Behind the friendly face of the KDE desktop lies a seething mass of raw Linux, and it takes no prisoners. A good example of this is in the instructions for creating a boot floppy disk. In Windows, you insert the Linux CD-ROM and follow the autorun instructions to put a disk in the floppy drive. And unfortunately, the extensive help file doesn't really address the underlying basics. This didn't work.
Text display leaves a lot to be desired.
The font technology used in Corel Linux seems nowhere near as advanced as either TrueType or Adobe Type 1. A lack of hinting causes malformed characters at smaller sizes and the default WordPerfect font is almost illegible at 12-point. On a fast PC, performance was dismal compared with Windows. It took over two and a half minutes to load Linux, and in general, response was poor. We would often click on an icon and, perceiving no visible result, click again.