USALUG.com: Jason Spisak of Lycoris

“USALUG: I looked on your website, and tried to
download a version of Lycoris. I looked and looked, but I have to
pay fifty dollars to buy it. All major distributions of Linux are
offered in media form, and sold for a price to support the
community. Until recently, all or nearly all of these distributions
also offered a free downloadable version. Before Red Hat halted on
the production of Red Hat Linux it was selling and providing free
versions of its distribution. With many questions, I shall attempt
to make them few, What makes Lycoris a product that people are
going to pay for rather than download a free distribution?

“Jason Spisak: Actually you are
incorrect. You cannot download Suse, Lindows, Xandros for free and
there are probably a few others. But beyond that, Lycoris is not a
Linux distribution. Desktop/LX is a desktop operating system. We
have created a cohesive whole out of many parts. We mind the
dependencies, trimmed down the application set, simplified the
interface. Lycoris has put a lot of work into making a viable
desktop product that an average, non-techincal user can sit down
with and be productive right away. That’s what people pay Lycoris
for. To make sure everything works. To not have to worry about
downloading and compiling. To not have to use the CLI. To not have
to worry about library revisions. Lycoris is available for the
non-technical user. Essentially, the non-Linux user…”

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