xandros-debian compatability

[Leon Goldstein]

dep wrote:

>anybody here running xandros?
>
>reason i ask is that i have a box of the new version, unopened, that i 
>might be interested in trying out, in that it's debian-based and might 
>therefore provide entree into debian.
>
>i'm not much interested, though, in some of the "improvements" xandros 
>has made to kde.
>
>what i'm trying to figure out is whether it's possible to install and 
>configure xandros, then go to the normal debian tree to get the stuff i 
>want, and stick to debian thereafter for purposes of grabbing software.
>
>anybody know if this would work?
>
>also -- anybody know if there is *any* source *anywhere* for the last 
>version of the corel suite? while i'm not desperate to have word 
>perfect, the portovers of corel draw and the like would be much to my 
>liking, even if they're all wined up.
> -- dep
>
dep: I don't have Xandros.  I did try an early Xandros 1 beta but did 
not care for it.
I just never liked the Corel file manager/desktop.

As far as Xandros 2.0 goes, I believe it has a technology release 
included, which does not have the proprietary GUI.
If you install Xandros 2.0 with its default GUI, you are stuck with 
whatever Xandros provides for downloads.
They have the same problem that clouded Corel Linux; a proprietary desk 
top that could not keep up with the developments in KDE.  Also, like 
CLOS, Xandros wants to write its bootloader to your MBR.   I believe 
however that you can  "defooze" this nasty  habit.

By Corel suite I presume you mean WordPerfect Office 2000/Linux?  The 
supply dried up around July last year.  I think I posted a link to a 
surplus software store that was selling WPO2KL for $15 (then $5) plus 
shipping.  For now, you are at the mercy of ebay.  If you are going to 
install Xandros 2, then there is no purpose in getting WPO2KL; it won't 
work.
Xandros uses glib 2.3.2 and that euthanizes WPO2KL, or more 
specifically, the version of Fontastic font manager the package uses.  
PhotoPaint9 is also KO'd by it.  I don't know about Corel Draw -  it has 
been very hard to find - but I would think it has the same problem as 
with the other WINE apps.

-- 
Leon A. Goldstein

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