text: Distribution FreeDOS 1.1, released on 2 January 2012, is available for download as a CD-ROM image: a limited install disc that only contains the kernel and basic applications, and a full disc that contains many more applications (games, networking, development, etc.), not available  but with a newer, fuller 1.2. The legacy version 1.0 (2006) consisted of two CDs, one of which was an 8 MB install CD targeted at regular users and the other which was a larger 49 MB live CD that also held the source code of the project.
  Commercial uses
  FreeDOS is used by several companies:
  Dell preloaded FreeDOS with its n-series desktops to reduce their cost. The firm has been criticized for making these machines no cheaper, and harder to buy, than identical systems with Windows.
  Hewlett-Packard provided FreeDOS as an option in its HP Compaq dc5750 Small Form Factor PC, Mini 5101 netbooks and Probook laptops. FreeDOS is also used as bootable media for updating the BIOS firmware in HP systems.
  FreeDOS is included by Steve Gibson's hard drive maintenance and recovery program, SpinRite.
  Intel's Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Tool loaded the FreeDOS kernel.
  Many motherboard vendors recommend a bootable FreeDOS for running low level BIOS and firmware updates.
  Non-commercial uses
  FreeDOS is also used in multiple independent projects:
  FED-UP is the Floppy Enhanced DivX Universal Player.
  FUZOMA is a FreeDOS-based distribution that can boot from a floppy disk and converts older computers into educational tools for children.
  XFDOS is a FreeDOS-based distribution with a graphical user interface, porting Nano-X and FLTK.
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