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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?"
I've managed to uncover the manufacturer - their web site is here
Rumor has it that there are stylus limitations, however.
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!
I asked for a refund - and got my monkey back.
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.