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Not too long ago, there was a Linux craze among the corporate world, fuelled by free software and unlimited options. While they may have benefited from Linux-based servers and infrastructure, the desktop element remained with Windows, mainly due to the lack of supported applications, and usability. At the time, Linux wasn't quite mature enough to adopt for everyday office (or home) use, unless you knew the intracies of compiling applications, updating libraries and system services, troubleshooting X display errors.
Over the past couple of years, developers have been striving to make Linux more user-friendly. Several distributions made it into the limelight (through lawsuits or marketing), but none were really taken that seriously in the corporate world.
Enter Desktop/LX, by Lycoris. Its goal was to go beyond the traditional Linux system and give end users something they were more used to, a familiar user interface, no matter what was running behind the flashy icons.
all in a tasty lil dvd case
I was able to get a hold of the Deluxe package, which includes 3 CD's, the installation CD, and two additional ones for source and development tools (Which aren't installed by default, I might add). Not to mention you get a product ID card, and nifty lil 30-page install booklet in case you have any questions about the install. Hell, it even has a whole page devoted to telling you how to play solitaire (sorry, no multiplayer in this version).
Installation
Desktop/LX's installation sequence is pretty easy and straightforward, as compared to most other distributions. A few questions to hammer down mice, keyboard and video card settings are all you need to answer, and even then you can just use the defaults the install chooses for you and go ahead.
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Next off is where you want to install it. The installation will check your drives for any free space, and give you the option whether to use it or not, or you can repartition the drives yourself.
easy, no?
Once that?s out of the way, it'll start installing everything in the background, now you can relax to a nice game of solitaire
mmmsolitaire
Startin er up
Once you've got er installed, it'll pop up its own boot loader (which you can specify whether or not to install it during setup), and allow you to go in.
so umm..yeah
Booting up is pretty much like any Linux distribution, but in this case you get it all in a nifty-keen graphical display.
Logging in is similar to WinXP, choose your user and type in the password. I could go on about how flashy and simple and great this single screen is, but I may then have to gouge my eyes out with one of those tiny umbrellas they put in fancy drinks. So let?s leave it at that.
pretty colours