Corel LINUX OS

[Ronald Maggio]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Samuel Morales Jr. <sonofrage at yahoo.com>
To: <nflug at nflug.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 12:48 AM
Subject: Re: Corel LINUX OS


> I installed Corel from a CD I made from the iso. It
> was an easy install but I didnt like it much. It was
> too win9x-ish for my taste. I really am not a KDE guy
> (WindowMaker 0wnz j00!!) and I didn't like how they
> really try to hide the command line from you. If you
> want an easier Debian I would recommend StormLinux,
> it's a lot more flexible in my opinion (althought
> Corel can obviously be delamerized).
> 
> ~Sam
> 
> 
> -- "Dennis J. Eberl" <dje at pcom.net> wrote:
> > Has anyone else installed Corel LINUX OS from the
> > diskettes we gave out? I had a
> > heck of a time installing the full version on one of
> > my machines (I had no luck
> > at all trying to install the "Open Distribution"
> > version that was handed out at
> > the last meeting). Ron installed the "Open
> > Distribution" version on one of his
> > machines without trouble, but it didn't walk him
> > through modem configuration and
> > didn't find his sound card. We finally found that
> > ppp_config is what you need to
> > run to get pon/poff working (Debbie's way of
> > bringing up/down a ppp dial-up
> > connection to an ISP). We got sound running after we
> > did a
> > 
> > ...$ inetd sb.o<Return>
> > 
> > Unfortunately, we forgot to put that fix into a
> > config file . . . SO HELLO, RON,
> > YOU WILL NOT HAVE SOUND WHEN YOU REBOOT . . . RON?
> > HELLO? RON . . . ?
> > 
> > In all, to me, Corel LINUX has proven to be a royal
> > pain in the ASCII, not the
> > magic easy to install, user friendly package I had
> > heard it to be. Is anyone
> > else having better luck? Frankly, I'd much rather
> > run straight Debian and KDE. I
> > can't say I'm thrilled about Corel's modifications
> > to KDE (especially their
> > ridiculous pager) and their adding of another layer
> > of obscurity between me and
> > Debian, which is a really likable distribution (even
> > though, being Blinky's
> > keeper, I am a lunatic RedHat fan).
> > 
> > Any feedback regarding anyone else's experience with
> > Corel LINUX would be
> > welcome. I need to get some distance and more
> > experience with the product before
> > I write a review, which I am supposed to do in
> > exchange for Corel's "gifts" to
> > our LUG. Is this the usual practice by other
> > distributors?
> > 
> > Dennis
> > 
> >I have rebooted a few times and still do have sound you tell me? 
> Ron
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