How to Set Up a Development Environment on FreeDOS
A complete walkthrough installing a C compiler and assembler on FreeDOS and building your first program — for anyone wanting to write software for DOS rather than just run it.
Step-by-step, task-oriented guides — do this, in this order, to get this result.
A complete walkthrough installing a C compiler and assembler on FreeDOS and building your first program — for anyone wanting to write software for DOS rather than just run it.
A complete walkthrough getting sound, mouse, and memory configured correctly for DOS-era gaming — the three things almost every classic game setup guide assumes you already have working.
A complete walkthrough configuring File History for continuous, versioned backups of your personal files — and how to actually restore a previous version when you need one.
A complete walkthrough customizing Windows Terminal's settings.json and your PowerShell profile script — so your preferred shell, prompt, and startup behavior are there every time you open a terminal.
A complete walkthrough enabling Remote Desktop the right way — Network Level Authentication, a non-default port, and firewall scoping — rather than exposing RDP openly to the internet.
A complete walkthrough enabling Windows Sandbox for running untrusted applications in a clean, disposable, isolated environment — no separate VM image to manage.
A complete walkthrough moving your entire setup — apps, files, accounts, and settings — to a new Mac, plus what to check afterward when something doesn't carry over cleanly.
A complete walkthrough resetting NVRAM and the System Management Controller — two different low-level resets, solving different categories of problems, on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
A complete walkthrough creating, listing, mounting, and cleaning up APFS local snapshots directly — the same mechanism Time Machine uses, available for manual, ad-hoc use.
A complete walkthrough enabling FileVault, understanding your recovery key options, and what to do if you're locked out — before you need it, not after.