Corel Linux - The (Word)Perfect Operating System

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WordPerfect isn't a name you hear too often these days. But there was a time when it was the king of word processing software. And sometime in the late '90s, Corel released a version of it for Linux. Oh... and an entire distro for it to run on. Let's check it out!
Chapters:
00:00 - Setting the scene...
00:27 - Some backstory
03:33 - Unboxing
06:48 - Installation
09:32- First boot
10:43 - Initial exploration
11:42 - WordPerfect
13:53 - What happened to Corel Linux?
14:26 - The Office Suite
15:48 - A brief look at the included software
17:25 - Desktop customization
20:40 - GIMP zone
23:21 - Outro
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@gayfemboyuwu 26 күн бұрын

wait this is so sick. I love how old linux distros always aim to look like windows 9x! i love seeing really old versions of modern projects like gimp. gread vid again

@itisliamhfjone22 25 күн бұрын

real

@arubberroomwithrats 25 күн бұрын

common gayfemboyuwu w

@RandomLuck12345 25 күн бұрын

What a name!

@ElzockiLP 25 күн бұрын

@@arubberroomwithrats? What does it mean? (in which context to his comment?)

@km127pl 25 күн бұрын

common @@imadam L

@ceglakos 25 күн бұрын

It's amazing that a 25-year-old operating system had more desktop customization options than Windows 11 :D

@shinrin4152 15 күн бұрын

the good old days... i miss those cascading start menus too, i know you can just search for things now but didn't that just feel like you knew where everything was and it was ALREADY perfect and well organized? why do they have to fix what isn't broke?

@imaguyyesmale 9 күн бұрын

Or do it? (Vsauce music plays)

@modables Күн бұрын

I usually don't dislike comments but this was way too cringe bro 😭@@imaguyyesmale

@RampantLeaf 25 күн бұрын

Windows alternatives from this era are super interesting

@user-we8nz3hm2g 24 күн бұрын

BeOS was my fave.

@belstar1128 24 күн бұрын

unfortunately they show why windows won

@SergeantExtreme 24 күн бұрын

@@user-we8nz3hm2g OS/2 was my favorite.

@CreateWithAce 24 күн бұрын

@SergeantExtreme 24 күн бұрын

@@user-we8nz3hm2g OS/2 was my favorite. Interestingly enough, OS/2 also had virtual desktops (four of them) similar to early Linux.

@ottergauze 25 күн бұрын

For an early to mid 2000s linux distro, this is *surprisingly* polished. Using something like Debian in 1999 would've been an exercise in frustration, and this (mostly) just works.

@SergeantExtreme 24 күн бұрын

Funny enough, this is in fact, a Debian based operating system.

@LerrySanders 23 күн бұрын

It just goes to show what happens when you make an OS for like minded people (Debian) vs making an OS the random office person can use (Corel).

@heno02 22 күн бұрын

Debian wasn't that bad. I mean Debian 2.1 was horrible, but after the turn of the century new versions came out and it got better. I ran Debian as my desktop OS, trying to get my windows games to work with wine ... actually got Half-Life to run pretty decently under it. Trying to configure and use your ISDN dialup with Debian though (or any other distro). That was a pain. But I manage to do it. Even configured a dial up on demand ISDN router for a LAN on debian. So many kernel compiles

@ottergauze 21 күн бұрын

@@heno02Compiling the kernel atleast a fucktillion times is a right of passage for Linux in the early days, I'd argue. lmao

@Wzeyisbacklmao 16 күн бұрын

Me getting ncommander flashbacks

@brentgoeller8257 25 күн бұрын

I have a Corel Linux tux sitting on my desk right now. He has watched over me for decades. He is a plushy. Came out of a Corel Linux box. He's actually like a hacky sack type thing. If I could share photos I would.

@MichaelMJD 25 күн бұрын

That would be awesome! And it’s interesting that yours is a plushie. Wonder if they changed to them at some point.

