FreeDOS
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6recommend
0warn against
Nov 2, 2025first mention
Oct 30, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“FreeDOS loaded though, Snake and Tetris were fun!”
“FreeDOS exists, no need for AI”
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“another option would be a FreeDOS/SvarDOS-based system”
“Or run FreeDOS in a VM”
“https://freedos.org/”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Threads where it came up
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- MicroLLM Lab – Try 7 tiny LLM's in the browser 1 mention
- Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the business depends on it? 1 mention
- Reviving a 15-year-old netbook with Arch Linux 1 mention
- "Boing " in 64 Bytes 1 mention
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“or sometimes even FreeDOS for some of the software we use.”
“FreeDOS loaded though, Snake and Tetris were fun!”
“FreeDOS exists, no need for AI”
“another option would be a FreeDOS/SvarDOS-based system”
“for MsDos FreeDos”
“modern Freedos would run”
“Or run FreeDOS in a VM”
“https://freedos.org/”
“I used to have a laptop running FreeDOS for distraction free hobby programming”
“FreeDOS is significantly different from "real" MS-DOS”
“If enabling CSM in your BIOS isn't an option or isn't enough for FreeDOS”
“I used FreeDOS once to run ancient software which controlled an industrial size oven.”