Lycoris, (formerly Redmond Linux Corp.), was started in the year 2000 with the intent to make free software easy enough for anyone to use. [1] Redmond Linux was founded by Joseph Cheek, an entrepreneur who had previously worked for Linuxcare. [2] In late 2001 it merged with embedded systems company DeepLinux; the merged entity was named Redmond Linux Corporation.[3] The company's first product was Redmond Linux Personal, an easy-to-use Linux desktop operating system. The company was renamed Lycoris in January 2002 and its assets were acquired by Mandriva on June 15, 2005.[4]
The flagship product of Lycoris was Lycoris Desktop/LX, a Linux distribution. The company was based in Maple Valley, Washington, USA.[5]
[edit] Lycoris Desktop/LX
Lycoris Desktop/LX installer was originally based on Caldera's Workstation 3.1 Linux distribution with the rest of the distribution built from the kernel up.[6][7] Desktop/LX loaded ready for Internet access, office productivity, multimedia, entertainment, and more.[citation needed] The desktop and applications looked a lot like Microsoft Windows XP, right down to the background image (http://www.osnews.com/img/5517/lycoris1.jpg) that shipped with the software.[8]
Lycoris is currently part of Mandriva.
[edit] External links
- Download Lycoris Desktop/LX 1.4 45-day evaluation version
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