Based on our record, elementary OS seems to be a lot more popular than FreeDOS. While we know about 143 links to elementary OS, we've tracked only 8 mentions of FreeDOS. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
I hear you, but they've all moved along in leaps and bounds. Some options if you ever look again - * ElementaryOS(https://elementary.io/). - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago
I’ve seen Raycast adjacent apps for Linux, but I don’t know what the current go-to all the kids are using these days. I used Quicksilver on OS X back in the day, which kind of defined the category I think. But these days I try to keep it simple. Elementary OS seems to be trying to solve for the design issue, but it’s not as polished as macOS and there are still all the 3rd party apps to contend with. I’ve tried... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
I thought ElementaryOS was dead due to infighting between the two cofounders, but it still seems to be going: https://elementary.io/ (I installed it on one box a few years ago and liked it, but moved back to Ubuntu once I learned about its conflict in the team.). - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago
As an alternative to the other (great) suggestions, check out ElementaryOS. Source: 11 months ago
But get an old laptop, download and install on it https://elementary.io/, or PopOS or Debian (they all resemble macOS) or whatever distro you like the most. And start tinkering. Source: about 1 year ago
Interesting MS-DOS history to be uncovered. FreeDOS, an open source DOS clone, has been around for a while: https://freedos.org/ https://github.com/FDOS. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago
I wonder if that machine can run FreeDOS. Source: about 1 year ago
Some kind of VM with no sharing or network access... VirtualBox, Bottles, or your host of choice... Install DOS (FreeDOS or whatever you wish I guess). Source: about 1 year ago
Then there is FreeDOS, which also isn't Linux, but it is still open source and a lots of fun to use. Source: over 1 year ago
You know you are absolutely right. I’m going back to DOS. Source: over 1 year ago
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