Re: Fwd: Re: Re: Corel Linux

2001-07-20 Thread Bob Nielsen
ing it > > > -- Forwarded Message -- > Subject: Re: Re: Corel Linux > Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 21:19:22 +1000 > From: "ann Barbara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Hereward Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > this is bullsh

Fwd: Re: Re: Corel Linux

2001-07-20 Thread Hereward Cooper
you have a interesting way of putting it -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: Re: Corel Linux Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 21:19:22 +1000 From: "ann Barbara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hereward Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> this is bullshit - Origi

Re: Corel Linux

2001-07-19 Thread John Galt
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Bruce wrote: >I hope you can direct me. I have just bought corel linux and instakll it >in its own partition. My problem is that i cant get my modem to >initialise. It works quite well with windows me on the same machine, but >when i query the modem on linux it returns nothing

Re: Corel Linux

2001-07-19 Thread Tom Massey
On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 08:29:58PM +1000, Bruce wrote: > I hope you can direct me. I have just bought corel linux and install > it in its own partition. My problem is that i cant get my modem to > initialise. It works quite well with windows me on the same machine, > but when i query the modem on

Fwd: Re: Corel Linux

2001-07-19 Thread Hereward Cooper
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: Corel Linux Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 11:37:42 + From: Hereward Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Thursday 19 July 2001 10:29, Bruce wrote: > I hope you can direct me. I have ju

Re: Corel Linux + Wine

2000-10-17 Thread John Travis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > I successfully installed the documentation for Debian Wine, but I cannot > install the actual program. Corel Linux (version 2) keeps giving me "file > dependency" errors. Unfortuanately, I am new at this, and need some > advice. > > Sincerely, > > CTK > [EMA

Re: Corel Linux--your opinions pls

2000-08-07 Thread Cam Ellison
On Sun, 6 Aug 2000 18:04:01 -0300, Rogerio Brito wrote: >On Aug 06 2000, Aaron Maxwell wrote: >> One gripe: my particular instance of CorelOS was missing a lot of packages >> hackers are used to, both on the harddrive and the distro CD. E.g., I was >> HORRIFIED to learn that no flavor of emacs wa

Re: Corel Linux--your opinions pls

2000-08-07 Thread Michael Soulier
On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Rogerio Brito wrote: > On Aug 06 2000, Aaron Maxwell wrote: > > One gripe: my particular instance of CorelOS was missing a lot of packages > > hackers are used to, both on the harddrive and the distro CD. E.g., I was > > HORRIFIED to learn that no flavor of emacs was present :

Re: Corel Linux--your opinions pls

2000-08-06 Thread Rogerio Brito
On Aug 06 2000, Aaron Maxwell wrote: > One gripe: my particular instance of CorelOS was missing a lot of packages > hackers are used to, both on the harddrive and the distro CD. E.g., I was > HORRIFIED to learn that no flavor of emacs was present :) [2] That was my biggest gripe too. :-)

Re: Corel Linux--your opinions pls

2000-08-06 Thread Francesco Bochicchio
On Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 10:05:08AM -0700, Aaron Maxwell wrote: > I think it's fine. > > My 1-month-old system came with CorelOS preinstalled. I used it for a > week until I changed it to "pure" debian [1]. I too has a similar experience: because slink won't install on my new Atlon, I installed C

Re: Corel Linux--your opinions pls

2000-08-06 Thread Aaron Maxwell
gt; Hi all > > Any one have an opinion, good or bad, re: Corel Linux? > I have just obtained a copy and don't know much about it. I have been > using freeBSD and Slack for a desktop only box. > It appears to be targeted at people like me, who only have one >

Re: Corel Linux--your opinions pls

2000-08-05 Thread Warren A. Layton
On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 06:17:09PM -0700, Jeff Roediger wrote: > Hi all > > Any one have an opinion, good or bad, re: Corel Linux? > I have just obtained a copy and don't know much about it. I have been > using freeBSD and Slack for a desktop only box. > It ap

Re: Corel Linux--your opinions pls

2000-08-05 Thread Marko Cehaja
Why Corel when you have Debian? Corel is based on Debian, but not at all good like it. > Hi all > > Any one have an opinion, good or bad, re: Corel Linux? > Marko

Re: Corel Linux

2000-05-07 Thread John Hasler
muzica writes: > I read that [Corel Linux} is a collaboration with you. Corel Linux is derived from Debian and contains a subset of Debian's packages, but it is not a collaborative effort. The Debian developers offered to help Corel but were refused. > When I install Corel on my second partitio

Re: Corel Linux

2000-05-07 Thread Erik Ryberg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello Debian team, > > I read that is a collaboration with you. So I really hope to get help > regarding > installation. > > I am using P3(450) processsor, 32MB RAM, onboard (integrated) display card and > others are standard. When I install Corel on my seco

Re: Corel Linux

2000-05-07 Thread Ron Rademaker
Error messages are always required in these kind of wituations if you would like an answer that could be of any use to you... Ron Rademaker On Mon, 8 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello Debian team, > > I read that is a collaboration with you. So I really hope to get help > regar

