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Lycoris - Linux for the Masses?
Dejected @Work writes "MSNBC.com, a definitely sketchy source of Linux information, just came out with an article "Linux for the Masses" about the ease of installing Lycoris(formerly Redmond Linux) on the desktop. The author even concluded you can 'fall in love with an ever-easier-to-use operating system.' It sounds like great news but am I missing something?" Several favorable reviews of this distro recently. It looks like all you have to do to get the reviewers on your side is to let them play solitaire during the install. :) Update: 04/13 14:53 GMT by T : Eric Krout also suggests the two-part review (part one and part two) over on monolinux.
Betcha Microsoft will have the article taken down within the hour! Anyone want to put some money in the pool? How long will it take them to take it down? 20 minutes... few hours? Heh.
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I can just see it now: Clueless newbies installing "Lycoris" over and over again just to play more solitaire. And all the while they'll be saying, "I thought this Linux thing was supposed to be more efficient than Windows."
Think I'm kidding? Never underestimate the resourcefulness of the average idiot.
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Just as well they changed the name - otherwise people would start thinking M$ had started bringing out Linux distros. :-D
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honestly, it looks more like it rhymes with "Clitoris"...perhaps *that's* why it gets such favorable reviews
worth reading just to see an MSNBC reporter type those words!
Does the reviewer know who he works for?
First he gives an accurate description of his experience installing Linux and names several positive and truthful attributes. Then he says
"...watch the BBC on RealPlayer"
He's asking for it.
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paraphrase:
I booted the laptop into Windows XP Home, inserted the Lycoris CD, and rebooted. A few seconds later I was greeted with the install program's Welcome screen. I pressed the Start button. I was then asked to confirm what the installation had discovered: that I had a 2-button mouse and a standard keyboard with Windows keys. It knew my video card and monitor, asked me to confirm the monitor's screen resolution and asked where I wanted to install the OS.
At this point I stopped to itch my arm. I itched it lightly, but with enough pressure to relieve the scratchy sensation. I looked to my right, and there I saw my dilbert calendar, my coffee cup, and my mouse. I used my hand to hold onto the mouse and click the buttons to continue.
Hey GUY, don't tell us every lousy second of what you did just to lengthen the word count on your story! Just say, "I installed it, it was easy."
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I would've done more, but the site seems to have gotten /.ed as I was writing this helpful post.
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... Principal Skinner?!?!
WTF kind of picture is that?
Maybe the NSA needs to do this when they cut 'n' paste a 6-inch resolution satellite image of an entire axis-of-evil country into a powerpoint slide for W. (They are reported to have a budget that enables them to actually buy Adobe software.)
For the fact that instead of calling me up every day, and me having to drive 100 miles out there once a month and have to waste an hour of my time defragging or installing Bonzi Buddy for her, I can now just ssh in and do everything there. I even put icons on her desktop like "Click ME for MAIL!!!", "Click ME for Word!". :) She's actually spreading the word about how she has no problems. She has SOME, but I ssh in twice a week and detele all the NEW FILE.txt and NEW FOLDER 79 in her home directory :)
Now she thinks she's a guru
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