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Special'''Experimental VM''' is a special version of CollabVM used for testing new features, which launched in 2015 when CollabVM 1.1 released, and has been a main feature of the site since. It has been used to test many historically significant versions of CollabVM, including:
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Special version of CollabVM used for testing new features. It has been used to test many historically significant versions of CollabVM, including:
 
1.1 - The aforementioned C++ rewrite of the older [[Socket.computer|socket.computer]] based "CollabVM 1.0", by Cosmic Sans, who was now the then-lead developer of the site.
 
1.2 - A ever so slight change in the core, which would spark the longest-running line of CollabVM versions in the site's history (1.2 - 1.2.11).
1.2-ts - A TypeScript rewrite of collab-vm-server 1.2, by Elijah, a new face at the time. It's basically meant to function identically to CollabVM 1.2 except the code is a lot more readable and it's not as complicated to setup anymore. It's just a lot more stable too.
 
3.0 - There were several attempts at a "CollabVM 3.0", the first one being the one which was worked on from late 2021-late 2022, by modeco80 who replaced Cosmic Sans as the lead developer of the site. There were many allegations of "feature creeping" at this time. Development took a while. That was canned as well eventually due to the reasons stated before. However, in 2023, new development would start on a new codebase of the same name. Compared to its predecessors, development was very speedy and fast. New features were being implemented at a much greater rate, and successfully at that. Including a custom-written VNC client/protocol, a brand new webapp, and even ''audio''! A much better implementation of it at that! That would make it the first time the site had working audio in 3nearly 4 years!
 
ExperimentalVM is currently being used to host the CollabVM 3.0 public testing, and can be used [https://computernewb.com/experimental-vm/ here]. CollabVM 3.0 is almost finished, and it will release very soon, hopefully by Januarythe start of 2024.
 
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