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The Ready Room => Off Topic => Topic started by: rad4Christ on June 08, 2006, 11:07:23 AM

Title: Windows Vista Beta2 Free to the Public
Post by: rad4Christ on June 08, 2006, 11:07:23 AM

You can go here for more info: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/preview.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/preview.mspx)

However, when trying to actually download it, it gives you a message of being too busy. Below is the direct link to the 32-bit version in English

http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/previe...CFRE_EN_DVD.iso (http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/preview/beta2/en/x86/iso/vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_x86fre_client-LB2CFRE_EN_DVD.iso)

Title: Windows Vista Beta2 Free to the Public
Post by: devicenull on June 08, 2006, 04:01:03 PM

I don't want it.
When I get my new hardware.. I'm going with Debian.  I'm specifcally getting a NVidia card, due to better linux support.

Microsoft's last stunt with WGA is too much for me, I'm basically done with windows.

Title: Windows Vista Beta2 Free to the Public
Post by: 2_of_8 on June 08, 2006, 04:32:47 PM

A nice response in the CAL forums, went something like this:

"I'll just stick with my Windows Vista theme, thanks" :D

Title: Windows Vista Beta2 Free to the Public
Post by: Fewlio on June 08, 2006, 09:58:18 PM

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"I'll just stick with my Windows Vista theme, thanks" :D

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That one made me laugh.

Title: Windows Vista Beta2 Free to the Public
Post by: lolfighter on June 09, 2006, 11:47:48 AM

WGA?

Title: Windows Vista Beta2 Free to the Public
Post by: Black Mage on June 09, 2006, 01:05:43 PM

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I don't want it.
When I get my new hardware.. I'm going with Debian.  I'm specifcally getting a NVidia card, due to better linux support.

Microsoft's last stunt with WGA is too much for me, I'm basically done with windows.

[snapback]55862[/snapback]

bah, you and your binaries. RICER MODE: ENGAGE! (http://funroll-loops.org/) (gentoo)

Title: Windows Vista Beta2 Free to the Public
Post by: Fewlio on June 09, 2006, 02:39:43 PM

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I don't want it.
When I get my new hardware.. I'm going with Debian.  I'm specifcally getting a NVidia card, due to better linux support.

Microsoft's last stunt with WGA is too much for me, I'm basically done with windows.

[snapback]55862[/snapback]

bah, you and your binaries. RICER MODE: ENGAGE! (http://funroll-loops.org/) (gentoo)

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I'd laugh if I understood anything there.

Title: Windows Vista Beta2 Free to the Public
Post by: Black Mage on June 10, 2006, 03:50:25 AM

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"There are so many steps involved in tweaking the last uumph out of your linux system- and it really is a work of art to pull it off- I have used many different kernels and all sorts of optimization combinations-yesterday I finally used -noatime and -notail for my reiserfs file system: The single biggest performance boost I have yet to see-now I can have gnome2.2 running using gnome-terminal to compile the latest j2sdk from source (nice -n 19)while browsing with mozilla while running e17 in a seperate login with two eterms and run Unreal Tournament at full speed (this with an apache webserver running for my dyndns pseudo-domain and a mysql for my answering-machine software for my isdn card-which keeps track of all incomming phonecalls and manages my telephone book app and ntfsd/sshd/dhcp server/squid)..."

i wish i didn't understand anything there

Title: Windows Vista Beta2 Free to the Public
Post by: Necrosis on June 13, 2006, 11:41:47 AM

You know when you're getting old when such rational conversations sound like gibberish.