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monolinux.com: Linux For The Everyday Desktop – The Lycoris Experience

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 12, 2002

“Lycoris (formerly Redmond Linux) is one of the many Linux
distributions on the market now aiming to be the Windows
replacement for the open source user. The pros and cons of this
subject have been covered by better correspondents than myself, but
the basic argument tends to be that in order for free/open-source
software and Linux in particular to succeed, there need to be user
friendly distributions of Linux that are easy to install and
administrate, at least when compared to their Windows
counterparts…

“With that purpose in mind what we have seen over the last 12
months are the development of a number of Linux Distributions aimed
in this direction, boasting all you can eat pre configured software
installations, games and simple installers. Lycoris takes this a
step further with a simple Installation and a fully featured
installation set which aims to be a one-disc install for
all…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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