Review: Lycoris is Desktop Dream [LWN.net]

ExtremeTech reviews Lycoris Desktop/LX. "I personally used Lycoris Desktop/LX, Amethyst Release, Update 1 on a regular basis between February and July. I was very happy with it, enough so that it got more use on my desktop than either Mandrake or Libranet, my two other personal favorites. But when Amethyst Release, Update 2 (Build 46) came out, I was even more impressed."

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Close but no cigar

Posted Oct 26, 2002 6:10 UTC (Sat) by jonth (subscriber, #4008) [Link]

I have to say that Lycoris is the Linux distro that I keep an eye on as the one that will allow me to remove my W2K partition in my home - I use Linux at work and at home, but as a 'family' distribution, Debian is a bit too hairy. Lycoris is much better at shepherding users through the simple things.

There are only two things missing from Lycoris that prevent me biting the bullet. The first is OpenOffice. Like it or not, I need compatibility with M$Office - in both directions. KOffice doesn't cut it, because it doesn't have an output filter for most of the M$ apps. Forget RTF - it's not good enough.

The second is a bit more unfortunate: When I upgrade X to the most recent version with the update wizard, it refuses to work with my monitor/video card combination (ATI Rage IIC/AOC LM-500). I've tried manually putting in the correct settings, but I just get a blank screen. I think it's running at too high a vertical refresh for the monitor, but try as I might, I can't persuade it to do otherwise.

Review: Lycoris is Desktop Dream

Posted Oct 27, 2002 15:30 UTC (Sun) by larryn (guest, #3457) [Link]

Might be off-topic but have you tried SuSe8.1. I was shocked! Hardware detection is awesome! I configure Samba printer thru Yast2. No problem. Plug in my digital camera (Olympus C-4000 USB), an icon for the camera shows up on my desktop :) I can access the camera by clicking on the icon. No configuration needed.

Give it a try!