Hi! > - want to get rid of networking on my „composing tool“
If that means you want audio in DOS, then I strongly recommend running DOS inside a hardware simulation and NOT directly on hardware. Because VERY few apps for DOS will be able to work with modern sound chips directly. Accessing a simulated Sound Blaster helps. > - want to have a lighting fast bootup For that, installing DOS on raw hardware is best. Or something like Dosbian Linux on Raspberry Pi which just immediately boots into only a DOS window. > - want to have 1 (one!!) single app that I use, > - don’t want the virus thing (do we?) > - don’t want all those hidden spying/cookies/passwords/logins Then just do not use the network ;-) > - don't want "update nagging“, this has become crazyness. Then you should probably not even connect the network. > - want to be able to switch the thing off with a button Again, installing DOS on raw hardware helps here. > - single simple view of what I have written Depends on how much you like DOS commands such as "DIR"? > - want to have single files that represent an „app“. > (not thousands of libraries, dependencies, installs, dlls Even in DOS, that will depend on how simple your apps are. > - a system of a handful of commands I program on my „macro pad“ > - and press it without need to type in, not even „dir“ or „cd ..“ or „type“ There are some hotkey or mouse menu apps for DOS to do that. > - want to learn to understand a little how actually a computer > works as a tool, not as a consumer gadget that could... You can learn the necessary programming languages and read the source code of FreeDOS and command.com in less than a year ;-) For other DOS apps, your luck will vary depending on complexity. So please be more specific on what you want to "compose" or text edit and what should happen with the files once you have written them. Without network, you probably plan some other, local uses. Regards, Eric _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
