Hi, (top posting because the answer is global) That is exactly what I did... A Linux distro with Lxde that runs Dosemu+FreeDOS It has only basic utilities: File manager, Basic Editor and few configuration utilities, it could be made a bit smaller...
I chose Lxde over Xfce because it is being actively developped and it't basic ustilities are reasonably good. OTOH, Xfce seems to be "old" and not very actively mantained. Alain On 20-11-2015 19:06, Eric Auer wrote: > Hi Jim, Alain, Georg et al, > >> I, for one, would be very interested to see a text-mode "small" Linux >> that boots up an instance of DOSEMU instead of login on the first >> available virtual terminal. (I'd put a regular Linux login on the >> second VT.) > For DOS purposes, I would prefer a graphical Linux. It does not > have to have huge and/or proprietary 3d accel drivers, a basic > VESA driver should be enough to have fun with DOS games and the > SB16 emulation and other goodies of DOSEMU. > > Of course this could also be a "framebuffer console" Linux, but > when I have Linux anyway, I want to be able to also have multiple > windows. A simple Window Manager like XFCE or LXDE can do that :-) > > For example Kwort Linux runs xfce4 well (?) on 64 MB, while > LXDE Lubuntu and XFCE Xubuntu recommend 256 or 512 MB RAM... > LXDE.org calls 256 MB Pentium II moderate and 512 MB P3 fast. > > Other possible choices, inspired by the Wikipedia list of WM: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_X_window_managers > > http://windowmaker.org/themes.php (requirement info anybody?) > > http://www.fluxbox.org/screenshots/ (somewhat odd and basic?) > > Maybe too basic: Openbox w/o LXDE or www.joewing.net/projects/jwm/ > > I personally find XFCE more versatile but also heavier than LXDE: > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/LowMemorySystems#Adding_a_window_manager > > Have not tested OpenBox, IceWM, Fluxbox or FVWM-Crystal yet, you? > The old FVWM2 or FVWM95 might be enough, if you like config files. > > Cheers, Eric > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
