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Lycoris, (formerly Redmond Linux Corp.), was started in the year 2000 with the intent to make free software easy enough for anyone to use.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Linux.com :: Redmond Linux: Stripped-down Linux business aims at desktop newbies )〕 Redmond Linux was founded by Joseph Cheek, an entrepreneur who had previously worked for Linuxcare.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=DesktopLinux.com interviews Redmond Linux CTO Joseph Cheek )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mandriva acquires Lycoris, boosts US presence, desktop prowess )〕 The flagship product of Lycoris was Lycoris Desktop/LX, a Linux distribution. The company was based in Maple Valley, Washington, USA.〔(Distrowatch.lafox.net )〕 Lycoris is currently part of Mandriva. == Lycoris Desktop/LX == Lycoris Desktop/LX installer was originally based on Caldera International's OpenLinux Workstation 3.1 distribution with the rest of the distribution built from the kernel up.〔 The desktop and applications looked a lot like Microsoft Windows XP, right down to the background image〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=http://www.osnews.com/img/5517/lycoris1.jpg )〕 that shipped with the software.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Little Penguin That Could - TIME )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lycoris (company)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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