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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I tried Redmond Linux given as a free release with a recent UK Linux magazine. Installation was attempted on several PCs, to no avail. Other Linux versions including Red Hat and Mandrake were relatively easily installed on these later, using year-old releases from Cheep Linux. Redmond were well advised to change their name to Lycoris, because thousands of people like me got to try a poorly finished release of Redmond, and would not be willing to pay anything for an unfinished project. I don't know why they give away shoddy releases, as it damages their reputation long-term.