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Avalon Preview Released for XP

Posted by michael on from the promised-land dept.

CliffH writes "For those that want to play with a preview release of Avalon (the November Community Technology Preview) and the SDK, head on over to this page and download to your heart's delight. It is 261MB+ and is already going slow so be warned."

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  1. 3 aspects by Davak · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Longhorn originally had three major parts. It appears Microsoft has released two of those three now.

    WinFX is an object-oriented API that uses the .NET framework and allows for integration into Longhorn, Microsoft's new OS.

    Win -> API
    FX -> Framework

    WinFS is the vaporware magical file system that includes a new abstraction layer for the files for sorting, searching, indexing, etc.

    Monad/MSH is the new command line/shell scipting part of longhorn. It too can be downloaded and used in beta right now. It's probably the most useful aspect of longhorn to the average power-user.

    If you are going to play with something that isn't going to scrub your system, I would start with monad. It sits happy on any installed system.