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Interesting things
Personal blog · blog.tmm.cxsystemshardware
Interesting things is a personal blog at blog.tmm.cx about systems and hardware. Since 2022, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “The weird Hewlett Packard FreeDOS option”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN links this blog's post on HP's FreeDOS laptop option, which commenters say runs FreeDOS in a VM under Debian rather than real DOS. It is cited across threads on DOS, Linux laptops and SDL.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- The weird Hewlett Packard FreeDOS option6 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2022-05-15
What Hacker News says?
Related: https://blog.tmm.cx/2022/05/15/the-very-weird-hewlett-packar...
Comment linking /2022/05/15/the-very-weird-hewlett-packard-freedos-option/
on “Dosbian: Boot to DOSBox on Raspberry Pi”Submitted The weird Hewlett Packard FreeDOS option as a story · 344 points
HN discussion> Do any other companies do the same? Important relevant note: Some companies offer "DOS" or "FreeDOS" computers. This is notably common in poorer countries. These commonly do not really run DOS . They run a very old version of FreeDOS in a VM under Linux. HP uses Debian. https://blog.tmm.cx/2022/05/15/the-very-weird-hewlett-packar... 1. When you look for Linux machines, look in other countries than your own. 2. Inc…
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on “Looking back at my transition from Windows to Linux”Submitted The weird Hewlett Packard FreeDOS option (2022) as a story · 107 points
HN discussion> Often there was no successful access or booting to the FAT volume I can't work out what you're trying to say here. Lots of companies sell FreeDOS laptops. The config is often very weird, c.f. https://blog.tmm.cx/2022/05/15/the-very-weird-hewlett-packar... It's a complex setup of an elderly Debian with no desktop, a QEMU VM and a PDF viewer. It's not really DOS at all. Is that what you mean?
Comment linking /2022/05/15/the-very-weird-hewlett-packard-freedos-option/
on “The DOS 3.3 sys.com bug hunt”Submitted Running Windows NT 4 MIPS on QEMU in 3 easy steps as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSomewhat related, HP did (does?) have a FreeDOS option, although it was a FreeDOS VM running under Debian: The weird Hewlett Packard FreeDOS option (2022) (tmm.cx) 107 points by wibbily 55 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 33 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43232057 https://blog.tmm.cx/2022/05/15/the-very-weird-hewlett-packar...
Comment linking /2022/05/15/the-very-weird-hewlett-packard-freedos-option/
on “Lenovo May Be Avoiding 'Windows Tax' via Cheaper Laptops with Preinstalled Linux”HP: https://blog.tmm.cx/2022/05/15/the-very-weird-hewlett-packar... 149 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31389893
Comment linking /2022/05/15/the-very-weird-hewlett-packard-freedos-option/
on “SDL Now Supports DOS”