Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

Re:Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist ... by callinyouin on Thursday December 20, 2018 @01:46PM (#18727751)

I installed Corel Linux on the family computer when I was 13. It was my first Linux distribution. Someone from school got the disc out of a magazine if I remember correctly.

I couldn't get the modem to work and the installer didn't add a boot option for the Windows 98 partition (LILO bootloader), so my family was understandably pretty pissed off. I ended up figuring out how to restore the Windows MBR, and eventually figured out how to dual boot.

To this day, when I mention Corel Linux was my first Linux distribution people tend to think I'm confused since "Corel makes graphics software, not Linux distributions!"

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Re:Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist ... by TranceMan on Thursday December 20, 2018 @02:06PM (#18727960)

Ah getting my first modem under linux working - the autovtest was dialling 999999 - I got a call back as soon as I managed to hangup. Explained to the 999 operator I was just testing Linux....

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Re:Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist ... by qubex on Thursday December 20, 2018 @03:03PM (#18728594)

Probably you had one of those ‘winmodem’ monstrosities that were prevalent at the time. I experienced similar problems.

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Re:Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist ... by chrisseaton on Thursday December 20, 2018 @08:06PM (#18730697)

There's nothing inherently wrong with a software modem. It's just a different way of implementing the hardware. Some software modems were effectively programmable DSPs, almost like a software defined radio for a wired connection.

I doubt they ever claimed Linux driver support so it's not their fault people weren't able to get them working.

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