Corel Linux

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Corel Linux OS
developer 1999-2001: Corel
License (s) GPL and other licenses
ancestry GNU / Linux
↳ Debian
↳ Corel Linux OS
Architecture (s) IA-32

The Corel Linux Desktop OS was a commercial Linux distribution that Debian adapted as the basis for various applications from Corel .

history

Corel Linux 1.0 was first released in 1999. The declared goal was to provide its own desktop operating system, and the most user-friendly one. Corel understood this to mean that the user should have to worry very little about the underlying operating system. Corel Linux configured itself as far as possible. The most necessary settings to be made by the user were combined in a control center under KDE . Corel extended the KDE File Manager considerably to the Corel File Manager as an integral control center, which roughly took up the functionality of the Explorer under Windows . Drives were mounted fully automatically. In addition, an installer was implemented as a GUI as a Corel update .

Editions

Corel Linux 1.0 appeared in three different versions, which differed in the scope of the software included. Overall, the software scope was greatly reduced compared to conventional distributions. The download and the standard version contained a slimmed-down version of the WordPerfect purchased from Corel . The variant Deluxe brought a WordPerfect 8.0 with full version including clip art collections, a backup - Utility and a quarterly license for an Internet-based fax service. GIMP was initially included as image processing .

Versions

  • 1999: Corel Linux OS 1.0
  • 2000: Corel Linux OS 1.1
  • 2000: Corel Linux OS 1.2

Applications

In the middle of 2000, a version of Photopaint that ran under Linux and later CorelDRAW 9 was released for free. The sales targets (essential for Corel at the time) were not achieved quickly enough.

sale

In 2001 Corel sold its Linux development to the then startup Xandros u. a. for a 5% stake in Xandros.

The Corel open source developer website remained online through March 2002.

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