On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 3:47 PM Alessandro Ciabattoni via Freedos-user <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > [..] > Is it possible to know if the next FreeDOS release will be compatible > with Windows 3.1, please? I read an article a few months ago and if > I am not wrong, I remember that it talked about this feature.
From the email that started this thread: no, this 1.4 release will not include the new kernel that provides Windows 3.11 support. The new kernel hasn't been made available for testing, so we cannot include it yet. I wrote: > ** "1.4" or "2.0"? > > I think this distribution is "1.4" instead of "2.0" because we haven't > seen the updated kernel for testing. If Jeremy sees this, maybe he can > share the current status and point to test builds we can try. An > updated kernel would justify going to "2.0" .. but if it's just > package updates, it's "1.4" [..] and: > ** What I think is not "on the table": > > (x) updated kernel - any new version will need a lot of testing. Once > there's a new kernel available for testing, and we've tested it, we > can plan "FreeDOS 2.0" at that time. [..] And you're right: I wrote something (or maybe mentioned it in a video, I don't remember) that Jeremy was working on an updated kernel. At the time (a year ago? two years ago?) Jeremy had posted a brief video that demonstrated Windows for Workgroups running in an updated kernel. But that kernel hasn't been shared for testing, so we cannot include it here. _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