@brentgoeller8257 25 күн бұрын

@MichaelMJD I emailed you the photo. I couldn't tell you what version box it was. But I was tasked with clearing out a ton of old unused software. I found the Corel Linux box still had the cellophane on it so before I chucked it, I tore it open and rescued him. He has moved from job with me and sat on my desk for over 15 years.

@northof-62 25 күн бұрын

My box doesn't contain any mascots either. Bummer. I should return it.

@user-we8nz3hm2g 24 күн бұрын

I have Corel Tux too, he guards my 3d print farm.

@brentgoeller8257 24 күн бұрын

@user-we8nz3hm2g cool! I've never met anybody else that had one.

@themoley91 25 күн бұрын

I have a big soft spot for Corel for a lot of reasons: as a Canadian of course, because some of their kids' games were the first software I remember using, and because Paint Shop Pro was how I learned graphic design. Still respect them for making solid software alternatives like that without getting into the subscription crap. They were Adobe before Adobe got as big (and evil) as they did, really.

@Robert08010 23 күн бұрын

I'm a big fan of Corel because of the Corel draw graphics suite, but I hate what they did to J.A.S.C Paint Shop Pro. Before Corel took it over it was a very light weight program ideal for viewing and converting every kind of image file. After Corel "fixed it",. It became bloated to a gimp level and could no longer be used for quickly opening images. Very disappointing.

@ArcticPage81670 25 күн бұрын

Always a good day when MJD uploads

@itisliamhfjone22 25 күн бұрын

real

@Midnightt727 25 күн бұрын

@Robert-Wip 25 күн бұрын

So true 😉

@39zack 25 күн бұрын

Word

@mihoub 25 күн бұрын

fr fr

@Lotster55 25 күн бұрын

Oh wow! Corel Linux was the first Linux distro I ever used. Couldn’t figure it out, and found it wouldn’t install my games, so I gave up and went back to Windows. (Yes, I was young and stupid at the time.)

@Lotster55 25 күн бұрын

@MichaelDustter Agreed. It’s absolutely mindblowing!

@FrostyTheIV 25 күн бұрын

Good luck trying to find a decent copy.

@JPB180 25 күн бұрын

I don't think you're being stupid about going back to windows at the time. It just meant that linux didn't do all the stuff you wanted it to do which is fine

@Lotster55 25 күн бұрын

@@JPB180 Absolutely true. I expected something from Linux that it definitely wasn’t at the time. These days I still have my Windows PC for gaming, but I have a Mac and a dedicated Linux system, too. All used for different purposes. I just didn’t get that back then- the whole “different purposes” thing.

@charlesdorval394 25 күн бұрын

I came to comment the exact same thing, wasn't half bad! We just weren't ready mate ... :P

@katrinabryce 25 күн бұрын

The version of WordPerfect you are showing is a native Linux application written in Motif. They released a later version of it which was a Wine port of the Windows version.

@harrisonk8561 19 күн бұрын

In other words, they got lazy later on

@arlandi 25 күн бұрын

after watching the video: starting up PCem, download the Corel Linux from the internet, create a emulated PC Slot 1 Pentium II 450 512 MB Ram 1GB Hard Drive. Starting Install. Thanks Michael, I was not having any idea what to do this weekend.

@utkajmatke863 23 күн бұрын

good luck to run it at full speed unless you have some i9 12gen+

@Ridethebomb777 21 күн бұрын

What .... no beer in the fridge ?

@MegaManNeo 25 күн бұрын

As someone who started his Linux journey with KDE 3.3, this all looks very familiar safe for the file manager. Back then there were wizards to rearrange the desktop's UI to closer resemble either macOS or Windows too, so your actions could be automated. Still a cool distro to look at and honestly, probably good enough for the average office person. Provided their hardware works properly with this old Linux distro, that is.

