32BitsOnline: Corel Linux 1.0 - Taking Aim at the Desktop | Linux Today

32BitsOnline: Corel Linux 1.0 – Taking Aim at the Desktop

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 13, 1999

“Like many people, I had high expectations for Corel’s Linux
distribution. Fortunately, for me, I was, for the most part,
pleased with what they devised. Corel Linux is based on the Debian
Linux distribution and uses KDE for its desktop environment. The
end result is a distribution with a solid base and a very nice,
professional graphical environment to work in.”

The goal of this review is not, necessarily, to critique
the inner workings of Corel Linux, but more to give a tour of the
distribution, from install to basic usage.
There are more than
a few observations along the way, however, and I try to take it
into perspective that this distribution is the one most targeted at
people who are familiar with MS Windows. I’m most familiar with
Redhat, Mandrake, and older versions of OpenLinux and Slackware (I
started out on Slackware way back when), so my experience is
colored by the use of those distributions.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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