I would personaly use a small Linux Distro and many instances of DOSEMU. That way you have everything stable and well tested with a very good performance.
IIRC there was such a thing: http://www.magma.com.ni/~jorge/lios/ It would be nice to have a modern port of that :) Alain Nick Warren escreveu: > You know what would be really awesome in FreeDOS? multitasking. There > are no open source multitaskers for DOS. They used to have some programs > that did that a long time ago, but they were all proprietary. When I say > "multitasking", I don't mean "task switching" like in MS DOSShell. Can > this be done? > > On 5/12/07, *Florian Xaver* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > > Hi Jim, I all! > > What should change with FreeDOS 2.0? Some ideas, I think, they have to > be a must :-) > > *Using 4DOS as standard command tool, and Bash or freecom as choice. > *Using JEMM as memory manager > *Using HX Extender & Co to support Windows programs in DOS > *PythonD as modern script language > *Using an Editor which supports large files (like FED or SETEDIT) > *One standard file manager (my choice would be FW or NDN) > *No more 386- support > > I also think, that it shouldn't be a BIG collection of all free DOS > programs. > The distribution should contain less, but powerful programs. (Download > via WGET for additional tools could be possible.) If there are more > than one (like file managers) we could make a poll at freedos.org > <http://freedos.org> > where user and developer can choose them. > > Network: Latest Arachne (a much more advanced version should be > distributed soon) is a ''must", also tools like WGET. And one big > problem still exists: a driver. So there should be a note at the > installer, which points to FreeDOS Wiki or another site, where a good > documentation exists ( about installing such a driver). > > And the GUI? I would say OZONE :-)))))) > Even with the drag'n'drop-bug it has many features and developing of > programs isn't difficult. > > Bye > Flo > -- > It is true that no one can essentially cultivate exact science > without understanding the mathematics of that science. But we are not > to suppose that the calculations and equations that mathematicians > find so useful constitute the whole of mathematics. The calculus is but > a part of mathematics. > (James Clerk Maxwell) > > Using Arachne, the GPL Web Browser/Suite > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
