Longhorn build 4008 floating about the web!

[Mrburns2007]

Looks good but is still buggy as hell, neowin has a ton of screenshots.

 

[civad]

Some of the screenshots resemble WinXP too much; but since Longhorn is still in alpha, I think one should wait and see.

 

[TheOmegaCode]

Longhorn build 4008 floating about the web!

Wahoo?

 

[BG4533]

Are there any sites with info about it yet? What are the spposed advantages over XP/2000?

Thanks,
Brian

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: BG4533
Are there any sites with info about it yet? What are the spposed advantages over XP/2000?

Thanks,
Brian

That it is a crashy, illegal, l33t alpha that increases your... size if you use it.

 

[crisp82]

Longhorn will probably have about the same amount difference to XP as XP has to 2000. Practically same Kernel, same processes etc. Just a very pretty GUI with some more users applications.

Ps. not knocking Xp, I like it.

 

[wiin]

Link to the site please cuz I could not find it. Thanks.

 

[Mrburns2007]

Originally posted by: wiin
Link to the site please cuz I could not find it. Thanks.

Neowin is down for some reason, not sure what's going with there site.

 

[crisp82]

I think that this is the same link that Bink Windows XP had about a month ago.

 

[crisp82]

Oh, and you mentioned Neowin.net being down at the mo.....3 guesses why?

Hosting the leek is against the law (afaik) and it was taken down til they sorted it out

 

[Yomicron]

Isn't Longhorn supposed to use a new file system based on MS' SQL server?

I remember reading that the alpha's don't have the new file system though.

EDIT: after looking at those screen shots it sure seems like it is being designed to work with an SQL server. (explorer has a filter settings for each folder)

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: wiin
Link to the site please cuz I could not find it. Thanks.

Discussing Longhorn is ok, asking for links to an illegally obtained copy is not.
Bill

 

[EeyoreX]

Originally posted by: Yomicron
Isn't Longhorn supposed to use a new file system based on MS' SQL server?

I remember reading that the alpha's don't have the new file system though.

EDIT: after looking at those screen shots it sure seems like it is being designed to work with an SQL server. (explorer has a filter settings for each folder)

Microsoft is working to incorporate the file system into the next Windows release. This is supposed to allow easier access to files regardless of where they are stored, be it locally or accross a network. The latest I have read was that this was uncertain for the next desktop OS release (Longhorn) but that the new file system would appear in "Yukon", the next version of SQL Server.

\Dan

 

[Mrburns2007]

Originally posted by: crisp82
Oh, and you mentioned Neowin.net being down at the mo.....3 guesses why?

Hosting the leek is against the law (afaik) and it was taken down til they sorted it out

They never hosted it at all so that wasn't the reason. They just put up a story about it with screenshots about it.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: crisp82
Longhorn will probably have about the same amount difference to XP as XP has to 2000. Practically same Kernel, same processes etc. Just a very pretty GUI with some more users applications.

Ps. not knocking Xp, I like it.

They should really add symbolic linking to it. Better yet, add it to the XP version of NTFS so that I don't have to install Longhorn in 3 years or whatever.

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: crisp82
Longhorn will probably have about the same amount difference to XP as XP has to 2000. Practically same Kernel, same processes etc. Just a very pretty GUI with some more users applications.

Ps. not knocking Xp, I like it.

They should really add symbolic linking to it. Better yet, add it to the XP version of NTFS so that I don't have to install Longhorn in 3 years or whatever.

you can symlink in NTFS... I don't remember how but I'm pretty sure the filesystem does in fact support it.

 

[bsobel]

They should really add symbolic linking to it. Better yet, add it to the XP version of NTFS so that I don't have to install Longhorn in 3 years or whatever.

NTFS already supports this, it's just not exposed via the MS UI. Search for NTFS and hardlink, you'll find plenty of explorer extensions and command line tools to allow you to do this. You can also create directory junction points, the resource kit includes a tool but you can also grab a free one from sysinternals.com

Bill

 

[Mrburns2007]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: crisp82
Longhorn will probably have about the same amount difference to XP as XP has to 2000. Practically same Kernel, same processes etc. Just a very pretty GUI with some more users applications.

Ps. not knocking Xp, I like it.

They should really add symbolic linking to it. Better yet, add it to the XP version of NTFS so that I don't have to install Longhorn in 3 years or whatever.

Junction Link Magic

Hard Link Magic

Enjoy

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Mrburns2007

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: crisp82
Longhorn will probably have about the same amount difference to XP as XP has to 2000. Practically same Kernel, same processes etc. Just a very pretty GUI with some more users applications.

Ps. not knocking Xp, I like it.

They should really add symbolic linking to it. Better yet, add it to the XP version of NTFS so that I don't have to install Longhorn in 3 years or whatever.

Junction Link Magic

Hard Link Magic

Enjoy

Heh, yeah I found those when I was searching (to make sure that it wasn't obviously available and I just missed it). I wonder why they don't promote this feature and why it's not just easily available and packaged with the UI.

Ah, well. Thanks for the links!

 

[Mrburns2007]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: Mrburns2007



Junction Link Magic

Hard Link Magic

Enjoy

Heh, yeah I found those when I was searching (to make sure that it wasn't obviously available and I just missed it). I wonder why they don't promote this feature and why it's not just easily available and packaged with the UI.

Ah, well. Thanks for the links!

M$ was nervous that people would screw up cause explorer sees it as transparent and does recognize it as just a junction. If you delete it in explorer you delete the files as well.