@marvinmallette6795 25 күн бұрын

Safe is definitely the word for it, it is missing several tabs and such from Konqueror. It would eventually become a lot more like the Windows XP file manager with a Web style description panel on the left hand side and Drive letters, when Xandros took over the project. The Xandros File Manager was a separate file manager from Konqueror, and was distinct enough in appearance that I never suspected it of being a fork of Konqueror.

@cmalchik 11 күн бұрын

Hmm so you think this desktop is early KDE 3? I wonder if you could seamlessly recreate it today with Trinity Desktop Environment.

@puyol8700 25 күн бұрын

Man, this takes me back. My grandfather gave me an install disc with Corel Linux when I started taking a broader interest in computers when I was around 13. I think he got it from a magazine. I couldn't get it to work on my hardware sadly so I never got to try it out myself, but it did however send me down the Linux rabbit hole with Ubuntu 5.10 being my first successful Linux install and now, almost 20 years later, I'm still using Linux as my main daily driver.

@bryanwharton6692 25 күн бұрын

I remember using GIMP as a kid on my mom’s windows 7 laptop for drawing effects on Lego Star Wars stop motion videos I was making. It was good for making force lightning effects

@Thepluginguy 25 күн бұрын

Yeah agree!

@Yuuri066 25 күн бұрын

Oh, I did this exact thing myself! It was perfect!

@user-we8nz3hm2g 24 күн бұрын

"Bring out the GIMP."

@TheWildDeadHero 24 күн бұрын

"...as a kid .." "...on my mom's Windows 7 laptop..." Oof, right in the old.

@shiro3146 24 күн бұрын

@@TheWildDeadHero not as old as someone makes ben10 short animation with windows movie maker on a windows xp owned by their parrents something i say a pretty wild thing during pre social media times

@phlash65-5 25 күн бұрын

I LOVED this era of linux. The early KDE was so perfect. I really wish there were some great current day distros like this that out of the box was trying to have this classic/vintage windows look. I really detest most current window managers as they are all just trying to be so clean and flashy, taking all the character out of the interface. Give me a modern Corel Linux with this exact desktop environment, just an updated linux kernel and we'll be good.

@chrisbirch2002 25 күн бұрын

there ARE

@jamesross3939 25 күн бұрын

@@chrisbirch2002 There ARE?

@TorinnDerg 25 күн бұрын

Arch actually has a version of KDE 1.0 that's still maintained, and the Trinity Desktop Environment is a fork of KDE 3 that's still going.

@chrisbirch2002 25 күн бұрын

@@jamesross3939 yes. one that comes to mind i lke alot is called q4os. as soon as u start up the first time you're given options to make it look like anything to win 95 to win 7. os is tiny fast and relatively full featured. even plays the startup music like windows used to

@michaelheimbrand5424 25 күн бұрын

Yeah the days of KDE1 was nice. Trinity might be an option today. If you really want the best you have to look at FVWM. It´s very much alive and still looks like in the good old days, and it´s the one that most of the others are based on. Crazy configurable. There was once a "FVWM 95" that looked and worked like Windows 95. But out of the box it´s early 90´s UNIX Workstation looks. OpenBSD uses it with a pretty nice config as default WM. And the internet are full with nice configs.

@cyberhard 25 күн бұрын

Corel Linux was awesome. I remember installing it on a PC at work. The installation was flawless. Just a couple days before,, I installed Windows 98 on the same PC. Win98 failed to install the drivers for the graphics card (a matrox) and the NIC (a 3com).

@dbsql6238 25 күн бұрын

I remember running Word Perfect 4.2 on my Amiga 2000 back in the day. It was nice that they ported it to different systems.

@BillAnt 24 күн бұрын

Same, it was a great app on the Amiga. I'm still running WordPerfect X7 (an older version) on Win7, I just refuse to upgrade. If it ain't broken, don't fix it, right?! hehe

@brodriguez11000 24 күн бұрын

@@BillAnt Available on humble bundle.

@stevethepocket 23 күн бұрын

Didn't WordPerfect for Amiga infamously have zero WYSIWYG rendering whatsoever?

