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WordPerfect on Linux FAQ
font−installer module "xwpfi" (see: http://www.rodsbooks.com/wpfonts/wpfonts−fonts.html), and support for
grammar/spelling checkers and thesaurus lookups in additional (non−English) languages. The CD−ROM
includes a text file with a registration key. Be aware that the electronic−format WP manual included is for
character−mode WP, not the graphical X11 version.
Next came WP 8.1 Personal Edition for Linux (WP 8.1 PE), arguably the best version to date. It came only in
boxed sets of CLOS Deluxe Edition versions 1.0 and 1.2. (CLOS 1.2 was better known as "Second Edition", a
name Corel evidently pitched at MS−Windows users.)
WP 8.1 PE differed from prior versions in several ways. It wasn't licensed for multiuser (only Server Editions
included multiuser support and console−mode WP; I know of no 8.1 Server Editions), but was licensed for
commercial use. As part of CLOS Deluxe Edition, it was in .deb package format. Redistribution was/is strictly
prohibited. It came with a full set of 300 fonts, the font−installer module, network support, WP Draw, and
equation editor, and a printed manual. It ships with and installs all required libraries.
WP 8.1 Light Edition for Linux was the bundled WP copy included in boxed sets of CLOS Standard Edition.
According to one report, it differs from WP 8.1 PE only in having approximately 1/3 as many included fonts
(only one of the Deluxe bundle's three .deb−format font archives).
The latest and apparently final WP version for Linux was v. 9, promoted by Corel as "WordPerfect Office
2000". This FAQ will have little to say about WP 9 for Linux, as it was not a true native port, but rather
consisted of Win32 binary code running in a WINE emulation environment −− with predictable RAM bloat
and instability, as a result. (Boxed sets only were offered.)
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