Anyone Tried Longhorn Yet?

[notorious19]

just wondered if anyone had d/l and tried out longhorn yet and if so what did u think of it as i was thinking of giving it a try ?



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[spudlover]

I haven't and certainly won't until it reaches at least beta.

Running an Alpha OS, even just for a sneak peak, isn't a good idea.

[CornerPocket]

Those who plan on doing a test run, do it on a separate partition or drive. I do not recommend installing over your current OS.....bad idea!

[Freek1e]

SUX because of the BUGS

but when fully functional, well you remember the difference between XP and Win'ME...

[Spindulik]

What is Longhorn? I thought it was cheese. Is it another OS?

Just wait. When Microsoft comes out with their new SPYWARE Windows OS, A lot of people are going to try (or atleast test run) another operating system.

[Spindulik]

Originally posted by balamm@1 May 2003 - 20:18
....XP partition or you'll get crosslinked files. It thinks it's the same system.
Oh, this is great! Somebody is inventing XP-Lite!

[4play]

Im sure there already is an xp lite of sorts.

I read somewhere how to run a bare bones xp and they have reverse enginered the kernel to make it more lightweight.

Sounds pretty sweet but i have not tried it yet.

Sorry cant find the link :(

[Wizzandabe]

Yea man iv had it up for ages.

[EclipseGSX]

I had 4008 for a while, then I upgraded to the latest v.4015. I like it... but it'll suck your system dry for resources.

Does ANYONE know a way around the authorization? The method from 4008 doesn't seem to work anymore, and I'm looking at t-minus 10 days and counting until my 15 day limit is up.... :o

[EclipseGSX]

Mmm, yeah. I don' t think I have a Beta Server 2003 key / id laying around anywhere. I even checked under the couch. Where might one find one of those?

[the-ninja69]

ARGGGG can people search for this topic before they post a new one. This has been discussed way to many times. The answer is the same always. It is in alpha stage and is very buggy. A piece of crap. If you must try it out install on a second partition and dual boot to try out.

BUT MAKE SURE DO NOT INSTALL AS MAIN OS IT CAN F*CK UP EASILY!!!!!

[EclipseGSX]

Originally posted by the-ninja69@2 May 2003 - 01:01
ARGGGG can people search for this topic before they post a new one. This has been discussed way to many times. The answer is the same always. It is in alpha stage and is very buggy. A piece of crap. If you must try it out install on a second partition and dual boot to try out.

BUT MAKE SURE DO NOT INSTALL AS MAIN OS IT CAN F*CK UP EASILY!!!!!
Mmm... yeah. Back the truck up there, skippy. No reason to get all overexcited.

I did search for this topic, and I'm not complaining about the stability or reliability of this operating system. It's not a piece of crap, and it's not buggy at all (especially for an alpha). The only time the system has been off in the past 3 months is because it had to reboot to install version 4015.

No one in their right mind would possibly upgrade their main system with an alpha. It's just for educational purposes.

[technonrgkid]

From what i seen, looks like its gonna kicks XPs ass serious. Loved alot of things bout it. But deff still alot of bugs, and killa on the resources.

[Ad]

gave it a go on my friends computer it sux the ugly bar down the side sux everything sux about it couldnt even get KL to run on it dont install it wait till it reach veta at least dont waste ur time with it

[EclipseGSX]

Originally posted by adthomp@2 May 2003 - 11:35
gave it a go on my friends computer it sux the ugly bar down the side sux everything sux about it couldnt even get KL to run on it dont install it wait till it reach veta at least dont waste ur time with it
Well, I like it. It's very customizable. If you don't like the "ugly bar down the side" you can do without it. Personally, I didn't like it at first, but it grows on you. The new folder views can be helpful as well, although it's a bit hard to appreciate it all in alpha form. You people complain about it like you expect it to be the ultimate OS in the world, and have everything run on it right off the bat. Of course you're going to have problems with some programs, they're not built to support it yet! If you're interested in software engineering at all, it's nice to watch the progression from infancy to the eventual marketed product.