@dbsql6238 23 күн бұрын

@@stevethepocket Correct. It was also never updated to newer versions. It was just pushed out on different platforms to die.

@Mario583a 25 күн бұрын

Linus Torvalds: Linux is not meant for desktops. Corel: Hold my Word as this will be Perfect!

@willedwards7009 23 күн бұрын

Hey less than First Run person.... Linux was created out of Minix which actually was designed specifically for the X86 desktop.

@willedwards7009 23 күн бұрын

Unix was not written to run on the desktop.

@Pax.Alotin 23 күн бұрын

@@willedwards7009 The Minix / Linux - question. It's not as clear cut as you suggest.

@dp-3953 24 күн бұрын

The really cool part about WordPerfect for Linux and Unix was that it was a native app that also ran in the terminal through version 8. Version 9 (also called 2000) was the Wine port. Taviso ported the old Linux console version in 8 to modern linux.

@eugiblisscast 26 күн бұрын

I love the BeOS options!

@itisliamhfjone22 25 күн бұрын

BeOS is peak linux lmao

@cbtillery135 25 күн бұрын

@@itisliamhfjone22 is this bait

@itisliamhfjone22 25 күн бұрын

@@cbtillery135 no

@cbtillery135 25 күн бұрын

@@itisliamhfjone22 BeOS isn't Linux

@SuperChocolateCocoaBear 25 күн бұрын

When it OS first loaded my first thought was this looks like BeOS.

@friarlawless 25 күн бұрын

OOH! This was one of my first distros. Got it on a jewel case rack at Fry's Electronics. Great to see it covered. This one and Xandros Professional have a special place in my memory.

@marvinmallette6795 25 күн бұрын

Xandros bought Corel Linux, before the bought WinSpire/LinSpire. I fondly remember Xandros 3 OCE, back before I was earning a paycheck to send funds their way.

@YamiOdymel 25 күн бұрын

Back when "button" looks like a "button", instead of "flat ui" thing- that doesn't know if it's a label or a button.

@Bn_uy 25 күн бұрын

What exactly are you referring? The buttons doesn't seem that different

@valiantviktor 25 күн бұрын

I miss Motif/9x styling...

@David8n 23 күн бұрын

Yeah, the chiseled steel look was nice and left you in no doubt what you could interact with on the screen.

@abidkhairy..3863 23 күн бұрын

yea what is it called again? skew-something-ism?

@generallyunimportant 23 күн бұрын

@@Bn_uy look at the design of the ui you're interacting with right now(as in, youtube's ui) and compare it to 9x.

@tlhIngan 25 күн бұрын

NetWinder for anyone who remembers ARM Linux from back then was also the origin of the FPU emulator for ARM, NWFPE which let your ARM CPU execute floating point instructions in software. I remember those days.

@agy234 25 күн бұрын

I liked Corel Linux back in the day. I still have my copy

@TheFinalMB 24 күн бұрын

Mannnn, this OS was my daily for so long way way back. I remember getting it free from a lil computer store, and they even gave me an inflatable tux that they used to advertise it. Such fond memories :):)

@Velo1010 24 күн бұрын

I remember using WordPerfect in college. So cool to see this again because I’d forgotten about this program.

@kFY514 25 күн бұрын

When you had problems with the graphics cards and then the system locking up randomly, it unlocked a memory. I remember Corel Linux being bundled with computer magazines of the era, and I remember messing with a lot of those bundled Linux distros back in the day. I remember Corel Linux getting praise in the press for being easy to use, but in my experience it was crazy unstable compared to other distros. I assumed that maybe it just didn't like my hardware of the time, but... Maybe it's just how it was 🤷

@courtneymertz4596 24 күн бұрын

When an old Linux Distro works better and looks better than current day Windows. I love it!

@marcoslago3450 23 күн бұрын

Not really. It hang during the video at least twice. No more stability than Windows 95.