Re: Corel/Linux OS

2000-04-25 Thread pplaw
=?iso-8859-15?Q?Jean-Philippe_Gu=E9rard?= wrote: > >I am a bit unsure of what you use to access your floppy drive from > >the Desktop. To access a floppy drive, you probably need to mount it > >first with "fdmount" or "xvmount". > > -- > Jean-Philippe Guérard > // and "mount /dev/fd0 /" (but wi

Re: Corel/Linux OS

2000-04-25 Thread Jean-Philippe Guérard
Le 2000-04-24 15:58:40 -0700, Angel M. Hernandez écrivait : > I'm using Linux OS from Corel and I'm having problems trying to access my > floppy drive from the Desktop. Please can anyboby help me? Also I would like > to buy a instructions book, if there is any, about Debian Linux. Thank you. You

RE: corel linux

2000-04-07 Thread Oki DZ
On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Chris Mason wrote: > Yes, I have it and I am going through install-hell. It's not install-hell; it's all the your life-experience you need to reach your destiny... > Actually it installs > very easily, but Ima trying to get a firewall together and I am having > problems wit

Re: corel linux

2000-04-05 Thread Phillip Deackes
sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The copy of Storm I had came with xf86 3.3.5. Also, I have found that > a > lot of the power user types (myself included) dislike Storm at first > but > once they "delamerize" it a bit they really like it a lot. I agree with Sam on this one. I used Debian, upgraded

Re: corel linux

2000-04-05 Thread sam
The copy of Storm I had came with xf86 3.3.5. Also, I have found that a lot of the power user types (myself included) dislike Storm at first but once they "delamerize" it a bit they really like it a lot. ~Sam On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, aphro wrote: > woulda been nice if storm had updated X before relea

Re: corel linux

2000-04-04 Thread aphro
woulda been nice if storm had updated X before releasing. seems like they are still using 3.3.2.3 (?) none of my videocards work with that :< doh! of course i only spent about 30 mins trying to install it.. nate On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, sam wrote: hari >I have tried Corel Linux but I wasn't crazy ab

Re: corel linux

2000-04-04 Thread Sandy Shapiro
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 04/04/00 at 04:19 PM, "massa confusa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >I have read that corel linux is based on debian. Does anyone on this >list use it and can they tell me any more about it? Thanks, >mary I tried it and returned it in favor or Debian Gnu/Linux pac

Re: corel linux

2000-04-04 Thread Hans
It installed beautifully on my Acer notebook. Only needed to load a sound module. --hans At 04:19 PM 4/4/00 -0500, massa confusa wrote: >I have read that corel linux is based on debian. Does anyone on this list >use it and can they tell me any more about it? Thanks, > >mary > > >-- >Unsubscribe

Re: corel linux

2000-04-04 Thread james nigh
yes, it is based on debian. i've used it quite a bit. here's my take: naturally, since i am a debian fan, i think it's the greatest of the "Linux-for-the-Windows-user-who wants-to-try-out-Linux" distribution, though i try to be unbiased. (based on the ones i've tried... Redhat, Corel, and Caldera)

Re: corel linux

2000-04-04 Thread sam
I have tried Corel Linux but I wasn't crazy about it. It's very geared towards the desktop Windows user. I recommend you check out Storm Linux at www.stormix.com. Storm is also based on Debian but I like the things they added to it a lot more than what Corel did. I installed it last week and I've b

RE: corel linux

2000-04-04 Thread Chris Mason
Yes, I have it and I am going through install-hell. Actually it installs very easily, but Ima trying to get a firewall together and I am having problems with network card install, however, I think I would have the same problems with any Linux system. The initial install is easy, the interface is

Re: Corel Linux debs

2000-02-02 Thread Alfred Munnikes
Wim Kerkhoff wrote: > > Hi, > > Has anybody tried installing the Corel debs from > ftp://ftp.corel.com/pub/linux/CorelLinux/dists/corellinux-1.0/corel/binary-i386/ > ? I've tried them, but they depend on libapt-pkg2.5, which I can't seem to > find > anywhere... > > Does anybody know where libap

Re: Corel linux

1999-11-19 Thread aphro
On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Sven Esbjerg wrote: joker >Well all the GNU/Linux stuff will have to be GPL and it is. The rest is under joker >a Mozilla-like license that Corel made up. It's pretty much free. I think joker >Debian developers should take a look at it, notice the good parts and try to joker

Re: Corel linux

1999-11-18 Thread Sven Esbjerg
On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 03:45:00PM -0800, aphro wrote: > anytime soon..i doubt corel is up to releasing it as GPL. chances are low Well all the GNU/Linux stuff will have to be GPL and it is. The rest is under a Mozilla-like license that Corel made up. It's pretty much free. I think Debian develop

Re: Corel linux

1999-11-17 Thread aphro
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Charles Lewis wrote: lewisc >Anyone know what kind of effect corel is having on debian? Is their distro lewisc >debian or not? What are the major differences? Corel apparently touts a 3 lewisc >step, user friendly installation. Does this mean that debian itself will lewisc >

Re: Corel Linux

1999-11-06 Thread aphro
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

Re: Corel Linux

1999-11-06 Thread Joey Hess
Nick Wesselman wrote: > What exactly does it mean if a distribution is "based on" Debian? Would any > packages created for debian work with it? Well they should unless Corel messes up the packages they modify, or package incompatable library versions. > Are new releases "created" when > new rew r