Company:Lycoris
Lycoris (formerly Redmond Linux Corporation) was an American independent software distributor headquartered in Maple Valley, Washington.[1][2]
Background
The company was founded in 2000 as Redmond Linux by Joseph Cheek, an entrepreneur who had previously worked for Linuxcare,[3] with the intent to make free software easy enough for anyone to use.[4] In late 2001, it merged with embedded systems company DeepLinux to become Redmond Linux Corporation.[4] The company's first product was Redmond Linux Personal, a modified version of Linux.
The company was renamed to Lycoris in January 2002 and its assets were acquired by Mandriva on June 15, 2005.[5]
Lycoris Desktop/LX
As Lycoris, the company's flagship product was Lycoris Desktop/LX, a Linux distribution. The distribution's installer was originally based on Caldera International's OpenLinux Workstation 3.1 distribution with the rest of the distribution built from the kernel up.[4] The desktop and applications shared a high similarity to Microsoft's Windows XP, including the background image[6] that was shipped with the software.[7]
References
- ↑ Distrowatch.lafox.net
- ↑ "DistroWatch.com: Lycoris Desktop/LX". https://distrowatch.com/table-mobile.php?distribution=lycoris.
- ↑ "DesktopLinux.com interviews Redmond Linux CTO Joseph Cheek". http://desktoplinux.com/articles/AT3599362330.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Linux.com :: Redmond Linux: Stripped-down Linux business aims at desktop newbies". linux.com. http://www.linux.com/articles/15497.
- ↑ "Mandriva acquires Lycoris, boosts US presence, desktop prowess". http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6659836508.html.
- ↑ "lycoris1.jpg". osnews.com. http://www.osnews.com/img/5517/lycoris1.jpg.
- ↑ "The Little Penguin That Could - TIME". time.com. http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,338704,00.html.
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