“Strategic alliance brings Creative’s Sound Blaster Live and
Personal Digital Entertainment Solutions Support to Corel®
LINUX® OS and applications.“
“Creative…the leading provider of multimedia solutions for
personal entertainment and productivity, and Corel Corporation…a
leading Linux software publisher, today announced an agreement that
will advance the development of Linux applications for high-quality
audio and video. Creative will work with Corel to add support for
its line of Sound Blaster Live! digital audio solutions and its
line of Personal Digital Entertainment (PDE) Internet Solutions
that include Internet devices, applications and services.”
“As part of this collaborative effort, Corel will distribute its
upcoming Linux-based suite of applications with support for
Creative’s industry-standard audio solutions and PDE devices
bundled in. Based on the agreement, Creative and Corel will
collaboratively develop Linux drivers for Creative’s branded
solutions. Creative’s PDE Internet Solutions include the NOMAD line
of portable audio devices and the WebCam Go line of portable PC
cameras. Sound Blaster Live! drivers for Linux are already
available and will, under the agreement, be customized for Corel’s
distribution.”