Corel Linux, Progeny Linux

[Leon A. Goldstein]

Andrew Gould wrote:

>On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Leon A. Goldstein
><metapsych at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>Andrew Gould wrote:
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>>>We've been digging through old boxes in our garage.  My wife's oldest
>>>find was her Remco Bulldog Tank from the 1950's - the first of its
>>>kind that could go forwards AND backwards.  (Rita was a tomboy.)  I
>>>traveled much lighter through life, so my most interesting "finds"
>>>were 2 unopened boxes of Linux:  1 Corel Linux and 1 Progeny Linux.
>>>
>>>Does anyone have a use for these?  Is there a Linux museum yet?
>>>
>>>Andrew
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>>Andrew: is that Corel Linux standard or deluxe?
>>There are folks who would like to get hands on the Corel Linux for the Word
>>Perfect  8.1 version bundled with it.
>>Tell me what version it is, what you want for it, and I'll post a notice on
>>the WP8/Linux newsgroup, where a few of us Neanderthals still lurk.
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>>Leon A. Goldstein
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>Leon,
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>I'm out of town, so I'll check this weekend; but I recall seeing
>"WordPerfect" mentioned on the cover.
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>Andrew
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Andrew: both versions of Corel Linux included the complete WP8.1 (in 
Debian packages of course); the deluxe version had more Type 1 fonts.

WP8.1 can be made to work in newer Linuces.  The current versions of 
SuSE can still install the hoary shlib5 support libs.  Other Linuces can 
be also adapted, but printing can be a problem.  For the gory details see
http://www.xwp8users.com/index.html

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Leon A. Goldstein

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