Nash:
That easy app loading is Debian's territory. Using Adminmenu in
Libranet there are over 8000 applications you can install as easy as
typing in the name.
Doug
--- "Richards, Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nash,
>
> I agree with you 100%. I have been using, and have also purchased
> the retail
> version of, Lycoris Desktop/LX. So far, coming from a former
> windoze user,
> it has done the best job yet of all the distributions that I have
> tried
> (and, to date, I have tried RedHat, Mandrake, ELX, Peanut, and
> several
> others) of making an easy install and replacing all the functions
> that I
> have previously used under windoze. I have also found that the Iris
> Software
> Gallery works EXTREMELY well. Just click on the software that you
> want, it
> downloads, installs and puts the appropriate entries in the start
> menu. Oh,
> and you DON'T have to reboot following any of the
> installations.....hehe.
> The next build is also available in beta, if you want to play with
> it. Go to
> the software update menu selection and start the wizard. When it
> shows you
> the HTTP address, append "/beta/" to the URL and, click next and it
> will
> update your system to the latest beta release. I am finding new
> stuff there
> every day to download and play with so they are SERIOUS about
> becoming a
> real alternative to Windoze.
>
>
> Ed Richards, PE
> Staff Electrical Engineer
> Ford, Bacon & Davis, LLC
> 12021 Lakeland Park Drive
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nashid Hasan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 2:02 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Proposed distributions
> to donate
>
> I think Lycoris can be an option. I have never used it. But
> read quite a
> few reviews about it. I read one on http://www.modemnet.net
> today and seems
> like a good distribution that can be added to the CD. Here
> is the URL
> http://www.modemnet.net/articles/reviews/08242002-001.php
> It looks like Lycoris is a solid, easy-to-use Linux desktop
> solution for
> the Windows users.
>
> I have purchased a copy from their web site today. It should
> arrive in a
> few days. I can burn several copies and mail to you guys.
> Unfortunately I
> am very much tied up with two jobs and can't attend any of
> the meetings.
>
> By the way, I have implemented Red Hat 7.3 with Ximian in a
> lab that is
> mostly used by novice users. So far the users have reacted
> very positively
> to it. I asked them about their opinion on their new
> desktop. They had no
> complaints and they were quite happy with it. The lab
> computers are mostly
> used for simple word processing, multimedia and, to access
> the Internet. I
> have had Red Hat on the lab machines for over a month.
>
> Red Hat with Ximian is a very good combination. I like it
> particularly
> because of the Red Carpet feature. But the Ximian desktop is
> not as eye
> candy as Windows XP. And users want something colorful.
> Lycoris screen
> shots look very nice and attractive which is a key selling
> point in
> attracting new users.
>
> Nash
>
>
> At 11:29 AM 8/28/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >I was thinking about the distributions we should include.
> Redhat is
> >practically a given since I think everyone interested in
> Linux and
> >Open Source will have heard of it. Knoppix runs from the
> CD, but it
> >is experimental and needs a swap partition according to
> their site.
> >Still, if it runs from the CD it will provide a decent
> demo. I would
> >like to see Debian represented, and we already have the CDs
> in the
> >Library, and Libranet's interested in being a part of the
> project.
> >That puts it at three, but we don't have Slackware or Suse
> in the
> >mix. I am not a fan of either one as I had issues with
> Slackware and
> >never tried Suse. I think we should have Mandrake in the
> set because
> >it is so easy for a newbie to start with. If I had to pick
> three, I
> >would pick Redhat, Libranet, and Mandrake. If we can go
> with four I
> >would include Knoppix. I put it at forth because of the
> experimental
> >disclaimers on their site. It just doesn't look like a
> finished
> >release. I do think we need to offer a Slackware and Suse
> distro in
> >the future though.
> >
> >=====
> >Warmest Regards,
> >Doug Riddle
> >http://www.dougriddle.com
> >
> >## Firearms are second only to the Constitution in
> importance; they are
> >the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington ##
> >
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