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| software_name = FreeDOS|
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| software_image = [[File:Free DOS logo.png|300px]]|
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| developer = [[Jim Hall]], FreeDOS team|
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| systems = [[x86]]|
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| release = 1998-present|
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| added_to_museum = 1.3 [[compact-disc|CD]]: July 16, 2022|
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| }}
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| '''FreeDOS''', formerly known as '''PD-DOS''' and '''Free-DOS''', is a free [[DOS]] [[operating system]] for [[computers]] that run on [[x86]] architecture.
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| ==Jim Hall releases a manifesto for a free version of DOS==
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| In June 1994, following the release of version 6.22 of [[MS-DOS]], [[Microsoft]] announced that it discontinued the development of the aforementioned operating system.
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| As a result, on June 29, 1994, [[Jim Hall]] posted a manifesto on the comp.os.msdos.apps [[Usenet newsgroup|newsgroup]] that outlined his intention to create PD-DOS, a [[public domain]] version of DOS.
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| On July 16 1994, the name of the project in the manifesto was renamed Free-DOS as the [[source code]] for the OS was to be licensed under the [[GNU General Public License]], rather than as public domain.
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| ==FreeDOS version history==
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| *FreeDOS Alpha 1 (September 16, 1994)
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| *FreeDOS Alpha 2 (December 1994)
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| *FreeDOS Alpha 3 (January 1995)
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| *FreeDOS Alpha 4 (June 1995)
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| *FreeDOS Alpha 5 (August 10, 1996)
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| *FreeDOS Alpha 6 (November 1997)
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| *FreeDOS Beta 1 (April 24, 1998)
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| *FreeDOS Beta 2 (October 28, 1998)
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| *FreeDOS Beta 3 (April 22, 1999)
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| *FreeDOS Beta 4 (December 29, 1999)
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| *FreeDOS Beta 5 (August 11, 2000)
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| *FreeDOS Beta 6 (March 30, 2001)
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| *FreeDOS Beta 7 (September 8, 2001)
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| *FreeDOS Beta 8 (April 7, 2002)
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| *FreeDOS Beta 8 H1 (September 15, 2002)
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| *FreeDOS Beta 9 RC1 (July 19, 2003)
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| *FreeDOS Beta 9 RC2 (September 1, 2003)
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| *FreeDOS Beta 9 RC3 (September 8, 2003)
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| *FreeDOS Beta 9 RC4 (February 5, 2004)
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| *FreeDOS Beta 9 RC5 (April 20, 2004)
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| *FreeDOS Beta 9 (September 28, 2004)
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| *FreeDOS Beta 9 SR1 (November 30, 2004)
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| *FreeDOS Beta 9 SR2 (November 30, 2005)
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| *FreeDOS 1.0 (September 3, 2006)
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| *FreeDOS 1.1 (January 2, 2012)
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| *FreeDOS 1.2 RC1 (October 31, 2016)
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| *FreeDOS 1.2 RC2 (November 24, 2016)
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| *FreeDOS 1.2 (December 25, 2016)
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| *FreeDOS 1.3 RC1 (February 3, 2019)
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| *FreeDOS 1.3 RC2 (December 9, 2019)
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| *FreeDOS 1.3 RC3 (May 31, 2020)
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| *FreeDOS 1.3 RC4 (April 30, 2021)
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| *FreeDOS 1.3 RC5 (December 8, 2021)
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| *FreeDOS 1.3 (February 20, 2022)
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