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Post-Beta Windows 7 Build Leaked With New IE8
CWmike writes "A post-beta version of Windows 7, Build 7022, leaked to Internet file-sharing sites also includes an updated version of IE8, according to searches at several BitTorrent trackers. With Microsoft halting new Windows 7 beta downloads on Tuesday, and blocking all downloads as of noon (EST) today, users are again turning to illegal sources to get the new operating system."
A 3 app limit, excluding microsoft programs, startup programs, and firewall/antivirus actually wouldn't be that bad for most people
It's a meme some AC's have been trying to start; so far it has been a "no go". But I for one am happy that it has been failing, slashdot really doesn't need to have another crappy meme.
Know thyself. -- Delphic Oracle, 8th century BC
1. You probably live in a western country - NO PROCESS LIMIT FOR YOU.
2. It's two versions for normal users. Basic and Premium! Power users could probably use professional. Ultimate is just for the extravagant.
The leaked beta is 32bit only.
You probably live in a western country - NO PROCESS LIMIT FOR YOU.
As I was corrected yesterday, I'll pass on the favor to you: this is wrong. Unlike XP and Vista, the "starter edition" of Win7 is not the "developing nations" version of Windows. Instead, the starter edition is available worldwide, and is the discounted version intended for Netbooks and similar systems, and it is this version that will have the process limitation. In other words, to run Win7 on a Netbook you either have to put up with the process limitation or pay more for the non-starter edition.
(Win7 will have a developing nations version, called "Home Basic", but this is different. Basically, Home Basic and Starter Editions have swapped since Vista.)
and it seemed that half the time I would hit something on the Gentoo site anyway
May be because google personalized your search even when you're not logged in?
You might want to add Linux Mint on that list..
http://www.linuxmint.com/
It is definitely one of the "just works" type of Linux distribution. (based on Ubuntu)
Yes yes, of course you're right. Linux is only good for TRON fanzine and AD&D sites. That's exactly why IBM is moving it's web servers off AIX and onto zLinux servers. This is why less than .5% of IBMs internal servers run on Windows, which have over all the worst uptime of any system.
It's also clear that Linux isn't ready for the desktop when it supports more hardware "off the shelf" than XP does, and meets nearly every need a typical user needs.
The one thing that Linux does suck at, is games. So if that's all you need a computer for, keep playing till the RSI cripples you and you leave the rest of us alone.
Once the public learned about the 3 app limit
The "three app limit" applies only to the Starter Edition - a Windows OS and a small suite of programs localized for beginners in third world countries.
The Sugar GUI originally designed for OLPC allows only one task to run.
It makes no sense to allow inexperienced users to randomly launch multiple apps on systems that will very quickly run out of the resources needed to run them.
No, it's always at your own risk. Don't believe me? Read the EULA.
You should try Arch (http://www.archlinux.org/), it has all the advantages of Gentoo and less hassle if you don't feel like compiling every single package.