Have you ever wished there were a proper desktop for your DOS system, and thought that the GUI options, like Ozone or Seal, weren’t quite cutting it? They don’t really come with much software integrated into the GUI, and the transition back to command line is rather jarring. What if I told you there were a better, more useful alternative?
Well, thanks to TheOuterLinux (link: https://theouterlinux.gitlab.io/), there’s now an excellent TUI (text user interface) desktop for DOS! Packed with tons of useful software, such as web browsers, file managers, music players, and even a lock screen, PsychDOS offers an alternative to the entirely command line driven DOS while playing to the strengths text mode offers.
Get PsychDOS: https://psychoslinux.gitlab.io/DOS/INDEX.HTM
Still on the fence about trying it out? Don’t just take my word for it! FreeDOS founder Jim Hall provides an overview of PsychDOS on the FreeDOS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQCiZtnJekU
Featured image: PsychDOS Page 3.5
(link: https://psychoslinux.gitlab.io/DOS/IMAGES/PAGE35.JPG)
Image Attribution: TheOuterLinux
Image License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
More PsychDOS images: https://psychoslinux.gitlab.io/DOS/SCRNSHOT.HTM
Pertinent info from the Downloads page that I forgot to include: “License: GPLv3 for the PsychDOS desktop environment; however, it also includes software with different but redistributable licenses.”
(link: https://psychoslinux.gitlab.io/downloads_mobile.html)
See the other licenses of the included software at the following link: https://psychoslinux.gitlab.io/DOS/DOCS/LOOKHERE/LICENSES/LICENSES.HTM