FreeDOS Email Lists
Most of the FreeDOS developers communicate with each other on email lists. Sending an email to a list reaches all users interested in discussing a specific topic and helping other users with their questions. The email lists are generally low volume. We have only a few rules about the email lists.
| Freedos-user |
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| Do you have a question about FreeDOS, or need help installing? Freedos-user is the place for general FreeDOS discussion. |
| Read the list archive | also archived at mail-archive |
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| Freedos-devel |
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| Are you interested in writing programs for FreeDOS? Freedos-devel is for developers, developers, developers! |
| Read the list archive | also archived at mail-archive and marc.info |
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FreeDOS Forums
Want to connect with other FreeDOS users? You might be interested in one of these other channels. Post a question, and come back later to see if someone has answered it.
DOS Ain’t Dead
This forum started as a support board, and has evolved into a general discussion board for all DOS-compatible operating systems.
Slack
An open discussion and collaboration forum on the Slack platform, dedicated to FreeDOS. Also has feeds from FreeDOS News.
Slack is used by a few developers, but the main discussion is still at the email lists.
Sign in to Slack. If you don't have an account already, email Jerome or Jim to get an invitation.
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
IRC is a common method to chat with others on the Internet. IRC also provides some anonymity.
We don't officially use IRC (we use the email lists instead) but some developers do hang out here.
Freenode IRC and join the ##freedos channel.
Libera Chat and join the #freedos channel.
Usenet groups
Usenet groups provide forum-like discussion boards, and were the original way we communicated about FreeDOS until we set up the email lists.
The alt.os.free-dos group is dedicated to FreeDOS. See also comp.os.msdos.misc and comp.os.msdos.programmer