this could be very interesting.. but have to be VERY tightly controlled because it will be using ACTUAL windows code


anyway we might be able to hack in DWM possibly from a longhorn build?

i just like the shiny glass stuff xD



what about history fr a code name?
because as i understand it this OS will be built from the best of the past

also ide like to join the team...

Hey, I'll join in, i just quit at http://www.startforce.com (leading webtop/webos) as Project/Product Manager, so i should have some management/QA skills we could use here.

As a side project, me and a couple of other people is re-doing LH4074 as a webtop on longhorn.dk

But offcourse, there is allways room for one more.

* Do we Have a bugzilla/bug tracking for "it" ?
* Are you using a SVN server for code checkin ?
* Do we have a QA team setup ?
* Do we have a wiki/forum/etc. to track what we are doing ?
* How do we track changes to the code etc. ?

I don't know about that. But the Starforce is not that bad of a Webtop.

yeah i would like to sign up to the project as a beta tester please

Go ahead and PM Whistler2600 to join in.

UXThemePatch.exe

Put me in the list for beta testing

Try to PM Whistler2600

Done.

Hmm a lot of people are really interested in this
Maybe we can get this done by the start of 2010

OH, can someone tell me where the pic for winver is held?

You mean my winver? The on I just finished up last night?

Hmm nvm I just edited a pic of the full thing instead of the bar on the top...
I think Illinois is kinda redneck (no offense), it makes this image in my head:

Hmmm... Not that bad.

thx....png has crappy quality sometimes....

So.....possible codenames and others I'm trying to think of:
Onyx
Illinois
Topaz
Ultraviolet
Infrared
Peanut Butter
Lazer
Fusion

+1 for Peanut Butter

I still think BA-OS would be a neat one... simple, easy, clean... SHORT! =)
codename pizzaboy has a nice ring to it =P

I've just prepped a few of my systems with fresh disks, clean CD Drives (most were ripped from the units for use in other systems) and decided to go a little crazy by re-installing my Mac 6100 SoftWindows VM to see what this OS can do...

My nickname is vm.Xenon? I didn't know.
It's funny
From Intel processor to inert gaz

So, Whistler2600, can you delete this little mistake please?


Hm... Vmware is already using this name for Hypervisor for Mac (Vmware Fusion).

And +10 for Peanut Butter
And what's about "Infrared"? It's looks like... Windows Codename Infrared...

i dont know about that because the uxtheme patch can cause explorer.exe to crash

plus we can do more with actual DWM

because the LH themes are already signed....
and if we really need we could try a live patch

that within windows put out and is working on..


but that stuff is mostly cosmetic

But anyway.
When and where would be a forum for this project be online?
When and where are we distributing builds?

I hope that this project is not cancelled before it even really begins (like with so many projects).

If we started to talk about Longhorn. May be we will put in sidebar?

Let's hope not. I already have the winver ready to go.


It would be a waste of an app.





I don't know. Maybe.

It would have to be the RTM sidebar or something or something close to RTM.
The early sidebar is integrated into the explorer as .NET program.

I'm signing out for the night.

So, any concepts for this OS?
Faster than the current Windows, or more feature loaded?
(PS. Do not try fixing WinFS.)

i dont know abut the feasibility of this project.. it would be very nice.. but what worrys me the most is actual windows code being used

if its able to be kept air tight and dis associated with BA then it might not be so bad..






its using server 2k3 with actual nt4 code
besides that winFS beta 1 is on the M1 server

May I suggest, to keep BA from another LHR style fiasco... that we DO NOT USE "Microsoft" or "Windows" in this project? It will keep alot of heat off of BA if we omit use of those 2 words in this custom OS, and it will make it seem less murky when it comes to using parts of the Windows source...