Lycoris (company)

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Lycoris, formerly Redmond Linux Corp, was started in the year 2000 with a vision of making free software easy enough for anyone to use. Redmond Linux was founded by Joseph Cheek, an entrepreneur who had previously worked for both Microsoft and Linuxcare. In late 2001 it merged with embedded systems company DeepLinux; the merged entity was named Redmond Linux Corporation. The company's first product was Redmond Linux Personal, an easy-to-use Linux desktop operating system. The company was renamed Lycoris in January 2002, and its assets were acquired by Mandriva on June 15, 2005. Both teams are now working on a product that is a merger of Mandriva's Discovery and Lycoris's Desktop/LX.

Lycoris had become well-known thanks to its flagship product, Lycoris Desktop/LX, a distribution of the Linux operating system.

The company is currently based in Maple Valley, Washington, USA.

[edit] Lycoris Desktop/LX

Lycoris Desktop/LX was originally based on Caldera's Workstation 3.1 Linux distribution. Desktop/LX loads ready for Internet access, office productivity, multimedia, entertainment, and more. The desktop and applications look a lot like Microsoft Windows XP, right down to the background image that ships with the software.

In recent months, Lycoris has developed a range of value-added products and services to complement the operating system, including an office suite, a gaming package, and a range of support services.

Lycoris is now currently part of Mandriva.