Lycoris Linux available at Walmart

Lycoris Boxed Software Rolled Out at Walmart.com

Redmond, WA - February 19th, 2003 - As another example of leadership in 
the consumer Linux desktop space, Lycoris is the first alternative 
operating system company to be selling its boxed products at Walmart.com 
for under $50 each.  Consumers, businesses, and schools can now buy the 
Desktop/LX OS and the ProductivityPak office suite, as well as pre-order 
the hot new GamePak directly from Walmart.com.   Lycoris offers low-cost 
alternatives to Microsoft's core products and has enabled consumers to 
buy an entire desktop OS for $29.95 and office suite for $49.95 for the 
first time from the same company.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product_listing.gsp?cat=111335&path=0%3A3944%3A3951%3A3954%3A111335

The exciting new Desktop/LX operating system includes the  following
incredible software features without any additional downloading:

* With support for over 170 Digital Cameras, 850 printers and scanner 
support, your digital pictures jump to life
* Includes a full photo editing suite with over 25 filters, layers, 
transparency, and capable of opening and saving select Photoshop(R) files
* Pump up the volume with Ogg Vorbis, MP3, CDs and WAV digital music, 
streaming music, playlists, and online music database access
* Be productive right out of the box with the included lite Word
Processor, Address book, Calendar, Spreadsheet and Presentation software
* Watch DivX, AVI, Mpeg, files and other supported formats full screen
with dynamic sound
* Communicate digitally via email, AOL(R) instant messages, and relay chat
* Send and view digital faxes
* Pre-configured with RealPlayer(R), Flash(R) plugin,
Java(R) and Acrobat Reader(R), the built in Web Browser  gives you an
interactive Internet experience
* Burn your own music CD's and backup your data onto CD-R or CD-RW.
* Maximize your home network by viewing shared files with the Network 
Browser
* Simple right click file sharing
* Built-in Firewall for air-tight Internet security
* Data snapshot, backup, and recovery program for configuration changes
* Video Recovery mode
* Use Desktop Sharing to export your desktop for remote control or
demonstrations on the network
* Powerful Remote Assistance included for fixing problems via the Internet
* 10 games including Tetris(TM), Solitaire, Galaga(TM), and Asteroids(TM)
* Take the product tour at http://www.lycoris.com/products/desktoplx/

All this software is included for the $29.95 price with no hidden
charges or additional fees.  Another added feature of Desktop/LX is
unlimited access to the Iris Software Gallery with each Desktop/LX
purchase, where users can download hand-picked software with one click.
Choose from categories like Internet and Networking, Productivity,
Games and Puzzles, Pictures and Photos, Music and Movies, Accessories,
Desktop and Appearance, and System Tools.  Desktop/LX makes installing
new software easy and fun.

"Desktop/LX comes with software like a photo editor right out of the box 
because users shouldn't have to waste time downloading megabytes of 
software just to make their computer useful.  On top of that, you get 
unlimited access to the Iris Software Gallery included for enhancements, 
instead of having to pay for software you could already find on the 
Net," states Joseph Cheek, the Founder and President of Lycoris. 
Complementing this new OS is the Lycoris ProductivityPak office suite, 
which is also available at  Walmart.com.  This exciting software package 
includes Lycoris Office, Lycoris PDASync Palm Pilot synchronization 
tool, and hundreds of labels and templates for 15 percent of the cost of 
Office XP. The ProductivityPak runs on Desktop/LX and provides read and 
write compatibility with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, plus over 
twenty other formats.

Features of the ProductivityPak include:

* ProductivityPak Installer for easy installation
* Lycoris Writer
* Lycoris Spreadsheet
* Lycoris Presents
* Lycoris Artist
* Lycoris WebWriter
* Lycoris PDASync Palm Pilot synchronization tool
* Read and write Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents
* Hundreds of labels and templates
* Mail merge
* Auto spell check and thesaurus in all Lycoris Office applications
* Integrated look and feel with simplified toolbars and hot keys
* Take the product tour at http://www.lycoris.com/products/ppak/

Embracing the growing customer demand for gaming products,Lycoris and 
Walmart.com are making the new GamePak available for pre-sale. The hot 
new Lycoris GamePak gaming suite includes five full action-packed games 
in the trademark Lycoris easy install package, plus access to WineX, 
TransGaming Technologies' cross platform gaming software that gives 
users the ability to play over 200 Windows games on Desktop/LX. The 
GamePak includes Racer in-car racing action, Possible Worlds underwater 
adventure, BZFlag networked tank battle game, FreeCiv civilization 
strategy game, and Falcon's Eye for the dungeon gamer.  At the 
affordable price of $34.95, gamers get five times the action for the 
price of a single game.

About Lycoris

Lycoris, located in Redmond, Washington, was founded in 2000 with a 
vision of making Linux simple enough for everyone, and pioneered the 
Linux-based home-user desktop. Lycoris packages Open Source applications 
for the consumer market and integrates them into Desktop/LX, its simple, 
robust OS.  Lycoris has enjoyed amazingly positive press coverage inTime 
Magazine and other publications as the provider of the best Linux 
desktop, whether purchased separately or pre-installed on Desktop/LX PCs 
sold by Walmart.com.  For more information please visit the Lycoris 
website at http://www.lycoris.com or contact Lycoris Media Relations at 
+1 (323) 445-2646

This document was created using the Lycoris ProductivityPak.  All 
trademarks are property of their respective owners.