Screen Shot Gallery -- Linux™

Operating System     In 1991, Linus Torvalds began work on a "minix-lookalike" UNIX clone operating system for 386 systems. He posted messages on the newsgroup comp.os.minix announcing his project, telling that the source for it was free, and asked others to help test it. By the end of 1991, other programmers had joined the Linux project and the fledgling OS began to take shape. At this time, Linux was also called "Free UNIX for the 386" by Torvalds.     Once the source code was posted on the Internet for others to tweak and improve, Linux evolved and became compatible with more than just 386 computers. Versions were created to run on Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC, and other hardware architectures.     But Linux is not for the casual computer user. Without a graphical user interface, Linux commands are similar to those of UNIX. And if you thought DOS was cryptic, sit down to a command-based UNIX terminal sometime.     By the late 1990's, Linux had become stable enough to run on network servers and manage mission-critical data. It was at this time commercial software companies such as Corel, IBM, Red Hat, SuSE and others began marketing commercial versions of Linux for both desktop and server use.     In 2003, Novell embraced Linux and acquired SuSE. Linux had become so popular in the 21st Century that UNIX giant SCO filed a lawsuit against IBM claiming that UNIX source code had been introduced into open source Linux. It was an attempt by SCO to take control of Linux and eliminate it from the industry.     Who would have thought that what started out as a "hobby" by a single individual in 1991 would evolve into global commercial production -- and threaten a well-established commercial operating system -- a decade or so later?

WinLinux 2000 Copyright © 1999 JRCP-USA LLC Do you like running Windows 95/98? Would you like to try Linux on the same system without having to give up Windows? With WinLinux 2000 you can have the best of both operating systems. WinLinux installs from within Windows and can be booted by double-clicking an icon. WinLinux 2000 is Linux 2.2.13 and runs the KDE 1.1.2 GUI. Other programs include KWrite, KEdit, KOrganizer 1.1.1 personal information manager (PIM), address book, KPackage add/remove programs utility, KDVI Tex-DVI viewer, KFax, fractals generator, KDE icon editor, image viewer, KGhostview PDF/ PS viewer, KSnapshot screen capture utility, CD player, media player, MIDI/Karaoke player, XMMS 0.9.5.1 MP3 player, calculator, archive utility, notes organizer, hex editor, personal time tracker, terminal emulator, tape backup utility, process manager, task and file managers, Netscape Communicator 4.7, KDE Internet utilities, networking utilities, floppy formatter, trash can, Disk Navigator, on-line help and much more. After you finish your WinLinux session, you can log out, choose "Shutdown and restart," and reboot back into Windows 95/98. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 678MB

Corel Linux OS Second Edition Deluxe 1.2 Copyright © 2000 Corel Corporation Corel takes the pain out of installing Linux with a wizard-based graphical install program. It features Corel Linux 1.2, Corel KDE Desktop Environment 1.2 GUI with text editor, calculator, CD player, media player, image viewer, screen capture, process manager, 12 games, and much more. It also features Corel WordPerfect for Linux 8.1, Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9, Corel File Manager 1.2, Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0, Netscape Communicator 4.73, RealPlayer, eFax, instant messenger, Debian software, including Konsole 0.9.8 FTP client, X-CD-Roast 0.96e SCSI CD-burner software, XMMS 1.0.1 multimedia player, Grip 2.91 CD "ripper" and MP3 encoder, 116 screen savers, 17 additional games, etc. Also included are 5,461 graphics, photos and texture images, 200 TrueType and Type 1 fonts, IBM Java Virtual Machine, OSS sound drivers, BRU backup software, "Open Circulation" and source code CD-ROM discs, Corel Linux OS SE 1.44MB boot disk, Loki games demo CD, Myth II LE CD, and much more. This release even includes a 12" inflatable Linux penguin! This version was released on four CD-ROM discs.   Total install size: 608MB

Word Processor     While the Linux operating system flourished in the 1990's and even began making proprietary owners of UNIX nervous, Linux suffered a similar ailment that other operating systems such as OS/2 and BeOS were stricken by -- a lack of commercial application software.     In the late 1990's, Corel was the only major commercial software vendor to offer a full-featured commercial word processor program for Linux.

Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux Personal Edition Copyright © 1998 Corel Corporation Created for Corel by Software Development Corporation, Corel WordPerfect 8 Personal Edition for Linux gives Linux users powerful document generating capability. Featuring a spelll checker, thesaurus, Grammatik 5 version 2.0, find and replace, WordPerfect Draw with graphics editing and charting, Spell/Grammar/ Prompt-As-You-Go, QuickFormat, QuickCorrect, outlining, sort, merge, tables with over 90 spreadsheet functions, highlighting, hyperlinks, bookmarks, index, TOC, TOA, cross-reference, macros, keep text together, make it fit, manual kerning, overstrike, columns, envelope and label printing, graphics insert, text box, watermark, equation editor, bullet and number lists, special characters, headers, footers, go to, convert case, publish to HTML, version control, document summary, POSTNET barcodes, 92 ExpressDoc templates, built-in file manager, import/export Microsoft Word 97 documents, over 5,400 clipart/photo/texture images, 130 fonts, Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0, Netscape Navigator 3.4, on-line help, and much more. The on-line manual is titled Corel WordPerfect for UNIX. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 140MB

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