On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Marco Achury <marcoach...@gmail.com> wrote: > > El 06/04/2012 01:25 p.m., Eric Auer escribió: > > Hi! > > Can someone please tell me what are the best GUIs available for FreeDOS? > > Naturally, this is a double question, since GUIs fall into two categories: > > 1) Text-mode GUIs > 2) Graphical GUIs > > So, which GUI(s) would you recommend for each category? > > Maybe unrelated but: File Maven is a freeware text-mode "GUI" > file manager which has a sort of laplink clone built in. And > the Arachne web browser has some aspects of a graphical GUI. > > The most comprehensive GUIs are probably Windows (3.0, 3.1 or > Windows for Workgroups 3.11, all non-free, 3.x standard mode > works okay, WfW and 386enh mode can be hard, too much RAM as > well) and GEM. There is a free GEM distro by Shane, see also: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengem/files/ > http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/mix_entry.php?id=8126 > > Unfortunately, the more complete ShaneLand GEM website in UK > is down. Shane can now be reached at Opendawn, Japan, I hope. > > Eric :-) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. > Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. > Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > On my taste Norton Commander (or any of their clones) is the best text mode > GUI. > I think File Maven uses the same double panel. > > The are a lot of NC clones, some are updated for long file name support > > > -- > -- > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > Marco A. Achury
Actually, what I had in mind when I asked about GUIs was just GUIs themselves, not application using them. But it was nice to see Norton Commander being brought up in the discussion! This brings up sweet memories. The starting point of my exploration on DOS-based GUIs was: http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.GallDosGui With Google you can find several other webpages about GUIs for DOS. My interest, at this point, is mostly in the windowing system, not in the applications that often come bundled with those packages. I am looking for a nice GUI simply as a development tool, not as a ready-made working environment. It seems that there is a number of GUIs available for FreeDOS, in addition to OpenGEM. But I was not able to find much comparative info about those GUIs. Any idea why OpenGEM is the only GUI environment listed on the FreeDOS website under the category GUIs? To be fair, I must say that if you look hard withing the website you do find the reference to other GUIs, such as the Icon GUI. So why OpenGEM is the only one in the spotlight? Please share your experiences with regard to DOS-based GUIs as development tools. Thanks again, Alex ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
