ZDNet: A new distribution, eh?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 14, 1999

“It’s only natural that in an area so friendly to penguins and
computers, we find the newest major player in the Linux
distribution game. Furthermore, it’s the first one with a name
familiar to those outside the Linux universe: Corel.”

“Of all the commercial software vendors taking a stab at the
Linux market, Corel wants to be seen as the one with the sharpest
sword.”

“The choice of starting with Debian’s distribution, in some
ways, makes a lot of sense.”

“Corel’s choice of KDE is also significant in that it joins
Caldera and SuSE in making KDE its default (if not its only)
desktop.”


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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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