Rugxulo wrote: > Hi again, > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 7:47 PM, Ralf Quint <freedos...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 2/10/2015 5:34 PM, Rugxulo wrote: >>> >>> But again, DOSEMU isn't widely deployed, so lots of people don't use >>> it. It still works fairly well, just not popular. I'm not sure if that >>> will ever improve. I don't want to discourage you, but I'm not sure >>> what you want to get working there. >> >> Why not? If people would always think this way, nothing would get done. >> There's more to programming in (Free)DOS than recompiling bloated Linux >> programs... > > Ralf, have you used DOSEMU lately? It's not exactly popular in Linux > distros. Some of them even hide or reject it because they hate > OpenWatcom. Not to mention various bugs (that are tedious to avoid) > due to things like SELinux. I'm just saying, it's harder than it needs > to be just to find and use it.
What I understand from some debates on internet, DOSEMU isn't included in Linux distros due to licensing issues, in a nutshell: - DOSEMU itself is OK, but it include FreeDOS - FreeDOS license is OK, but it is compiled with OpenWatcom - OpenWatcom, although opensource project, isn't for many Linux distributions license-compliant piece of SW. See e.g. this link from 2009: http://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/freedos-devel/thread/op.ura4quaez9dfrf@isor/ Perhaps should be possible and acceptable distribute DOSEMU without FreeDOS, but it just moves the problem a bit below. Otherwise, I use DOSEMU over 15 years, both in terminal mode and under X11, and it (despite occasional snags) works fine and is still evolving (especially lately, thanks to the Stas Sergeev effort). Regarding to DOSEMU/SELinux interaction, it isn't too big problem tune it e.g. in SELinux permissive mode. -- Franta Hanzlik ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
