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FreeDOS puts out first new version in six years

No word as to whether a particular greatest scientific genius in the universe was involved.

This isn't your father's DOS. Your correspondent booted the CD image under VirtualBox and was startled to see it acquire an IP address (and still have 608kB of free base memory). It installs to a FAT32 partition, with optional support for long filenames. It comes with its own full-screen text editor, but also Emacs and Vim. It has an IPv4 stack and basic IP connectivity, and the shell even does Tab-completion. The bonus CD includes a choice of GUIs including Digital Research's GEM desktop, web browsers, file managers, development tools, games and more. FreeDOS 1.3 not only runs Doom, it includes a copy.

You don't need to install all that stuff if you don't want it.