I pushed an update to #DOStodon (the #Mastodon client for MS-DOS):

- Updated #curl to 8.13.0
- Updated #mbedTLS to 3.6.3
- Fixed #win32 version (works on #WinXP or newer), DLLs were missing

Grab it at https://github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon

Screenshot is showing the win32 version running on Win10.

FreeDOS: History, Legacy, and a Valuable Resource for Old Machines
—André Machado

｢ The FreeDOS project began in 1994 when Jim Hall, then a physics student at the University of Wisconsin–River Falls, observed that Microsoft had announced the end of support for MS‑DOS. Unwilling to see DOS functionality disappear, Hall posted a manifesto on Usenet proposing the development of an open‑source DOS replacement ｣

https://machaddr.substack.com/p/freedos-history-legacy-and-a-valuable

#FreeDOS 1.4 ist raus. Für alle, die von #Windows weg wollen!

It's a good day when stars align: beginning of holidays, new #FreeDOS release, and my “white whale” #CRT monitor appears for sale on evilBay at a reasonable price.

FreeDOS 1.4 open-source MS DOS-compatible OS released with updated core utilities, better reliability, and improved package organization.
https://linuxiac.com/freedos-1-4-now-available/

#FreeDOS 1.4 ist da | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/FreeDOS-1-4-ist-da-10345336.html #OpenSource

FreeDOS 1.4 ist da: Das Gratis-DOS für alte und neue Rechner bringt Stabilität und Updates. Perfekt für Retro-Enthusiasten und alte PCs. #FreeDOS #RetroComputing https://winfuture.de/news,150196.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

Missed the release of #FreeDOS 1.4 recently, and was turned on to the new release thanks to @arstechnica. ​

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/fire-up-your-compaq-deskpro-freedos-1-4-is-the-first-stable-update-since-2022/

FreeDOS 1.4 Released - Even in 2025 there are still many applications for a simple Disk Operating System ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/08/freedos-1-4-released/ #softwaredevelopment #operatingsystems #freedos #news

#FLOSS #DOS #FreeDOS updated to Release 1.4.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/fire-up-your-compaq-deskpro-freedos-1-4-is-the-first-stable-update-since-2022/

#FreeDOS

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/fire-up-your-compaq-deskpro-freedos-1-4-is-the-first-stable-update-since-2022/

FreeDOS 1.4 is released! #freedos @freedosproject
https://www.root.cz/zpravicky/vysel-freedos-1-4/

FreeDOS: History, Legacy, and a Valuable Resource for Old Machines

FreeDOS is a free and open‐source operating system designed to be compatible with MS‑DOS. Developed to keep the DOS experience alive even after Microsoft ended support for MS‑DOS, FreeDOS has grown into a complete environment that not only preserves classic DOS functionality but also introduces modern enhancements.

Read More: https://machaddr.substack.com/p/freedos-history-legacy-and-a-valuable

Installing #FreeDOS 1.4 RC3 from floppies

I read that it fixes a lot of bugs!

Freemacs – a text editor in the Emacs family, adapted for FreeDOS. Developed by Russ Nelson in the 1980s, Freemacs is now distributed under the GNU GPL. https://archiveapp.org/freemacs/ #texteditor #emacs #dos #freedos

Need to read a whole file into memory?

https://www.both.org/?p=9990

This shows 2 methods:

1. open + filelength + calloc + read

2. open + fstat + mmap

Method 1 works on #FreeDOS and other DOS. Method 2 is best for #Linux and other Unix.

The amount of jank in here is amusing https://blog.tmm.cx/2022/05/15/the-very-weird-hewlett-packard-freedos-option/