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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. Re:Before you make any stupid jokes.... by SlashdotMeNow · · Score: 0, Troll

    Parent might be OT but modding it down to oblivion will not change the fact that Lunix still cannot compete with Windows or OSX. And the way it's going right now it probably never will. Every year we see MAJOR advances in Windows and Macs, while Lunix just seems to plod along. Case in point: I needed to install Linux on a machine and decided on Debian, being one of the most popular distros for servers. It took me AGES to find a pre-compiled install package! And installing it was pretty painful.

    The Lunix community needs to recognise that there's something wrong and figure out a way to change it quick, otherwise it will be left behind in the dust. A modern OS is more than just performance and security.

    Lunix was and probably always will be 3 years away from taking over the desktop market.