@DaVince21 23 күн бұрын

Corel Linux was the first Linux I had ever heard of, period, before learning more about what Linux really was. It always seemed intriguing to me as a teenager but I never got to try it out back then, so it's nice to see this video pop up in my recommendations.

@JohnCremboz 25 күн бұрын

The first painting program I used, was DrawPerfect 1.1 on DOS. Later I used WordPerfect 6.1. All were on computers handed down from my dad. No idea why he had those as he was an avid MS Works (started on 2.0, now on 8.0) user (much to the frustration of everyone who uses MS Office). He still has Works 8.0 running on a 5 year old pc and still refuses to buy Office.

@_chrisr_ 25 күн бұрын

I remember using Wordperfect on Solaris (on Sparc) back in the 90s. It was more stable than Wordperfect for Windows which was a nightmare.

@TatsuZZmage 24 күн бұрын

I had an inflateable Tux Holding the Corel Cube. i miss it was stolen by a classmate. Old memory those 8 corel linux images were for the desktop switcher so ya knew what desktop you were on.

@Berg085 25 күн бұрын

I remember using Word Perfect on my Windows 98 computer, as it came with a free copy. I always liked it more than Word, as it was less stringent on all the auto-formatting it would try to apply to text.

@starshiptexas 25 күн бұрын

Literally my first linux. It was the distro we used in a continuing education class I took when I was 16, "introduction to linux"

@thefrecklepuny 25 күн бұрын

There was also a version of CorelDraw for Linux at the same time as well.

@jxchamb 25 күн бұрын

For the longest time I refused to use Word because it wasn't Word Perfect and thus inferior.

@gluester55 20 күн бұрын

I mean you can't beat perfection

@photovincent 12 күн бұрын

Of course the ‘underwater’ screen that showed all formatting codes was a weakness turned into a strength. I’ve never been able to position graphics exactly how I wanted in Word like I could in WP

@blogdesign7126 25 күн бұрын

Wow Wordperfect is now a forgotten office software overshadowed by Libre Office, Google Office and Yes Microsoft office.

@meatbyproducts 25 күн бұрын

In the late 90s I did work on WINE, and I believe it was native in their Linux untill they stopped with their version. I installed Corell Linux on computers in an alternative school that had no computers at the time. It was a nice version of Linux at the time. And I used Xandros off and on for a few years.

@manemobiili 24 күн бұрын

10 years ago i started using linux full time and i also dabbled with corel software on my local newspaper at that time. What a coincidence!

@RisingRevengeance 25 күн бұрын

I had no idea wordperfect was still used. I've only ever heard it mentioned on retro channels.

@ezramiller8296 11 күн бұрын

Yeah I have the home office edition. I like not having the ribbon style UI like MS Office. It’s only $50 or $99.

@RisingRevengeance 9 күн бұрын

@@ezramiller8296 Is it better than just openoffice though? Genuinely curious, I dont spend enough time in these programs myself

@lathiat 25 күн бұрын

This was my first Linux in about 2001-2002 as it was on the cover CD of “PC User” in Australia. Lasted a couple weeks. Then did I think Red Hat 6.2 for a few weeks and then Debian for a couple years until Ubuntu came out which I switched to very early in 2004.

@robmcleod2876 25 күн бұрын

Sounds similar to my run through Linux, but I started on mandrake before I tried corel Linux.

@ChrisJackson-js8rd 25 күн бұрын

remember when ottawa was relevant to the tech industry... those were the days i would say that limiting the number of pre-installed packages is pretty much the standard approach to linux today tho it very much was not in 1998, before we had plenty of network bandwidth and generally good and reliable package managers though maybe in a build targeted at new users you would still try and ensure they had everything they might need from the get-go even today

@cameronbosch1213 25 күн бұрын

Remember when Utah was a huge silicon valley predecessor (with Novell)? Or NYC and Westchester County NY (with IBM)?

@Steve25g 24 күн бұрын

@@cameronbosch1213Novell had nice networking tools. Used to run them rven on NT.

@MrTLsnow 12 күн бұрын

Kanata.

