FreeDOS VS Windows 7

I wonder if that machine can run FreeDOS. Source: 11 months 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: 12 months 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

Today in the year 2022 the way to install the GNAT compiler on a Debian/Ubuntu system is to execute "sudo apt install gnat gprbuild" in the terminal, followed by downloading and installing the GNAT Studio IDE from https://github.com/AdaCore/gnatstudio/releases. This is described at https://alire.ada.dev/transition_from_gnat_community.html and also how to install the GNAT compiler on other platforms. In the era of... Source: almost 2 years ago

Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-7. Source: over 1 year ago

After Windows 7 End of Life I decided it was too risky to use Windows 7 on any machine connected to the internet. Same reason I don't use Windows-XP anymore. Source: over 1 year ago

Please note that Windows 7 is no longer actively supported by Microsoft (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-7) and we can no longer guarantee backwards compatibility in cases like this. Source: over 1 year ago

I'd tie it to Microsoft's support lifecycle. Even Windows 7 is out of extended support now. Source: about 2 years ago

Windows 7 went EOL in on Jan 14, 2020. Are you talking about the Extended Security Update? That ends Jan 10, 2023. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-7. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago