Hi, On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 2:20 PM, Ivan Ivanov <qmaster...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Because I am taking coreboot+SeaBIOS in attention, these hobby OS > suddenly become very useful for me : e.g. KolibriOS floppy is likely > the only way > to connect to the internet from a web browser (although a very simple one) > that is stored inside a BIOS chip - also there is an IRC client, > which means - even if my hard drive crashes and I don't have any live USBs, > I will still be able to go to online chatroom and say something to friends
Just to state the obvious, FreeDOS can do all of that networking (if you have a working packet driver). Kolibri is obviously very good, nobody's disputing that. However, I consider FreeDOS development tools to be much more robust and easier to use overall. We have more HLLs supported. In fact, I think the Menuet port of Quake used a heavily-modified version of DJGPP's libc! (I guess nobody finished that port of TinyC or else it was incomplete? Just having a C compiler would help a lot.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
