Thanks to Gregory Pietsch, there is a new version of the classic FreeDOS Edlin editor. If you haven't used Edlin, it's a text-mode "line editor" for DOS that's similar to the Unix "ed(1)" editor. Some of the more visible changes in this version of Edlin: + Added '#' as a synonym for "$+1" + Added "New file." for new filenames on command line + Added "Abort edit (Y/N)? " message. You can download the source code from Edlin at SourceForge. We have also mirrored this release in the FreeDOS Files Archive at Ibiblio, under /files/dos/edlin

DOSLFN is a program originally by Henrik Haftmann to provide the long file name (LFN) API in plain DOS (without Windows). Jason Hood released version 0.41f a few weeks ago. Changes from 0.41e include: + More extending directory fixes + Basic version check (if different pretend it's not installed). You can download the new DOSLFN at the DOSLFN website. We have also mirrored this release in the FreeDOS Files Archive at Ibiblio, under /files/util/system/doslfn

Davide Bresolin has been making further updates to the "new" mKEYB program, the multinational keyboard support driver. Davide recently released mKEYB 0.50 with these changes: + Turkish Q and Turkish F layout + better support for AltGr+Shift modifier + less obscure uninstall warning messages + executable compressed with UPX. You can get this new mKEYB from Davide's GitHub. We have also mirrored the new release on the FreeDOS Files Archive at Ibiblio, under /files/dos/keyb/mkeyb/davide

Thanks to Andreas Grech, there's a new version of DEBUG. The main reason for the new version is that in v1.28 the "driver" variant was broken. But there are also a few nice bug fixes, including: + an offset beyond 0ffffh was rejected if the segment descriptor's 'default-size' flag wasn't set + offset increment and decrement was always 16-bit only + the driver version crashed when it became active because the new mode detection code always returned status "in protected-mode" + on rare conditions, the debugger used a wrong pointer (debuggee's SS:ESP instead of SS:SP) to clear TF on the debuggee's stack. Read the release notes for the full list of changes. You can find the new DEBUG on the Debug GitHub. We've also mirrored this version in the FreeDOS Files Archive at Ibiblio, under /files/dos/debug

I'm planning an ebook for this summer that's interviews with FreeDOS developers and users. If you'd like to contribute to the ebook, let me interview you! You don't have to write an article or a chapter for this ebook - this is all about responding to an email interview. Fill out this form and let me know what kinds of questions you'd like me to ask you. I'll follow up with a list of questions, based on your interests. I'll send out interview questions from mid May to late May, and ask that you respond within a few weeks.