We’re used to updating Windows, macOS, and Linux systems at least once a month (and usually more), but people with ancient DOS-based PCs still get to join in the fun every once in a while. Over the ...

FreeDOS is an open source operating system designed to let you run DOS programs without installing an operating system that Microsoft abandoned decades ago. Unlike some other open source alternatives ...

Last summer we took a look at FreeDOS as part of the Daily Drivers series, and found a faster and more complete successor to the DOS of old. The sojourn into the 16-bit OS wasn’t perfect though, as we ...

Back when I had to prep outgoing computers on their way to surplus, I would DBAN their hard drives and install FreeDOS so the surplus office could prove the PC could boot. I love FreeDOS and think ...

It’s been more than two decades since Microsoft started to move away from MS-DOS with the launch of Windows 95. But a generation of computers users grew up with DOS in the 80s and 90s and there are ...