[kde-linux] Status of KDE 4.1.2?

david gnome at hawaii.rr.com
Mon Oct 13 18:58:32 UTC 2008


Randy Kramer wrote:
> On Monday 13 October 2008 03:45 am, david wrote:
>> Not that I recall. I think 3.3 was my earliest encounter with straight 
>> KDE. Don't know what version of KDE that my first distro started with 
> - 
>> what KDE did CorelLinux use in 1999?
> 
> I know that your question was sort of an aside, and maybe somebody with 
> authoritative knowledge will answer, but I started my serious attempt 
> at adopting Linux in May of 2000.  I tried a bunch of distros, and, 
> iirc, Corel Linux was one of those--I wish I could remember for 
> sure--it was one I had to buy--and, iirc, it was by the (then current?) 
> sellers of Wordperfect.  (I may even have the old box or disk(s) around 
> somewhere.)

Yes, Corel sold WordPerfect and CorelLinux, along with CorelDraw and 
Corel VenturaPublisher (a very powerful, underrated desktop publishing 
program). They sold CorelLinux to Xandros, which I've never tried.

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David
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