases
🐘 From: https://fosstodon.org/@freedosproject/109327255986553805
📰(1.3) https://invidious.lunar.icu/-dypXc4B4wI
🦉️ https://invidious.lunar.icu/w6NswAAKmbU
🦝️ https://invidious.lunar.icu/3f6LgkbDqRI
🕵️(1.3) https://invidious.lunar.icu/SNeq-F84Lx4
🎮️ https://invidious.lunar.icu/q9iyo5HA0ns
🎮️ https://invidious.lunar.icu/qYraCxssydY
🕶️ A view of FreeDOS, so in command line, launched from VirtualBOX
FreeDOS is a libre operating system compatible with MS-DOS. Just about any program that runs under MS-DOS will run under FreeDOS, even on a network, with few limitations (the '386' mode of Windows for Workgroups 3.11 does not work). It allows you to play classic DOS games, run old software (to recover data from an old company program for example) or develop embedded systems (or maintain old embedded systems).
📕🐧"A libre operating system compatible with MS-DOS"🐧📕
FreeDOS is a complete, free, DOS-compatible operating system that you can use to play classic DOS games, run legacy business software, or develop embedded systems. Any program that works on MS-DOS should also run on FreeDOS.
FreeDOS is open source software! It doesn’t cost anything to download and use FreeDOS. You can also share FreeDOS for others to enjoy! And you can view and edit our source code, because all FreeDOS programs are distributed under the GNU General Public License or a similar open source software license.
What programs can I run in FreeDOS?
FreeDOS is a complete, free, DOS-compatible operating system. While we provide some utilities, you should be able to run any program intended for MS-DOS. Pretty much any program that works on MS-DOS will work on FreeDOS. You can also use FreeDOS on a network! However, you may experience problems running Windows on FreeDOS. For example, Windows standard-mode works on FreeDOS, but ‘386-mode Windows for Workgroups 3.11 does not.
We find most people use FreeDOS to do these things:
1. Play classic DOS games. You can play your favorite DOS games on FreeDOS. And there are a lot of great classic games to play: Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Commander Keen, Rise of the Triad, Jill of the Jungle, Duke Nukem, and many others!
2. Run legacy software. Need to recover data from an old business program? Or maybe you need to run a report from your old finance system? Just install your legacy software under FreeDOS, and you’ll be good to go!
3. Develop embedded systems. Many embedded systems run on DOS, although modern systems may instead run on Linux. If you support an older embedded system, you might be running DOS. And FreeDOS can fit in very well.
Many people also use FreeDOS to install firmware updates on their computers.
Un système d'exploitation libre compatible avec MS-DOS, par la FreeDOS Team, initié par Jim Hall (jhall), dérivé de l'émulateur DOS-C de Pat Villani (patv).
En C & Assembleur.
FreeDOS est un système d'exploitation libre compatible avec MS-DOS. A peu près tous les programmes qui fonctionnent sous MS-DOS fonctionneront sous FreeDOS, même en réseau, avec peu de limitations (le mode '386' de Windows for Workgroups 3.11 ne fonctionne pas). Il permet de jouer à des jeux DOS classiques, d'exécuter d'anciens logiciels (pour récupérer les données d'un ancien programme d'entreprise par exemple) ou développer des systèmes embarqués (ou maintenir d'anciens systèmes embarqués).
Quels programmes puis-je exécuter sous FreeDOS ?
FreeDOS est un système d'exploitation complet, libre et compatible DOS. Bien que nous fournissions quelques utilitaires, vous devriez être capable d'exécuter n'importe quel programme destiné à MS-DOS. A peu près tous les programmes qui fonctionnent sous MS-DOS fonctionneront sous FreeDOS. Vous pouvez également utiliser FreeDOS sur un réseau ! Cependant, vous pouvez rencontrer des problèmes pour exécuter Windows sous FreeDOS. Par exemple, le mode standard de Windows fonctionne sous FreeDOS, mais le mode '386' de Windows for Workgroups 3.11 ne fonctionne pas.
Nous constatons que la plupart des gens utilisent FreeDOS pour faire ces choses :
1. Jouer à des jeux DOS classiques. Vous pouvez jouer à vos jeux DOS préférés sous FreeDOS. Et il y a beaucoup de grands jeux classiques à jouer : Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Commander Keen, Rise of the Triad, Jill of the Jungle, Duke Nukem, et bien d'autres !
2. Exécutez d'anciens logiciels. Vous avez besoin de récupérer les données d'un ancien programme d'entreprise ? Ou peut-être avez-vous besoin d'exécuter un rapport à partir de votre ancien système financier ? Installez simplement votre ancien logiciel sous FreeDOS, et vous serez prêt à partir !
3. Développer des systèmes embarqués. De nombreux systèmes embarqués fonctionnent sous DOS, bien que les systèmes modernes puissent fonctionner sous Linux. Si vous supportez un ancien système embarqué, il se peut que vous utilisiez DOS. Et FreeDOS peut très bien s'y intégrer.
De nombreuses personnes utilisent également FreeDOS pour installer des mises à jour de firmware sur leurs ordinateurs.