Lycoris Announces Desktop/LX Tablet Edition

penguinrenegade writes "Lycoris has announced the release of a new Tablet Edition of their popular Desktop/LX Operating System. There are several screenshots in the tour, and it looks like a really polished system, including some of the things that you'd really need in a Tablet, like the virtual keyboard, actually working. It appears according to one page that there are already Tablets in production by some manufacturer, too. So much for Bill Gates and his vision of only Microsoft on a Tablet, eh?"

Comments

Why?

[UTaimSRC]

Just because Microsoft created the TabletPC does not mean that it needs Linux as the competition. The TabletPC will fail without Linux's help because there is a very small niche for the product.

Re:Why?

[Barlo_Mung_42]

"because there is a very small niche for the product."

Small niches can be very successful. Apple is doing just fine thank you very much.

Additional Information

[Bame Flait]

I've managed to uncover the manufacturer - their web site is here

Rumor has it that there are stylus limitations, however.

Re:Additional Information

[Snoopy77]

Rumor has it that there are stylus limitations, however.

Yeah, but the reboot times are out of this world.

Re:virtual keyboard

[diatonic]

There are many tablet PCs without real keyboards built in.

Linux GUI Design

[straterpatrick]

I don't understand why the 'evolution' of Linux means that it become more and more like Windows. If Windows is the bad (not that I'm saying it is) why do all Linux apps try to emulate it. From OpenOffice.org to Licoris, why are we stuck using Windows Graphic Design and Interfaces. I mean if you really want to copy a GUI why not look to Mac OS X?
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Tablet XGalaga???

[maxmg]

To display the abilities of applications written specifically for Desktop/LX Tablet Edition, Lycoris has created Tablet XGalaga, a customized version of the arcade-inspired open source program. Now you can experience the power at your fingertips!

In related news, Microsoft commented on the perceived threat to their tablet PC platform:
"Even though this is a pretty slick move on their part, our developers are working right now on a new and improved version of TabletMinesweeper. Not only will it feature much bigger buttons, we will also include improved 16-color graphics and at least two different sound effects. That oughtta show them who's boss."

But seriously, if you want to show off the power of your high-tech bleeding edge computing platform, don't use GALAGA, for god's sake!

Why is why?

[fm6]

Why are you so sure the tablet PC is doomed? It's just a slight evolution of the laptop concept -- and laptops are pretty popular. Sure tablets are overhyped and most of the "features" are useless, but that's true of a lot of products. Doesn't mean the basic idea isn't sound.

I, for one, am looking forward to the day when I can recline on my couch and surf the web or read an ebook with the same ease I now read a paperback. Yeah, you can do that with a laptop, but it's awkward. You don't always need a keyboard.

Touchscreen?

[Anonymous Coward]

Touchscreens suck for Tablets. I've been using a Toshiba Tablet PC since March and love that the screen is not sensitive to TOUCH, but only activated by the special PEN. That means when I rest my hand on the "page" to write in the journal the screen doesn't erroneously respond to that pressure as it does on those (cheaper) models which are touch sensitive. Also, when I flip my pen around it is recognized as an eraser. That, with the real-time feedback, makes it feel so much like writing on paper that I brush the "eraser shards" after erasing. When I use those other Tablets that are touch sensitive, I'd hate it.

Please tell me Lycoris' Tablet supports WACOM pads...

The free software myth.

[mindstrm]

Free software is not about what you think it is about. It's about freedom for the software itself.

Free software is not about giving away software for free. If you can take free software, and bundle it in such a way that you have an edge, and can make money off it... that's great. Go for it.

Yes, Lindows did do a lot of work to make linux get out there into people's homes. They have a deal with a MAJOR outlet to sell lindows preloaded on pcs. That sounds good to me.

It's not the job of everyone who works with open source to "promote open source". Not everyone is a holy crusader.

Lindows has caused a lot of people to use linux who otherwise wouldn't, becuase of how their products are sold. They abide by the licenses of the software they are given, and found a way to profit from it. That's not something to complain about.. and frankly, all the complaining every time someone makes money off open source while still complying with licenses is what gives open source a bad name.

Do I think lindows is technically a great feat? Hell no, but I don't see anything wrong with what they are doing. If you release something under GPL, you should not be upset when someone takes it, packages it, and sells it. Your license, after all, permitted it.

If the authors did not want people to sell or use their products in this manner, the licenses would refect that fact.

Handwriting Recognition

[Poeir]

I checked the site, and I couldn't find any mention of handwriting recognition. Does anyone have any idea what the quality of the Lycoris' (or another Linux distro for tablet PCs) handwriting recognition quality is?

Also, where could I buy this, and what would it cost?