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From: "Thomas Mueller" <tmueller AT bluegrass DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Official Recommended/Preferred DOS distribution for DJGPP?
Date: 9 Jul 2004 03:21:01 GMT
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> I would like to know the official recommended/preferred DOS
> distribution that will work best with DJGPP.

> So far, the major distributions available are:
> - FreeDOS (Open Source)
> - DR DOS (Commercial license from SCO for embedded use?)
> - OpenDOS (Appears to be no longer developed and have merged with DR
> DOS)
> - RX DOS (Open Source)
> - PC DOS (Commercial)

> Any comment?

> ---
> Goh, Yong-Kwang
> Singapore

I don't know about what will work best with DJGPP, but in terms of active
development, FreeDOS would seem to be the first choice, with no commercial
strings.  They even have an emailing list.

OpenDOS was a version of DR-DOS before Caldera changed the name back to DR-DOS.

Tom