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Lycoris Desktop/LX update 2 Released

David writes "Redmond Linux Corp has just released Lycoris Desktop/LX Update 2 (build 46 final). Relatively user-friendly, loads of goodies and nice features. Should give Lindows a run for its money. Who says Linux is dead on the desktop? ;-)"

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  1. Re:Network browser by XavierXeon · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is Konqueror and as such not available for Gnome.

    However it is possible to run KDE apps from within Gnome if you have KDE installed.

  2. Re:Where's the Source? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative
    Where's the Source?
    It is here
  3. Lycoris Reactions by jaaron · · Score: 4, Informative

    I tried out Lycoris a while ago when I was exploring other distros. I was really pleased with the overall experience. Generally user friendly, clean interface, network browser worked well for me, and the forums on the company web site were very friendly and helpful. All in all, I think Lycoris is probably the best Linux desktop available for an average [windows] computer user (not the average linux user that is).

    My only gripe was that so much software I'm used to finding on a unix-like OS was simply missing. Unless you knew better, you ended up after the initial install with out a compiler or make or anything to roll your own software. This of course became a hastle when wanted to install new software later.

    My point is, Lycoris is NOT for the linux power user out there (or maybe even average linux user), but then, it isn't targeted to be. For it's target audience, I think Lycoris makes an excellent choice of a Linux desktop (although, one might wonder how much of such an audience exists).

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