SvarDOS – an open-source DOS distribution

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SvarDOS is an open-source project integrating the best DOS tools, drivers, and games for 1980-2000 era PCs.
It provides a minimalistic DOS system with a kernel, command interpreter, and basic tools, allowing users to install additional packages via a network-enabled package manager.
The project is 8086-compatible in its core configuration and supports multiple languages including English, German, French, Polish, Russian, and Italian.
SvarDOS is under the MIT license, though auxiliary packages may have different licenses (GPL, BSD, Public Domain, Freeware, etc.).
It follows a rolling release model, with packages updated using online tools (pkg & pkgnet).
Community contributions, translations, and support are facilitated through forums and a bug tracker.
Available in various installation images for different floppy disk sizes, with a CD image for a bare-bone system and options for extra packages.
Includes a 'talking' version for blind persons using the PROVOX screen reader and Braille 'n Speak synthesizer.
Build files, scripts, and sources are available on the project's SVN server and a read-only GitHub mirror.
Uses a fork of the Enhanced DR-DOS kernel, with development hosted on the EDR GitHub repository.

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