@leonkernan 25 күн бұрын

Corel was one of the first big supporters of wine because of this. Their changes were around the time when wine started go from a quirky mess to a usable option.

@bubbles581 25 күн бұрын

It was SUCH a huge deal when this came out OMG. Kids these days will kever know 😅 This was pretty much the first time Linux got noticed by a big commercial software company.

@ezramiller8296 11 күн бұрын

Even before RH and Suse?

@twistyjoygaming422 25 күн бұрын

Another amazing video by MJD! Love your content! Your videos inspired me to make my own Tech/Computer Content.

@tytotheler92 22 күн бұрын

Awesome video! Seeing early KDE brought back so many memories!

@kasamialt 24 күн бұрын

As someone who came along a little too late for stuff like this, "source code CD-ROM" is one hell of a concept

@KanawhaCountyWX 25 күн бұрын

I'm 19 and aside from my tech history obsession, the only other way I'm familiar with word perfect is because a device for the blind released in 2009 that I used for several years had wordperfect 5 as an export option for some reason.

@csolisr 24 күн бұрын

So, what do you use nowadays? A standard computer with text to speech?

@KanawhaCountyWX 24 күн бұрын

@@csolisr yep, I use a few different computers, but my main machine is an MSI laptop running Windows 11, I used to own a Mac but I didn't need it, and I use a Google pixel smartphone.

@Morokiane 25 күн бұрын

I still have my discs and my penguin. Tux is basically just made out of stress ball type foam.

@Slobos13 23 күн бұрын

I have been watching you since the start.(From my other account) Your videos are amazing and they have improved so much! Keep up the good work!

@TheLORDMJ 22 күн бұрын

This is so fascinating! I will definitely make a PCem machine for this OS and play around with it. Great video as always Michael.

@airfixer9461 25 күн бұрын

Cool Michael, nice review..well done 🙂

@drpc97 25 күн бұрын

i remember getting this back in 99 at my local micro center. installed it on a Packard Bell 486. not bad for its time. it was fun. i might just grab it again and test it on my p5 Packard bell from 1996. n Great Video!

@ProbUndefined 25 күн бұрын

Old linux version look so cool because of the 9x look!

@alexanderdelguidice4660 25 күн бұрын

If you need to see if something is running under wine, open a task manager application before you run the application. If you see wine processes or a process with a .exe suffix start when you start the application, the program is running under wine. I'm not sure if this apply to older versions of wine but it does in all of the ones that I've used.

@mrcrue13 25 күн бұрын

Corel Linux was my first experience with Linux. I remember downloading it on Dial up back in the day only to have to redownload it once ver 1.2 came out with USB support. I still mess around with it from time to time. I had it running in MiS Virtual PC 2007 and updated the kernel to 2.6.x on it I dont remember the exact one. I have it on a CF card for one of my pentium 3 pcs. I was able to get The Ur-Quan Masters (Star Control 2) compiled and running with Network support. It was fun talking to the devs of UQM Would it be possible for you to archive the source code cd? I have been trying to find it for a while now.

@sandrodellisanti1139 24 күн бұрын

Ciao, i remember, in 2000 i was online with AOL, and they had a Beta from their Software for Linux out for testing, i loved this version running under SuSE Linux.. many greetings from brunswick in germany and please stay safe 🙃

@tbranch227 14 күн бұрын

This rocks! Great video!

@NormanF62 25 күн бұрын

Corel Linux was the first RHEL clone based off KDE. Alms Linux and Rocky Linux can trace their ancestry back to it.

@ronm6585 23 күн бұрын

Very cool, thanks for sharing. I started off with WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS.

@randyvanheusden732 21 күн бұрын

I used Corel and Xandros distros. I loved the Xandros and found it so good that I thought for sure it would become a standard especially since it had so much similarity to that of the Windows layout making it easier for the user that was used to Windows. I may not be a fan of Windows, but that ease of use was a great convenience and even easy to learn. Thank you for sharing this video.

