Developer interview: DOS is (long) dead, long live FreeDOS | Linux Today

Developer interview: DOS is (long) dead, long live FreeDOS

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 5, 2013

And for an open source project that many might consider niche, its creator, Jim Hall says there is still substantial interest in FreeDOS, at least judging by download numbers. There were more than 379,000 downloads of FreeDOS since the release of 1.1 in January last year, and there were more than 39,000 downloads of FreeDOS 1.1 in January this year alone.

Web Webster

Web Webster

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