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Lycoris Desktop/LX

Last Update: Tuesday 2 June 2009 04:24 GMT




Lycoris is located in Maple Valley, Washington. The corporation was founded in 2000 by Joseph Cheek with a vision of making Linux simple enough for everyone and pioneered the Linux based home-user desktop by offering. Lycoris packages Open Source applications for the consumer market and integrates them into Desktop/LX, its simple, robust operating system. Lycoris has enjoyed amazingly positive press coverage in Time Magazine and other publications. Lycoris is positioning itself as the leading provider of the best Linux based operating system specifically targeted for the desktop market, whether purchased separately or pre-installed on Desktop/LX PCs. Update: Lycoris ceased to be an independent distribution after it was acquired by Mandriva in June 2005.


Lycoris Summary
Distribution Lycoris Desktop/LX (formerly Redmond Linux)
Home Page http://www.lycoris.com
Mailing Lists --
User Forums http://www.lycoris.org/forum.php
Documentation http://www.lycoris.org/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=1
Screenshots SEO Expert Consultants
Download Mirrors http://www.lycoris.com/download
Related Web Sites Lycoris CommunityLycoris ProductivityPakLycoris GamePakNorwegian Desktop/LX User Portal
Reviews 1.4: TuxmeNewsForgeAmarantus.usppcnerds.org
Amethyst3: OSNewsZone 365Linux.comLinux FreedomOSNews
Amethyst2: Rabid HardwareRichard DrummondVallejo NewsTechSeekersExtremeTechASE LabsOSNewsModemnetONLampPCW
Amethyst1: Linux MuseOSNewsExtremeTech
Productivity Pack: Linux Freedom
Where To Buy The Lycoris Store

Recent Related News
 • 2004-11-01: Lycoris Desktop/LX 1.4 Available for Download
 • 2004-09-14: Distribution Release: Lycoris Desktop/LX 1.4
 • 2004-08-18: Distribution Release: Lycoris Desktop/LX 1.4
 • 2004-06-04: Distribution Announcement: Lycoris Desktop/LX 1.4
 • 2004-04-13: Lycoris Desktop/LX Amethyst Update 3: The Complete Review
 • 2004-02-25: A Comprehensive Review of Lycoris Software

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Feature 1.4
Build 212
Update3
Build 168
Update2
Build 46
Update1
Build 44
Amethyst
Build 43
Release Date 2004/09/13 2004/02/18 2002/07/27 2002/01/11 2001/12/10
Price (US$) 40 - 75 40 - 50 20 - 40 20 20
CDs 1 - 3 1 - 3 3 3 3
Free Download -- ISO, 45-day evaluation ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE
Package Management RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM
Office Suite KOffice KOffice KOffice KOffice KOffice
Processor Architecture i586 i586 i386 i386 i386
Journaled File Systems ext3 ext3 -- -- --
Multilingual es es es es --
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- --
Package 1.4
Build 212
Update3
Build 168
Update2
Build 46
Update1
Build 44
Amethyst
Build 43
abiword (2.8.1) -- -- -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.0.22) 1.0.4 0.9.8 -- -- --
amarok (2.2.2)          
ati-driver (8.690)          
bind (9.6.1-P3) 8.3.3 8.3.3 8.2.3 8.2.3 8.2.3
compiz (0.8.4)          
cups (1.4.2) 1.1.20 1.1.18 1.1.12 1.1.12 1.1.10
db (4.8.26) 4.2.50 2.7.7 2.7.7 2.7.7 2.7.7
dhcp (4.1.1) 3.0pl2 3.0pl2 3.0b2pl9 3.0b2pl9 3.0b2pl9
emacs (23.1) -- -- -- -- --
evolution (2.28.2) -- -- -- -- --
firefox (3.6) -- -- -- -- --
freetype (2.3.11) 2.1.9 2.1.7 2.0.9 2.0.1 2.0.1
gcc (4.4.3) -- -- 2.95.2 2.95.2 2.95.2
gimp (2.6.8) 2.0.2 1.2.5 1.2.2 1.2.2 1.1.29
glibc (2.11.1) 2.2.5 2.2.5 2.2.2 2.2.2 2.2.2
gnucash (2.2.9) -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.8.4) -- -- -- -- --
grub (1.97.2) 0.94 0.93 0.5.96.1 0.5.96.1 0.5.96.1
gtk+ (2.18.6) 2.4.1 2.2.4 1.2.8 1.2.8 1.2.8
hal (0.5.14)          
httpd (2.2.14) -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (0.47)          
jre (6u18)          
k3b (1.0.5) 0.11.9 -- -- -- --
kdebase (4.4.0) 3.2.3 2.2.2c 2.2.2 2.2.2 2.2.2
Package 1.4
Build 212
Update3
Build 168
Update2
Build 46
Update1
Build 44
Amethyst
Build 43
koffice (2.1.1) 1.3.2 1.1.1 1.1.1 1.1.1 1.0
libgnome (2.28.0) -- -- -- -- --
linux (2.6.32.8) 2.4.27 2.4.22 2.4.18 2.4.12 2.4.12
module-init-tools (3.11.1) -- -- -- -- --
mono (2.6.1)          
mysql (5.1.43) -- -- -- 3.23.33 --
nautilus (2.28.4) -- -- -- -- --
NVIDIA (190.53)          
OpenOffice.org (3.2.0) -- -- -- -- --
openssh (5.3p1) 3.8.1p1 3.6.1p2 3.4p1 3.0.2p1 2.9p2
openssl (0.9.8l) 0.9.7d 0.9.7c 0.9.6c 0.9.6 0.9.6
perl (5.10.1) 5.8.4 5.6.0 5.6.0 5.6.0 5.6.0
php (5.3.1) -- -- -- 4.0.4pl1 --
pidgin (2.6.5) -- -- -- -- --
postfix (2.6.5) -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (8.4.2) -- -- -- -- --
Python (3.1.1) 2.3.4 2.2.3 1.5.2 1.5.2 1.5.2
qt-x11 (4.6.1) 3.2.3 2.3.1 2.3.1 2.3.1 2.3.2
samba (3.4.5) 2.2.10 2.2.8a 2.2.1a 2.2.1a 2.2.1a
sendmail (8.14.4) -- -- -- 8.11.1 --
thunderbird (3.0.1) -- -- -- -- --
udev (151)          
vim (7.2) 6.2 6.2 6.0 5.7 5.7
xfce (4.6.1) -- -- -- -- --
xine-lib (1.1.17) 1-rc5 1-rc0a 0.9.10 0.9.7 0.9.6
xorg-server (1.7.4) -- -- -- -- --

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