An Actively Developed GUI for ... FreeDOS? 63
shanecoughlan writes "FreeDOS, the GPL DOS distribution, has a powerful little graphical user interface called OpenGEM being actively developed for it. Well, powerful is relative. OpenGEM is based off the DR GEM GUI from the 1980s, and is a 16bit single-tasking GUI that tends not to use extended memory. While KDE and GNOME might not be shaking in their boots, it's an interesting opensource project in its own right. And it runs on a 286 with 640kb of RAM..."
Re:No screenshots (Score:3, Insightful)
Um.. The whole POINT of this article is that this is a GUI, not a CLI!
The people demand screenshots!
Re:Slow News Day? (Score:5, Insightful)
Puhleeeez. Every time Slashdot features any small project someone has to pop in and bitch that it's not important, who cares, why is
Incidentally, this project is actually useful and could be yet another killer open source application when it grows up. Do you know how many old computers are out there that are obsolete only because there's no free lightweight desktop OS with internet connectivity for them?
Frankly, the only way a small project becomes a big one is when other developers, supporters and users find out the project exists and can contribute to it.
I am not trying to imply that it isn't a cool project or worth doing, but that if his project makes the news so should the majority of sourceforge projects.
Of course your not, but you are bitter about something. Don't be a boo-bird.
Me first please.
At least you admit it, thought which is a step up from usual
Re:GEM is a VERY interesting project. (Score:2, Insightful)
In 20/20 hindisight, we're probably well served that Windoz is such a resource hog. Moore's law isn't enough to give us 4Ghz CPUs or a Gigabyte of RAM for $100... it also takes big market demand.
But imagine a world where an 8mhz 286 with 2-4 MEG of RAM was fast enough to do everything you do today. We could have been building on that for nearly 20 years.
Today I have a Gig of RAM and a 3Ghz CPU. It's barely adequate on many apps. This story certainly makes me ask "what if?"