A new font engine is under development in PC/Geos Ensemble. This is done for two reasons, first it is to make the font handling easier and modern, and secondly, to make it open source, as the present font engine, NimbusQ
PC/Geos Ensemble, formerly known as Geoworks Ensemble, NewDeal Office and Breadbox Ensemble is now open source and available for free download at the link further down on this page. Here you will find the English version (pcgeos-ensemble_nc.zip), the German version
Breadbox Ensemble changes name to PC/GEOS Ensemble and becomes open source under the Apache-2.0 license. The project is called FreeGEOS and published at Github. Check out the link to the Github page here: https://github.com/bluewaysw
There are two ways to create a launcher for an app in Ubuntu, on the desktop and in the Apps. I prefer to enter the launcher in the Apps, as it can be easily placed i Favourites and appear in
Create a folder called drive_c in the binl64 folder (/home/pcgeos-basebox/binl64) Change the user rights in the drive_c folder to “everyone full control”Open the Terminal (Ctrl-Alt-T)sudo chmod 777 /home/your_name/pcgeos-basebox/binl64/drive_c Note: your_name is the name of your user folder in Ubuntu. Replace
Download BaseboxLink to CI-latest basebox: https://github.com/bluewaysw/pcgeos-basebox/releases/tag/CI-latest-issue-2 To unzip pcgeos-basebox.zip open the Download folderRight-click the zip file and choose “Extract to” in the drop down menuI propose to unzip the pcgeos-basebox folder to your home folder“binl64” contains the version of basebox
This seems to be a crazy project, to run a DOS Emulator in a Windows API in a Linux operating system like Ubuntu 20.04 LTS? It probably is, but it is the only way for the moment to try the
I have managed to install and run Ensemble on Raspberry Pi with Ethernet support, to connect Ensemble to internet. To do that you need a Raspberry Pi, Dosbian, Ensemble, and a working Ethernet connection, and of course a monitor, keyboard