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Lycoris - Linux for the Masses?

Posted by michael on from the slobbery-praise dept.

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.

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  1. Does it rhyme... by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So, does it rhyme with Lavoris?

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    1. Re:Does it rhyme... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Uh yeah, didn't you ever watch Seinfeld - that's what the joke was all about in the first place. Kind of weird that you get +1 up for being ignorant, while the original remark got modded down for being off-topic, probably because that moderator never watched Seinfeld either...

  2. omfg by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i have an erection

  3. WOOHOO!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I have 100 hours uptime on my WIn98 box!

  4. HEY!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're a dickweed Mike. You truly are.

  5. Re:Easy to use Linux from Redmond? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    no see, doctors should be learning how to compile their kernel instead of researching the latest medical advances, because EVERYONE should be a lifeless geek!

  6. Re:A couple of Lycoris links by HanzoSan · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ok Salesman

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  7. Re:New idea? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yep, tetris

  8. Re:Well hurray by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You are WAY too bitter.

  9. Re:Geez, who taught these people how to... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hehehe

  10. Re:EGO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you don't like it, Microsoft has the way out, troll.

  11. post early post often? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    jeezus... never shut up.... never have a thing to say. maybe if you thought a bit you wouldnt have 2 worthless parent posts and a bunch of useless replies. maybe.

  12. Re:Microsoft endorses Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I agree with IAgreeWithThisPost's post

  13. Re:Microsoft endorses Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't

  14. Re:EGO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't see this post as a troll at all. I think it is the most *consise* assessment of the two forces that drive where linux is now, and what it will become in the future.

    Personally, I hope that "Desktop User" wins. Writing scripts ceased to be exciting about the same time I got my driver's license.

  15. Re:From the article: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And now another mindless Linux distro to add on to the other 189 (last i counted) fragmented distro's. Linux/Windows is for the brain dead! Use real UNIX based OS's!

  16. Re:A couple of Lycoris links by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Naah

    Slashdot shouldn't post your site - maybe they should bill VA for the costs ?

    I've used Lycoris for 6 months and this is the FIRST time the site has ever gone down - so therefore they don't have a problem.

    And as for this shit

    I want to consider their distro but I can't get to it. I'm sure there are people reading this telling me to be patient, but I think that when you are promoting an OS that gets its fame as a server OS, your fucking Internet connection to the rest of the fucking world should not get frozen up when you get popular.

    WRONG CHESTER -its a DESKTOP os, spell that for me of even better still READ THE FUCKING REVIEW YOU RETARDED PIECE OF SLASHDOT SHIT

    Thats whats wrong with this world - cocksuckers like YOU