CMonster
12-17-1999, 01:28 AM
Bear with me in kind of a double post, since I basically said the same thing in another thread, but I don't want this to get burried.
As for Corel Linux, I just took the delux edition out of the box today and I was very disappointed. I thought that being that it was from Corel that it would be of the highest quality, but it was a bummer.
The GUI is very clean, and their file manager is very nice, but here are some problems I had with it:
1. They tried to simplify the install to the point that it was confusing, first it would not install over my existing Linux root and swap partitions (every other version will) I had to delete them and let Corel Linux instlall into the free space and create its own root and swap partitions. Install was also slow and I had to toggle between the "back" and "next" several times to make the selected options menus show up.
2. One step backwards - my sound card was not supported by the OSS drivers (Ensoniq Audio PCI es1371), in fact, running the OSS config caused the system to lockup on reboot, causing me to force reboot to command line and "rm-r" the $%#^ OSS directory in order to get back to the GUI.
3. The default ppp script caused dialup to disconnect right after connecting every time.
MY conclusion is that this was a nice attempt by Corel, but hastily released. On the bright side, I got the full version of WP8, Civilization for Linux, and a nifty foam rubber Penguin for $79. ..I should try to take this back to the store.
So that is my experience with Corel Linux, I hope yours is better.
As for Corel Linux, I just took the delux edition out of the box today and I was very disappointed. I thought that being that it was from Corel that it would be of the highest quality, but it was a bummer.
The GUI is very clean, and their file manager is very nice, but here are some problems I had with it:
1. They tried to simplify the install to the point that it was confusing, first it would not install over my existing Linux root and swap partitions (every other version will) I had to delete them and let Corel Linux instlall into the free space and create its own root and swap partitions. Install was also slow and I had to toggle between the "back" and "next" several times to make the selected options menus show up.
2. One step backwards - my sound card was not supported by the OSS drivers (Ensoniq Audio PCI es1371), in fact, running the OSS config caused the system to lockup on reboot, causing me to force reboot to command line and "rm-r" the $%#^ OSS directory in order to get back to the GUI.
3. The default ppp script caused dialup to disconnect right after connecting every time.
MY conclusion is that this was a nice attempt by Corel, but hastily released. On the bright side, I got the full version of WP8, Civilization for Linux, and a nifty foam rubber Penguin for $79. ..I should try to take this back to the store.
So that is my experience with Corel Linux, I hope yours is better.