-\fBLyX\fR is a modern approach of writing documents with a computer
-which breaks with the tradition of the obsolete typewriter concept. It
-is designed for people who want a professional output with a minimum
-of time effort, without becoming specialists in typesetting. Compared
-to common word processors, \fBLyX\fR will increase the productivity a
-lot, since most of the typesetting will be done by the computer, not
-the author. With \fBLyX\fR the author can concentrate on the contents
-of his writing, since the computer will take care of the look. Read more
-about this concept in the online documentation under the Help menu.
-
-Currently, \fBLyX\fR uses the XForms library as a toolkit. \fBLyX\fR
-should run everywhere, where XForms runs. This is on all major Unix
-platforms as well as some PC platforms, including Sun, SGI, HP, DEC
-Alpha/OSF, IBM RS6000, Convex, Cray, i386/Linux, Alpha/Linux,
-i386/FreeBSD, i386/NetBSD, DecSystem(mips)/Ultrix, OS/2 with XFree or
-PMX and others.
-
+\fBLyX\fR is a document preparation system. It excels at letting you
+create complex technical and scientific articles with mathematics,
+cross-references, bibliographies, indices, etc. It is very good at
+documents of any length in which the usual processing abilities are
+required: automatic sectioning and pagination, spellchecking, and so
+forth. It can also be used to write a letter to your mom, though
+granted, there are probably simpler programs available for that. It is
+definitely not the best tool for creating banners, flyers, or
+advertisements, though with some effort all these can be done, too.
+Some examples of what it is used for: memos, letters, dissertations
+and theses, lecture notes, seminar notebooks, conference proceedings,
+software documentation, books (on PostgreSQL, remote sensing,
+cryptology, fictional novels, poetry, and even a children's book or
+two), articles in refereed scientific journals, scripts for plays and
+movies, business proposals... you get the idea.
+
+Currently, \fBLyX\fR uses either the XForms or Qt library as a
+toolkit. \fBLyX\fR should run everywhere, where these libraries run.
+This is on all major Unix platforms as well as Windows, Mac OS X
+(which actually is a unix platform) and OS/2.