@gerowen 25 күн бұрын

15:45 Makes you wonder why computers seemed to do that a lot back then. I remember having old Windows 95 computers that would just randomly lock up for no apparent reason. Was it the software? Was the silicon used in those old consumer grade CPUs less reliable and predictable?

@charlesdorval394 25 күн бұрын

I'd say software, everything had to play nice with each other (ie. cooperative multitasking), if one misbehaved... boom.

@TheUAoB 23 күн бұрын

@@charlesdorval394 Linux never had cooperative multitasking. Also, even taking into account the age of the hardware, do bear in mind this is the version from the CDROM with no updates.

@charlesdorval394 23 күн бұрын

@@TheUAoB Never said it did, Windows 95 was mentioned.

@user0thenyancat 25 күн бұрын

Great video🎉

@remomattei 21 күн бұрын

I worked as a master caldera Linux trainer at that time and I saw the ad on your flipping through the pages.

@johnpetruna8888 24 күн бұрын

I used a LOT of WordPerfect from 1990 to 1993, but as your narration hinted, it was in a law office (& law school). Kinda loved it...even the blue screen.

@RogerioPereiradaSilva77 25 күн бұрын

Maybe I am misremembering this - it was over 20 years ago - but I find it highly unlikely that the Linux version of Word Perfect was built using the Windows version and WINE. There is absolutely nothing about it that makes one to think of Windows. A quick look at the software clearly shows that its GUI makes heavy use of the Motif toolkit which was a sort of commercially supported multi-platform UNIX GUI toolkit and, ugly as it may be, it was very popular to build commercial applications at the time with staples like Adobe Acrobat Reader, Netscape Navigator, CDE, eXceed (an old commercial PC X Server) and others. Plus WP was also available on several UNIX and non-UNIX platforms at the time for which WINE was not an option.

@ChristianHartmannBerlin 23 күн бұрын

this! it is so apparently, if not obviously Motif or Lesstiff based

@eriksiers 25 күн бұрын

I got a version of Corel Linux attached to a book back in the late 90s.

@gnorb 25 күн бұрын

Corel Linux wasn’t the first distro I used (that would be Mandrake), but it was one of my all-time favorites. I still have the disk!

@mikhailp3088 22 күн бұрын

I'm missing so much returning home from the computer's store with a new box with some software or game, looking at the shining back side of the disk and looking forward to install the software. It was a great time, I'm missing it so much

@shaunkruger 25 күн бұрын

I bought this boxed distribution many years ago when it first came out. I think I still have the penguin squishy foam toy somewhere.

@demorde 25 күн бұрын

Is there any way to get the "Merlin chases the NT blues away" image in the product catalogue scanned? Its fantastic!

@chrisa-wr2kw 25 күн бұрын

My penguin from Corel Linux Select was a stress squeeze type. I had it until his head ripped off.

@maltronics 25 күн бұрын

Cool,MJD Word Perfect, no wires crossed.Great vlog

@Jim-Jam 25 күн бұрын

Yes! also the first ever Linux distro I used

@JamesFisher-cr4np 11 күн бұрын

Great video! Been a long time since I have been able to watch your videos due to circumstances beyond my control. I used WordPerfect back when I had DOS on my PC. Keep up the awesome work! BTW, I used to be fishmanloveslinux.

@MichaelMJD 11 күн бұрын

Hey welcome back!! Glad to have you

@Aragubas 25 күн бұрын

omg I was just looking at this OS some days ago and now you posted a video about it :3c

@thatjpwing 22 күн бұрын

I LOVED Corel Linux. It was the first distro in my experience that could see all the Windows share on a local network right out of the box. It was amazing in that regard. I want to say that I purchased a boxed version at our local Kmart.

