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| Distribution | Lycoris Desktop/LX (formerly Redmond Linux) |
| Home Page | http://www.lycoris.com |
| Origin | USA |
| Mailing Lists | -- |
| User Forums | http://www.lycoris.org/forum.php |
| Documentation | http://www.lycoris.org/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=1 |
| Download Mirrors | http://www.lycoris.com/download |
| Related Web Sites | Lycoris Community • Lycoris Productivity Pack • Lycoris Game Pack • Norwegian Desktop/LX User Portal |
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Amethyst3:
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| Status | This distribution is active. |
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| About Lycoris Desktop/LX |
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| Lycoris is located in Maple Valley, Washington. The corporation was founded in 2000 by Joseph Cheek with a vision of making Linux simple enough for everyone and pioneered the Linux based home-user desktop by offering. Lycoris packages Open Source applications for the consumer market and integrates them into Desktop/LX, its simple, robust operating system. Lycoris has enjoyed amazingly positive press coverage in Time Magazine and other publications. Lycoris is positioning itself as the leading provider of the best Linux based operating system specifically targeted for the desktop market, whether purchased separately or pre-installed on Desktop/LX PCs. |
| Table Notes and Explanations |
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| Feature | Update3 Build 142 |
Update2 Build 46 |
Update1 Build 44 |
Amethyst Build 43 |
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| Release Date | 2003/11/01 | 2002/07/27 | 2002/01/11 | 2001/12/10 |
| Price (US$) | 40 - 50 | 20 - 40 | 20 | 20 |
| CDs | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Free Download | ISO, 45-day evaluation | ISO | ISO | ISO |
| Installation | Graphical | Graphical | Graphical | Graphical |
| Default Desktop | KDE | KDE | KDE | KDE |
| Package Management | RPM | RPM | RPM | RPM |
| Office Suite | KOffice | KOffice | KOffice | KOffice |
| Processor Architecture | i386 | i386 | i386 | i386 |
| Journaled File Systems | ext3 | -- | -- | -- |
| Multilingual | es | es | es | -- |
| Asian Language Support | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Package | Update3 Build 142 |
Update2 Build 46 |
Update1 Build 44 |
Amethyst Build 43 |
| abiword (2.0.5) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| alsa-lib (1.0.3b) | 0.9.8 | -- | -- | -- |
| apache (1.3.29) | -- | -- | 1.3.19 | -- |
| bind (9.2.3) | 8.3.3 | 8.2.3 | 8.2.3 | 8.2.3 |
| cdrtools (2.00.3) | 1.10 | -- | -- | -- |
| cups (1.1.20) | 1.1.18 | 1.1.12 | 1.1.12 | 1.1.10 |
| db (4.2.52) | 2.7.7 | 2.7.7 | 2.7.7 | 2.7.7 |
| dhcp (3.0pl2) | 3.0pl2 | 3.0b2pl9 | 3.0b2pl9 | 3.0b2pl9 |
| emacs (21.3) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| evolution (1.4.6) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| fetchmail (6.2.5) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| gaim (0.75) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| gcc (3.3.3) | -- | 2.95.2 | 2.95.2 | 2.95.2 |
| gimp (1.2.5) | 1.2.5 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.2 | 1.1.29 |
| glibc (2.3.2) | 2.2.5 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.2 |
| gnucash (1.8.8) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| gnumeric (1.2.8) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| gtk+ (2.4.0) | 1.2.10 | 1.2.8 | 1.2.8 | 1.2.8 |
| httpd (2.0.48) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| iptables (1.2.9) | 1.1.2 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.2 |
| k3b (0.11.6) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| kdebase (3.2.1) | 2.2.2c | 2.2.2 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.2 |
| koffice (1.3) | 1.1.1 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.1 | 1.0 |
| libgnome (2.4.0) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| linux (2.6.4) | 2.4.22 | 2.4.18 | 2.4.12 | 2.4.12 |
| Package | Update3 Build 142 |
Update2 Build 46 |
Update1 Build 44 |
Amethyst Build 43 |
| modutils (2.4.27) | 2.4.25 | 2.4.16 | 2.4.3 | 2.4.3 |
| mozilla (1.6) | 1.3.1 | 1.0 | 0.9.7 | 0.9.6 |
| MPlayer (0.92) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| mysql (4.0.18) | -- | -- | 3.23.33 | -- |
| nautilus (2.4.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| OpenOffice.org (1.1.0) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| openssh (3.8p1) | 3.6.1p2 | 3.4p1 | 3.0.2p1 | 2.9p2 |
| openssl (0.9.7c) | 0.9.7c | 0.9.6c | 0.9.6 | 0.9.6 |
| perl (5.8.3) | 5.6.0 | 5.6.0 | 5.6.0 | 5.6.0 |
| php (4.3.4) | -- | -- | 4.0.4pl1 | -- |
| postfix (2.0.19) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| postgresql (7.4.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Python (2.3.3) | 2.2.3 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.2 |
| qt-x11-free (3.3.1) | 2.3.1 | 2.3.1 | 2.3.1 | 2.3.2 |
| quanta (3.2.1) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| rpm (4.2) | 3.0.6 | 3.0.6 | 3.0.6 | 3.0.6 |
| samba (3.0.2a) | 2.2.8a | 2.2.1a | 2.2.1a | 2.2.1a |
| scribus (1.0.1) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| sendmail (8.12.11) | -- | -- | 8.11.1 | -- |
| vim (6.2) | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| webmin (1.130) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| XFree86 (4.4.0) | 4.3.0 | 4.2.0 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.0 |
| xine-lib (1-rc3a) | 1-rc0a | 0.9.10 | 0.9.7 | 0.9.6 |
| xinetd (2.3.13) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| xmms (1.2.10) | 1.2.7 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.5 |
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