I never installed Lycoris before. I decided to give it a try, although this will be a very first but fast look at this x86 distribution.
The version I tested is 1.4, code-named Amethyst: it is a free downloadable version of the retail release appeared in September. You can evaluate it for 45 days. After that you must purchase your copy from the Lycoris store. The software included in this ISO is all GPL'ed.
So, first of all, it is a commercial distribution, you must pay for it. My suggestion is to download this version and see if it does fit your needs: ease of use is assured.

Installation

The installer presents a good GUI, it had no problems recognizing my graphic card and installation went quite smooth. After having agreed to the cited agreement you are asked to partition your hard disk. Partitioning is easy: you can choose to use free space or all the disk. I selected all the disk and the Lycoris installer did it all without prompting me for anything. After this step packages installation begins and goes on in background while the installer asks you about your graphic device and monitor, accounts creation, network and modem setup and bootloader installation. All of these steps are really easy to complete, the installer just does everything, you do the minimum requested.

If you completed all the steps and packages are still installing, the installer gives you the opportunity to play a solitaire card game in the meanwhile. Or you can create a rescue floppy disc, which is less fun if you like the solitaire, but probably it is more useful.
Conclusion: the installer is well done, cause everyone could use it, but in practice it gives you zero control over customization, which, in my opinion, is not that great. If you see it from the novice perspective that's perfect, instead.

First boot

The bootloader installation went fine and I weas able to reboot: the shipped kernel, version 2.4.27, is patched to show a boot-splash screen that will stay there even on your tty's. It is somewhat nice, but sometimes eyes prefers to rest a bit.
What appears clearly is that colors, icons and the whole desktop style are designed to look similar to Windows XP ones. The result seems good (much better than Windows IMHO): people who got used to a Microsoft OS will feel more comfortable with such a look. The desktop environment is KDE. It could result a bit too heavy for slow machines, as for default many animations tied to dektop events are on. Anyway, turning them off is always a good ssolution if speed is your problem.

Everything you need for an Office use is there, Koffice at its complete. A collection of multimedia player for the entertainment and everything you need to browse the web. Configuration tools to setup network connections are easy to use and will allow you to use your dialup or adsl. Many other good graphical tools to control the system, printing and much else.

Conclusion

It seems made for office users, at a first glance. The interface is nice and well polished, very easy to use. Users coming from Windows will find this very comfortable. You can try the evaluation version and decide if it is worth the money it costs. Installing new packages is easy, you get them from the ISO CD and install them through a control panel. The general control panel is very Windows-looking in its organization.

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