Tom Lee Mullins wrote: > Do you think it one could use FreeDOS and OpenGem on > MIT's $100 laptop computer? > http://laptop.media.mit.edu/ > > -- I sent them an e-mail about it. :)
Hi Tom Technically, yes...running FreeDOS and OpenGEM on the $100 laptop should work. However, I'm not sure that it would be the best option. Red Hat are currently making the OS for the laptop, and that means we'll see Linux 2.6 with Gnome 2.10 or 2.12 preloaded. The 500mz CPU should handle that load fine. In terms of functionality it would be a considerable downgrade to use FreeDOS/OpenGEM. However, if we were talking about having an environment that is simple, fast and easy to hack around with, the FreeDOS/OpenGEM combination could provide a great learning system. FreeDOS is very close to 1.0, and OpenGEM 5 is a pretty strong system. As a combination we're looking at tools that are both interesting and useful. I can see several applications - Rescue tools - Learning development environments - File management tasks FreeDOS is useful perhaps for embedded work in addition to a normal OS. We have to balance these ideas against the strength of Linux. Linux is a very powerful system, and it runs on a lot of hardware. There is no point in being unrealistic about our (DOS-based system) position against theirs: in desktop and server it's almost always got to be Linux. It's like the way people email me asking when OpenGEM will be 32bit with multi-tasking and have 16million colors. I'm never going to try and do that. If you want that, I suggest getting GNOME on Linux or BSD. If I was to make something that was 32bit, multitasking and had millions of colors I would make GNOME anyway. We should focus on our main markets (low power machines, embedded and hobbyist), and provide the best tools we possibly can for these people. Shane Project Leader OpenGEM [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://gem.shaneland.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
