dosbox-staging is DOS/x86 emulator focusing on ease of use. Based on DOSBox;
This is an unofficial build of dosbox-staging from the upstream source at https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging using the snapcraft config from https://github.com/popey/dosbox-staging-snap.
Vision
dosbox-staging is an attempt to revitalize DOSBox's development process. It's not a rewrite, but a continuation and improvement on the existing DOSBox codebase while leveraging modern development tools and practices.
Goals
A summary of technical and feature differences is here. https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging#summary-of-differences-compared-to-upstream
Planned features are recorded in the backlog https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/projects/3
Non-goals
Supporting old platforms such as Windows 9x, OS/2, and Mac OS X 10.4 (and earlier). If you want to run DOSBox on retro platforms, then your best bet is to use DOSBox.
Perfecting DOS-era hardware emulation. The PCem and DOSBox-X projects prioritize this goal.
Being the fastest DOS emulator on x86 hardware. Users interested in emulation speed should look at dosemu2.
Acting as a general-purpose DOS operating system. For that, there's FreeDOS.
Relationship to DOSBox
dosbox-staging is separate from and not supported by the SourceForge-hosted DOSBox project or its development team, the DOSBox Team.
We acknowledge and are thankful for the work shared by all DOSBox contributors.
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
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sudo snap install dosbox-staging
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