Windows Vista Beta 2 now freely available
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thu, 06/08/2006 - 10:21.
Microsoft has opened up its new work in progress operating system Windows Vista Beta 2 for public scrutiny. However, be warned. You'll need pretty highly configured hardware to run it and a very fast internet connection to download the 3.5GB 32-bit or 4.4GB 64-bit version, unless you want to order and wait for the DVD kit which costs US$6.
In its product blurb, Microsoft has been very careful to stress that users will need the appropriate hardware to run Vista. The blurb distinguishes between a Vista Capable PC and Vista Premium PC.
From the sound of things, a Vista Capable PC won't do the trick for any users at all. It's just the old minimum requirement that allows you to load the product without being able to run it with any measure of acceptable performance or functionality.
konqueror crashed
lol... like some omen from the pc gawds, in a very rare occurrence these days, konqueror crashed when it tried to render microsoft.com.
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You talk the talk, but do you waddle the waddle?
Vista beta2 is ultimate edition ?
The length of the beta scares me away; but its the ultimate version(everything included). Eventually Vista will be broken up into many versions of condensed editions.
This is the version of versions. It has all the vista features ever will be available. So, get one for prosperity(buy the disk and pay $6).
The software is over complicated especially encripted hdd in its entirety. Otherwise just eye candy mostly. Security may be too much hassle too.
Because its realtime, the memory required will have to support protected threads. So, 1 gb of dimm is not too lavish. May be even on the minimum side. Fully loaded would be a better choice as far as dimms are concerned. Cpu speed may not be critical down to 1 ghz(realtime is done same time). But 3.0 ghz is always recommanded.
Performance enhabcements, I already am having it in WinMe. Hardware drivers are componentized; so a template(compatibility list to be established) maybe needed. Intel extreme video maybe Aero compatible.
IE7.0 maybe still not compatible with Juno(no cookies for Firefox either) as ISP. Hopefully Microsoft had fixed the compatibility problems.
So, its away we go. Vista is waiting to be shaken down. Why wait while its cheap? Three copies for $32.50, two to four weeks delivery.
Is Konqueror a fancy Dillo?
re: konqueror/dillo
Is Konqueror a fancy Dillo?
No. It's KDE's browser and I don't think it shares too much code with any of the geckos. It's my favorite browser with firefox coming in second. So, I guess you could say Tuxmachines is optimized for Konqueror.
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You talk the talk, but do you waddle the waddle?
re: Konqueror
Is Konqueror a fancy Dillo?
No. It's KDE's browser and I don't think it shares too much code with any of the geckos. It's my favorite browser with firefox coming in second. So, I guess you could say Tuxmachines is optimized for Konqueror.
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You talk the talk, but do you waddle the waddle?
It sounds crazy, but I think I like Konqueror better than I do Firefox. Maybe it's my obsessive-compulsive need to load Firefox down with extensions which makes Konqueror seem so much faster...
I still need to test whether BugMeNot works better with Konqueror. I know that I put a false vote of "Doesn't work" on many user/pass combos in Firefox until I tried them in IE... makes me shudder to think what would have happened if I had actually PAID for those subscriptions.