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Last time I tried OSFree they didn't have an ISO available just the source code. It has been a while as they have ISOs now: http://www.osfree.org/doku/en:downlo
by orionblastar 11y ago
Last time I tried OSFree they didn't have an ISO available just the source code. It has been a while as they have ISOs now:
http://www.osfree.org/doku/en:download http://www.osfree.org/doku/en:download
I just downloaded the latest ISO and set up a VirtualBox virtual machine for it. It boots into a command prompt but there is no fdisk.exe or other programs to format a hard drive and install it on a hard drive that I can see. It seems as if it runs limited DOS and OS/2 CLI programs and hasn't made the GUI available yet.
I can see in command line mode there is no mouse support yet. The L4 Kernel has an OS/2 personality and it looks like there is a doscalls.dll file to handle the DOS API calls. There are os2app os2fs and os2srv directories but they are empty. I assume they are for OS/2 apps, file system support, and server (LAN Manager, SMB) that haven't been added yet.
It has a long way to go but back when I last checked a few years ago they didn't even have an ISO yet. The ISO boots and goes into a command line mode and that is about all it does.
Yeah they aren't keeping up with the road map, the same thing happens with ReactOS and others.