Editing Corel Linux (section)

{{Infobox OS
|  name = Corel Linux
|  logo = 
|  screenshot = File:Corel Linux.png
|  caption = Screenshot of Corel Linux running [[WordPerfect]] and [[Netscape Navigator]]
|  developer = [[Corel]]
|  family = [[Linux]] ([[Unix-like]])
|  source_model = 
|  working_state = Discontinued
|  released = {{Start date|1999|11|15}}
|  latest_release_version = Second Edition
|  latest_release_date = August 15, 2000
|  ui = CDE (variant of [[KDE]])
|  kernel_type = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]]
|  supported_platforms = [[IA-32]]
|  license = 
|  website = 
}}
'''Corel Linux''', also called '''Corel LinuxOS''', was a [[Debian]]-based [[operating system]] made by [[Corel]] that began beta testing on September 21, 1999<ref name="BetaPR">{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/article/1999-09-21/aogEFJ8X3K5A.html | title=Corel Begins Beta-Testing of Corel® LINUX® | publisher=Bloomberg | date=1999-09-21 | accessdate=2013-12-04}}</ref> and was released to the public on November 15, 1999. It mainly competed against [[Windows 98]] and [[Windows 2000]] by [[Microsoft]], plus [[Mac OS 9]] by [[Apple, Inc|Apple]]. Corel later discontinued the distribution, but did not remove the former Corel Open Source Development website until March 2002.

Corel did not use KFM, the standard [[KDE]] [[file manager]]. It instead used its own file manager, CFM. This, along with other modifications Corel made, made the operating system incompatible with other versions of Linux much more so than other competitors in the industry. At a time when there was relatively little commercial Linux software available, this was a serious hurdle for Corel and its users.

The operating system's Second Edition was released on August 15, 2000, in download, regular and deluxe editions. The latter bundled Corel [[WordPerfect Office]] for Linux.

[[Xandros]] purchased the Corel Linux source code and development team when [[Corel]] scrapped its Linux business in August 2001.