Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows: Longhorn Setup and Deployment Strategies

It seems as if that with Longhorn, Microsoft is moving to an OS installation procedure that is more akin to the Linux mode. An OS image consisting of just the kernel and with various add-ons added by OEMs and resellers. Much like the way various Linux distributions work.

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