Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 18th Mar 2002 18:07 UTC
Many companies tried to create a truly easy-to-use Linux distribution, but as they say in Greece "they reached the well, but weren't able to drink water". Corel, Mandrake, Lindows, Xandros, Stormix and many other distros tried or are still trying to bring Linux closer to Windows' ease of use and the millions of the desktop-oriented users. One of the new distributions that has many people impressed so far, is Lycoris (formerly known as 'Redmond Linux'). OSNews tested the latest Lycoris Desktop/LX and here is what we experienced.
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Eugenia, I must complement you on your review of this product. I have used it, and I must say it is nice, but it has a lot of shortcomings.
IMHO, this is closer to a "desktop Linux" than any previous distro, but it's got a long way to go. I'm not entirely sure that it will ever get there. That's the problem with an OS built by Geeks for Geeks. Only geeks can truly use it and appreciate it. Even the things that supposedly make it easier - like KDE - they are still extremely complicated for a new user.
Can't someone design a user-friendly desktop operating system thats as easy to use as Windows? Oh, wait... that was the BeOS. Guess we'll have to wait for OpenBeOS....