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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A nice review. Too high final ratings.
I miss some performance descriptions, like a Konqueror torture test, filemanaging speeds, overall speeds, resources use, drag&drop behaviour, and TTfonts rendering. Besides that, all in all I think I got a fair review of the product.
After reading it I thought: well I still couldn't care less about Lycoris whereas I'm waiting since past September for the Xandros Linux release, and nowadays I'd rather use Mandrake Linux if I look for ease of use in Linux (otherwise Slackware). Agree with B on the Negative Foreshadowing. I may buy a Xandros copy, I won't even mind with Lycoris.
Noble effort indeed, troubled children they are, but they can't skip final judgement. Not Prepared for the Desktop.
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