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FreeDOS Last modified: Thursday, July 02, 2009
FreeDOS is a DOS-compatible operating system and package of separate programs made up of open source software, licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). FreeDOS is designed for use on IBM PC compatible computers and supports supports older and the newer IBM hardware. The FreeDOS project was started in 1994 after Microsoft stopped support of MS-DOS. The latest version of FreeDOS (version 1.0) was released in 2006.
15 years of FreeDOS It was originally named PD-DOS (Public Domain DOS) and began after Microsoft announced that it would be dropping DOS in its next release of Windows, Windows 95. The current release, version 1.0, was released in early September of 2006 and is licensed under version 2.0 of the GNU General Public License (GPLv2). FreeDOS FreeDOS is a free DOS-compatible operating system for IBM-PC compatible systems. FreeDOS is made of up many different, separate programs that act as "packages" to the overall FreeDOS Project. Linux Planet Linux Planet is a resource center for up to date news, tutorials and Linux application programming. Linux Today Daily updated Linux news on developers, performance issues, infrastructure, IT Management and more.	Related Categories Operating Systems OSRC Operating Systems Related Terms distro DOS fork GPL open open source operating environment operating system PC Desktops FreeDOS Products Shop here to Save Money on PC Desktops at DealTime! Search by brand or type to find the best price across 100s of stores! Shop by Top Models: Dell OptiPlex 360 (BPCW3NN3) PC Desktop 2 store offers from $294 - $346 Dell OptiPlex 360 (BPCW3NN2) PC Desktop 2 store offers from $294 - $312 Dell OptiPlex 360 (BPCW3NR_2) PC Desktop 2 store offers from $277 - $294 Dell OptiPlex 760 (BPCW6NS_7) PC Desktop 1 store offers from $452 - $452 Dell OptiPlex 760 (BPCW6NN_3) PC Desktop 2 store offers from $437 - $499