Lycoris Desktop/LX Update 3

Lycoris' Award Winning OS Raises the Bar

<http://www.lycoris.com/products/desktoplx/>*Redmond, WA - September 
20, 2003 -* Lycoris Desktop/LX Update 3 hits shelves this week, 
combining all the power and simplicity of Desktop/LX with the latest 
Lycoris technology. This much anticipated Update the the award winning 
Desktop/LX OS features a new Help Center with interactive audio-visual 
tutorials, hundreds of updated drivers, crisper font handling, increased 
printer support for HP printers, extended digital camera support from 
Vivitar and Olympus, auto-configuration of WiFi connections, and 
exclusive Signature Wallpapers from Organic Light Photography. 
Desktop/LX Update 3 is now available on Walmart.com, all Lycoris 
resellers, and direct from the Lycoris Store at <www.lycoris.com/store/> 


Desktop/LX has garnered industry respect and high-marks for OS 
simplicity, familiarity and affordability. This amazing operating system 
currently sells pre-installed on PCs from vendors such as Walmart.com, 
as well as brand new Laptops and Tablet PCs based on Toshiba hardware 
from Desktop Evolution. The Desktop/LX Certified hardware program now 
encompasses peripheral vendors such as Vivitar and Olympus to ensure 
seamless migration for customers to their new Desktop/LX OS Linux-based 
platform. "This is a powerful step in the emergance of choice for PC 
users," states Joseph Cheek, Lycoris CEO. "We have taken thousands of 
emails, phone calls, and test results from customers who had kudos, 
suggestions, issues, and ideas about how to make Desktop/LX better. We 
listened to our customers, and worked hard to give them a strong 
product. As a team, we have delivered on that promise."

New Features and Improvements in Desktop/LX Update 3 include:

    * *Improved* Support for over 1000 printers
    * *Improved* Support for HP printers
    * *Improved* Support for Vivitar digital cameras
    * *Improved* Support for Olympus digital cameras
    * *Improved* Dozens of new video card drivers for popular cards like
      Nvidia, Matrox, and ATI.
    * *Enhanced* Network Browser with full read/write support and new
      Windows sharing code for added stability
    * *New* Right click mapping of network drives
    * *New* Ability to connect to different shares as a different users
    * *Improved* Better font rendering
    * *Improved* Better graphics - animated mouse cursors, expanded icon
      set, additional Lycorizations.
    * *New* Vibrant signature wallpapers from Organic Light Photography
    * *New* Battery status meter for laptops and expanded ACPI support
    * *New* Auto configuration of Wi-Fi (802.11b) cards in networks with
      default settings
    * *Enhanced* Updated Xine media player plays more formats, including
      WMA and WMV.
    * *Enhanced* More skins and visual effects for the XMMS media player
    * *Updated* Version of Acrobat® Reader
    * *Updated* Version of Macromedia Flash® Player
    * *Updated* Version of Mozilla with enhanced spell check capability
    * *Improved* USB device recognition with more USB peripherals
      appearing in My Linux System
    * *New* Installation from a USB CD-ROM capability added
    * *Improved* Graphical boot and login process
    * *Enhanced* Help Center with audio/visual Viewlet tutorials
    * *New* Desktop/LX Welcome application for getting started fast

	

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Pre-purchase your copy Lycoris Desktop/LX Update 3 directly from the 
<*Lycoris Store*> 
today. Thank you for supporting Lycoris and freedom of choice in 
operating systems for the PC.

Lycoris
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