I only got beta 2 of corel linux (oct 22 1999 build) it appears that it may be compadible with slink package wise, although it seems QUITE limited in terms of binary packages compared to slink.. i was and still am very dissapointed with their lack of selection for applications. and fear that their rush to release on nov 15 (i found several bugs within a couple hours) is a bad mistake. give corel linux a good 2 months, like anything wait for the first group of patches before considering it. i told em they should continue the beta test for another 5-6 months. i guess they didn't agree.
nate On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Nick Wesselman wrote: nickjj >What exactly does it mean if a distribution is "based on" Debian? Would any nickjj >packages created for debian work with it? Are new releases "created" when nickjj >new rew releases of the Debian kernel are? Etc. nickjj > nickjj >I'm asking because I've been hearing a lot about Corel Linux and it looks nickjj >pretty nice... i just recently installed Debian on an old 486 that I got nickjj >from work and I love it, and plan on using it a) to get aquainted with linux nickjj >and b) for some low-level server stuff, like ip masquerading for a couple nickjj >other systems, a small web site, and maybe a small ftp site... But I'm a bit nickjj >frustrated by the normal problems one has moving to linux from windows (yeah nickjj >I'm a wimp)... lack of GUI-based configuration and management, for one.... nickjj >corel's release seems to break down some of those walls.... *shrug* nickjj > nickjj >Any answers, kind advice, or constructive criticisms are much appreciated... nickjj > nickjj >--Nick nickjj > nickjj > nickjj >-- nickjj >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null nickjj > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 7:04pm up 78 days, 6:33, 4 users, load average: 0.32, 0.43, 0.38
