Corel Linux

Early review of Xandros 1.0

These days, the big players in the Linux "purely-desktop market" are Lycoris, Lindows, ELX and the much awaited Xandros Desktop 1.0. OSNews got their hands to the latest version of Xandros (beta3b) and we are giving it a whirl.

A pair of interviews with one of the execs presiding over what was Corel Linux

With Xandros nearing the release of version 1.0 of its Linux distro, OSNews has one interview, while LinuxOrbit has another. There seemed to have been an odd failing of all the Debian-based commercial distributions, so it'll be quite interresting to see what they've managed to build upon Woody and the ashes of Corel Linux.

Did Corel Corp. goof up again?

It's been a year since the Ottawa-based software company, under the direction of chief executive Derek J. Burney, struck a deal to sell its fledgling Linux OS division for a few million bucks. Burney argued at the time that Linux was too much of a distraction for money-losing Corel, which had pledged to get its ship in order after former CEO Michael Cowpland jumped overboard and left behind a half-sunken vessel full of holes. ....What was clear is that Corel had developed an award-winning product that nobody seemed to want. Corel was a leader in the desktop Linux space, but the space itself was microscopic compared to the dominance of Windows. Analysts, never convinced that Linux would be a success on the desktop or a formidable competitor to Microsoft, were happy that Corel made the decision to leave, even if it ruffled the feathers of a few die-hard Linux believers. ...About 30 per cent of servers now use Linux as their operating system, studies suggest. IBM, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems all have server product lines that come with Linux pre-installed.

From the ``still kicking'' dept.

The distribution of the Linux operating system for desktop PCs developed by Corel is set to make a comeback in April, according to the startup that licensed the technology last year. Xandros, a company founded on Corel's technology, is preparing to take the wraps off its Linux desktop operating system, CEO Mike Bego said Friday. At the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in New York, which begins Tuesday, Xandros will be on hand to plug its new software.

(I coulda sworn it wasn't as simple as 1030 words.)

"Corel is not the only company that has tried to sell commercial Linux software so hard to install and use that no sane person would want to spend money for it." More from Roblimo....