Longhorn is back
Remember ogling at screenshots of the “next generation” of Windows back around 2004? You know what I’m talking about: the Longhorn project. Yeah, that’s the one. With the much-touted WinFS file system and snazzy graphics, Longhorn was going to blow us all away, but it didn’t. What went wrong? I don’t really remember, but I do know that a bunch of coders and designers has revived the project to try and finish what Microsoft started. They have publicly released something they call the Longhorn Reloaded M1 Technical Refresh, downloadable using a BitTorrent client. Weighing in at 780 MB, it’s actually quite light when compared to Vista, most Linux distributions, or MacOS X Tiger.
The downsides? Here’s what Gizmodo had to say about it: “Should you use this as your primary OS? We don’t think so. Using a half-finished operating system with loads of bugs is a good idea only if you’re going to be developing things for the OS, or if you’re just checking it out for fun.”
All in all, it looks like something one would like to just have around, just in case.
longhorn build (ermmmm forget it! jurrasic and serial # off cd label scratched and none won)
vista? still swinging if i should download it or not; like: between devil and the deep sea (trial edition ofcourse) situation. and windows 2008 friggin 2.8 GB of 0×00 garbage thats #1. and my dell inspiron e1505 gift from some guy for doing some IT related project. is vista worthy of download or can i replace that with some high quality DVD rip PORN, PORN MAKES US SMILE ATLEAST! thus ” ASS-TA-LA-M!cr0s0ft-VISTA BABY ” 256 k b/w is costly for anything off M.S.! except GUIDgen.exe it helps ;-)
“am i a design fault or technical fault?”
$ lndir -silent /dev/0×00 /garbage/wine/M.S./related/
flips a 0.02 paisa coin in the air! if head? i download, else? ;-)