@ApeCaesarBlogspotApeCaesar 10 күн бұрын

It's a really solid experience! Corel and KDE team made a great work there

@Stu_Thingy 25 күн бұрын

every time when MJD uploads i watch it

@OfficialGamer_ 25 күн бұрын

idk why these kinds of videos are entertaining lol, probably because i love technology

@mrgrumpy888 25 күн бұрын

I remember using this distro for a bit back in the early 2000s. I knew it even back then that this was a very "side" project for Corel and that they wouldn't bother with it for long, considering that they mentioned at the time that they had no plans or interest in porting their flagship product CorelDRAW to Linux.

@PropaneWP 23 күн бұрын

According to Wikipedia, they did release CorelDRAW for Linux in '99, which was the same time period this distro was released, afaik.

@udirt 17 күн бұрын

That was the best desktop distro i ever saw. ❤

@USSJeff 22 күн бұрын

I was in my PC Technician college course at Algonquin College in 1999. This is in Ottawa which was/is the home of Corel and we had a whole Corel Linux lab sponsored by them.

@jstinn123 15 күн бұрын

I used Corel Linux and loved it because it included Corel Word Perfect. Simple to use, graphical installer and a great word processor.

@err0rheart932 24 күн бұрын

Xandros was my first linux desktop! Never knew it came from Corel.

@dianaalyssa8726 25 күн бұрын

Oh cool. This takes me back.

@AM-sd7iz 7 күн бұрын

Omg, the nostalgia. I used to use all the Corel suite.

@RealGrogan 21 күн бұрын

I saw that on a shelf at Chapters in 2000... I was already using Slackware and Mandrake but I gave it a try and it wasn't too bad. I had to compile a kernel to get my parallel port zip drive working though. One thing cool about it was that it had some Windows NT-like tools. For example the user manager program was a lot like the one in NT4.

@kloakovalimonada 25 күн бұрын

I do remember using this one for a couple of days. Might be the first Linux distro I've ever used, in 1999-ish. Goes to show how short was Corel's tenure as a household name - maybe a couple of years in the mid-90s?

@kendawg_mcawesome 24 күн бұрын

Love the old school KDE UI, and this is actually a really nice tweak to it. Tempted to waste a weekend failing to port it, but I'll resist.

@ibizenco 17 күн бұрын

I had forgotten about Corel Linux! I remember getting it on and trying it from a CD-rom that came with one of those PC magazines. I don't remember really/long using it.

@lorensims4846 25 күн бұрын

I bought this in 2000 along with Red Hat 6 when we moved back out west to try to catch on to the tech boom.

@captainvictoria7640 24 күн бұрын

When he said "the penguin is missing", my heart sunk.

@marcioaso 13 күн бұрын

I remember using the OS at the time. Some specialized magazines used to come with installation CD-ROMs, and that's how I met this OS. Was a good way to study web development while having a shared family computer... since it came with a very easy UI. My mom (77 now) - for example - never even learnt Windows... thx to OSes like this. The real difficulty was usually configuring some shady hardware (had to compile a lot) and translations. I think this is still a problem today for some distros, although a lot more rare. I think I ran it for a few months, then I switched to Xandros... then switched back to Debian again. Very nostalgic video. === edit: Oh! You've mentioned Xandros... nice.

@mr-creativeguy 25 күн бұрын

i love your vids

@astererratum6546 25 күн бұрын

I almost always think of Word Perfect as a Linux software. Lol. I was planning on using it for my new Linux set up. When I saw the price tag I ended up going with something else.

@pianoman4Jesus 9 күн бұрын

@3:23 My copy of Corel Linux came with a plush stuffed Linux Tux. I still have it.

@YuraSkrynnykov 25 күн бұрын

Wow, that was the first linux distro I lay my hands on about 20 years ago

@tkkeating 21 күн бұрын

I used WordPerfect when in college and it's a great product. Made great suggestions in replacing words in a sentence, man this product help me get "A"'s in my papers. I was just thinking about this a month ago and was wondering what happened to it. This was much better then MS WORD and most like still is, but I haven't written any college papers in over 30 yrs., so maybe that's not true any more, but it was great at the time.