FreeDOS
Sign in to saveFreeDOS (formerly PD-DOS) is a free software operating system for IBM PC compatible computers. It intends to provide a complete MS-DOS-compatible environment for running legacy software and supporting embedded systems. FreeDOS can be booted from a floppy disk or USB flash drive and is designed to run well under virtualization or x86 emulation.
Key facts
- OS.name
- FreeDOS
- OS.logo
- FreeDOS logo4 2010.svg
- OS.screenshot
- FreeDOS 1.1 screenshot.png
- OS.caption
- FreeDOS 1.1 default shell, FreeCOM
- OS.developer
- Jim Hall & The FreeDOS team
- OS.programmed in
- Assembly language, C
- OS.family
- DOS
- OS.working state
- Current
- OS.source model
- Open source
- OS.language
- English, German, Dutch, French, Turkish, Swedish, Spanish
- OS.supported platforms
- x86
- OS.kernel type
- Monolithic kernel
- OS.influenced_by
- MS-DOS
- OS.ui
- Command-line interface (COMMAND.COM)
- OS.license
- GNU GPL with various different licenses for utilities
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Distribution
- Commercial uses
- Non-commercial uses
- Development and version history
- Compatibility
- Hardware
- MS-DOS and Win32 console
- DOS-based Windows
- Virtualization
- File systems
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
FreeDOS (formerly PD-DOS) is a free software operating system for IBM PC compatible computers. It intends to provide a complete MS-DOS-compatible environment for running legacy software and supporting embedded systems. FreeDOS can be booted from a floppy disk or USB flash drive and is designed to run well under virtualization or x86 emulation.
The FreeDOS project began under Jim Hall in 1994, and the first stable version was released in 2006. Unlike most versions of MS-DOS, FreeDOS is composed of free software, licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. However, other packages that form part of the FreeDOS project include non-GPL software considered worthy of preservation, such as 4DOS, which is distributed under a modified MIT License.