Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread Ralf A. Quint
At 08:39 PM 1/10/2012, jhall wrote: > >> I encourage you to look around for what's there, and see if you can > >> move any of them forward. OpenGEM shows a lot of promise, but the > >> graphics are dated and could use a refresh. Since it's GNU GPL, I > >> imagine you could borrow from another GPL'd

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread jhall
>> I encourage you to look around for what's there, and see if you can >> move any of them forward. OpenGEM shows a lot of promise, but the >> graphics are dated and could use a refresh. Since it's GNU GPL, I >> imagine you could borrow from another GPL'd desktop environment, such >> as GNOME. >

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread Ralf A. Quint
At 05:49 PM 1/10/2012, Marco Achury wrote: >Looks like a better option, specially because is a current project >and is free. ... (see my reply to Jim) >I see the download lists and I dont undersand what is that we must >to download. > >

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread Ralf A. Quint
At 03:16 PM 1/10/2012, Jim Hall wrote: >On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Koh Choon Lin <2choon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > > > If someone is willing to start a free as in freedom graphical > > interface for FreeDOS, I am ready to contribute resources and money to > > the project. > > > > > >I'

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread Marco Achury
El 10/01/2012 02:51 a.m., nospam escribió: > You may also be able to use Nano-X / NXlib which I have ported to DOS: > > http://code.google.com/p/nanox-microwindows-nxlib-fltk-for-dos/ > > The port of the Dillo browser is based on this. > > Georg > > -

[Freedos-user] VirtualBox FreeDOS HowTo

2012-01-10 Thread Ulrich Hansen
I have started a VirtualBox HowTo in our FreeDOS wiki. It is a sort of installation walkthrough with many pictures. It can be found here: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/freedos/index.php?title=Installing_FreeDOS_in_VirtualBox Feel free to take a look. Please write if you find something

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread Jim Hall
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Marco Achury wrote: > The readme file says that the company name is "xtreme sas", doing a google > search appear this address and phone number. > > XTREME sas > > > Padova Directory > 95, v. Beato Pellegrino > Padova, PD > 35137 > Phone: 049 8718245 > > See a map: >

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread Jim Hall
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Tony wrote: > For those of us that still have a copy in their box, DesqviewX might > also be an option. I understand that its now considered "abandonware" > and there is a download site for it, but you will have to Google, as i > wont post it here, just in case it r

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread Jim Hall
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 1:21 AM, nospam wrote: > You may also be able to use Nano-X / NXlib which I have ported to DOS: > > http://code.google.com/p/nanox-microwindows-nxlib-fltk-for-dos/ > > The port of the Dillo browser is based on this. > > Georg > Hi Georg, I'm very interested in NanoX, and

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread Jim Hall
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Koh Choon Lin <2choon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Marco Achury wrote: >> >> XAppeal is a proprietary X11 server for MS-DOS based on XFree86. The web >> used to be http://www.xtreme.it/pub/xappeal/ but now appear to be death now.

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread nospam
Nano-X and NXlib are released using the MPL licence which allows to integrate the code into commercial projects. It can also be integrated into a GPL project. e.g. FLTK can run based on Nano-X and NXlib: http://code.google.com/p/nanox-microwindows-nxlib-fltk-for-dos/wiki/Screenshots Georg --

[Freedos-user] Support for 4k byte sectors

2012-01-10 Thread Bertho Grandpied
Hi FreeDOS users and developers ! This is my first time posting to these lists, I hope I'm not breaking etiquette in the act. My question/request is about accepting larger sector sizes for hard disks (whether ATA, USB or otherwise connected). USB disk appliances presenting 4k sectors only - no

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread Koh Choon Lin
Hi On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Marco Achury wrote: > > XAppeal is a proprietary X11 server for MS-DOS based on XFree86. The web > used to be http://www.xtreme.it/pub/xappeal/ but now appear to be death now. If someone is willing to start a free as in freedom graphical interface for FreeDOS,