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Lycoris Build 71 Beckons For Your Desktop
PenguinRenegade writes "Lycoris has released a new Beta, Build 71. Lycoris is not a Linux distro for those who already know Linux, but more for the masses, for those who want to migrate from Windows, and don't really want anything to do with the command line. Lycoris Desktop/LX equipped computers are available from Wal-Mart starting at $268.00 (build 46). It's a great OS for the masses, $30 or less, $19.99 from the company if you download your own and just want the Product ID. Registered users get REAL e-mail support and full access to IRIS, an RPM-based click-to-install program base." (There's no cost to download the beta.)
There is no true Minesweeper for Linux, unfortunately. The version that comes with GNOME is a cheap knock-off which does not support all of the original Minesweeper's features. And it's a damn shame, too, because it's the one killer app which is keeping me a slave to my Windows partition. :-(
Don't believe me? Press under Windows Minesweeper after you have lost a game. Then do the same under GNOME's version.
Stop whineing and start WINEing
Like Windows for the enterprise.
Its just plain Howard Stern style wrong.
An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi
I thought it read "IRIX" and the train of thought went something alone the lines of
euphoria: IRIX boxens for $289 from Wal-mart!
dawn of disillusionment: Why would I use a hacked up linux distro if IRIX came with it for free?
total disallusionment: Awww crap it's IRIS, not IRIX.
bitterness and depression: Awww crap it's IRIS based on PRMs.
[goes back to Gentoo, sighing]
My life in the land of the rising sun.
...hardware compatibility list. You've got to appreciate a 404 for that!
Since I'm not a graphics guy and I don't play games, the switch was pretty easy for me
You don't play games?>> Infidel!
Yes, my only tool is a hammer. And you're starting to look like a nail.
Companies are not leveraging Linux's remote access abilities for the end users. This gives the user a perfect box an a constant stream of cash for the support company. Most will not care if you log into a part of their system and do a weekly fix/backup/upgrade as long as you present it in the right way. The privacy concern is no greater than giving your box to a computer shop for a couple of day.
/home/victoria/MyPics/me&jennie.PNGm mrrrr..."
OMG, imagine the possibilities!
_BOFH_Mode=ON_
SCANNING...
open
+gulp+
"Hmm
Clickety-Click".
Heh.
*RINGRING*
"Hi, this is Victoria. My machine seems to be broken. Any idea what happened? I realise it's late..."
"Oh, Hi, Victoria. Shame you're having trouble. Let me see here....Yup. Can't log in - seems dead."
"Oh no. Jenny and I are here in our PJs studying for our "Human Sexuality" final exam tomorrow. In our PJs..."
"I'll be right there..."
>:-]
Soko
"Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm." - Anonymous