Usable Longhorn Builds?
Usable Longhorn Builds?
Does anybody know of a list of Longhorn builds that can be run in a usable state in a Virtualised environment? (VirtualBox/VMWare/qEmu).
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Can you define "usable"?
Most are usable in the sense they can be installed and boot okay. Just a matter of setting the BIOS date back. If you are wanting stability... You're not going to find it with pre-reset and early post-reset builds. But that is the neat thing about betas. It's honestly down to personal preference, what build you like the best. Why not just play around with a few and see what works for you best. For me, I personally like 4074.
Most are usable in the sense they can be installed and boot okay. Just a matter of setting the BIOS date back. If you are wanting stability... You're not going to find it with pre-reset and early post-reset builds. But that is the neat thing about betas. It's honestly down to personal preference, what build you like the best. Why not just play around with a few and see what works for you best. For me, I personally like 4074.
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IMO, the king of Longhorn stability is 3790.1232.
It's literally Server 2003 SP1 RC. You can slipstream SP2 into it and it will function as windows server 2003 with an XP skn.
It's literally Server 2003 SP1 RC. You can slipstream SP2 into it and it will function as windows server 2003 with an XP skn.
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Pre reset? 4001 may be the most usable. Post reset? 5048 and 5270 are most usable IMO, most unusable are 4093 and 5259 IMO.
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Based on my experience:
Before reset: 3718 and 4001 are good. Builds between 4008 and 4039 features lots of bugs that compromise stability, probably because of many features being added at the time. 4042 was the best for me, worked very well and was fast too in VMware. 4051 had a huge memory leak that was fixed in 4053, which is almost as good as 4042. 4074 is the best mix probably, as it includes lots of features and a decent stabilty, but I still think that 4042 and 4053 are the best.
After reset: Builds such as 5048, 5112, 5219, 5231 up to 5259 were not so fast and stable, and I also remember a weak compatibility with software. From 5270 and above they are quite usable and a lot faster.
Before reset: 3718 and 4001 are good. Builds between 4008 and 4039 features lots of bugs that compromise stability, probably because of many features being added at the time. 4042 was the best for me, worked very well and was fast too in VMware. 4051 had a huge memory leak that was fixed in 4053, which is almost as good as 4042. 4074 is the best mix probably, as it includes lots of features and a decent stabilty, but I still think that 4042 and 4053 are the best.
After reset: Builds such as 5048, 5112, 5219, 5231 up to 5259 were not so fast and stable, and I also remember a weak compatibility with software. From 5270 and above they are quite usable and a lot faster.
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Fantastic, very helpful thank you!Valerio wrote:Based on my experience:
Before reset: 3718 and 4001 are good. Builds between 4008 and 4039 features lots of bugs that compromise stability, probably because of many features being added at the time. 4042 was the best for me, worked very well and was fast too in VMware. 4051 had a huge memory leak that was fixed in 4053, which is almost as good as 4042. 4074 is the best mix probably, as it includes lots of features and a decent stabilty, but I still think that 4042 and 4053 are the best.
After reset: Builds such as 5048, 5112, 5219, 5231 up to 5259 were not so fast and stable, and I also remember a weak compatibility with software. From 5270 and above they are quite usable and a lot faster.
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Most useable in my experience is 3683, the least usable is 4039. In post reset 5048 is pretty stable and the least usable is probably the RTM
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6002 is by far the most usable build, but that's probably not the answer you're looking for. Check out 3683, 4053, and maybe 5048. 5456, and the RC1, 5600 should also be decent, but I haven't extensively used anything older than 6000/6001/6002.
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Thanks for the info guys.
I'll give all the ones you have mentioned a try if I can find them.
Appreciate it!
I'll give all the ones you have mentioned a try if I can find them.
Appreciate it!
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3718, 4029, 5259
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I did try some Longhorn builds on real hardware, and I'd say the most stable one out of all of them is 4074.
Indeed, there was a memory leak in Explorer.exe, but sure, it was a lot better than a build like 4093 is.
Indeed, there was a memory leak in Explorer.exe, but sure, it was a lot better than a build like 4093 is.
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I'll be installing them in VMWare / VirtualBox fortunately!
I'll give all the ones listed here a try though so thanks everyone!
I'll give all the ones listed here a try though so thanks everyone!
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Windows Longhorn Build 4008 , 4015 , 4074
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4074 is the one with the best support and knowledge about so I'd recommend that one, it was also the first one I tried and it worked fairly okay.
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Re: Usable Longhorn Builds?
For the most part, most builds of Longhorn are "usable". There are some strange bugs in the later builds (We all know about the Longhorn development trouble) & the earlier builds lack in features that were later cut or changed, but in terms of usability I've found them all to be pretty solid.