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Re: wordperfect 5.1 for unix, and debian?



Doug:
> Karen Lewellen:
> > Doug:
> > > There was once (around 1995?) a WordPerfect version for Linux. It
> > > worked, but it had terrible fonts. It has not been possible to
> > > install that for at least the past 4 years, and probably longer,
> > > as the dependencies can no longer be met.
> >
> > YOu know?
> > I need to check this edition then, because it is far more current
> > than 1995 I  am sure. Kare
>
> Ok, I was guessing 1995, it was later. I found my copy of Corel
> WordPerfect 8 for Linux, Personal Edition. The disk is copyright
> 1998.

You might find this site about using WP on Linux interesting:
http://xwp8users.com/
There's a section about running WP8 on current Debian-based distros.

And the corel.WordPerfect_Linux newsgroup at the cnews.corel.com server
still exists.


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