2011/8/20, Michael C. Robinson: > A thought experiment, could a 32 bit version of Freedos with a version > of Opengem that can support modern hardawre run on one processor > core while dos command lines that are actually full blown dos run on > the other processor cores? [..] > > It would be nice if viewing JPEG images, photos, was possible in > Opengem. There used to be an app in Slackware that lets you view > JPEG images from the command line called seejpeg.
...or, for example, Pho: http://www.shallowsky.com/software/pho/ > There apparently used to be a version of DOS called concurrent dos that > actually attempted or was capable of multitasking. Multitasking in the > multiple core era should be more interesting where Linux is a great > system, but it might be possible to squeeze more performance out. > > Figuring out what to use multiple cores for is a problem in today's > world. [..] That's why I was suggesting some of the well-known Unix-like OS-es, reading your requirements. Actually, why should it be DOS, when you prefer to _not have_ direct access to hardware? If you're looking for "something lightweight" for the desktop, maybe NetBSD can be right choice? It has its advantages/disadvantages, but it seems to me, that it can be about what you're looking for (something more "lightweight" than Linux), fulfilling your requirements. If you're using Slackware already, you should feel quite familiar on NetBSD - but, from the other side, Slackware itself isn't that "heavy" (I'm using Slackware64) anyway, so why should you bother... -- Z. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
