just wondering .... when will coreldraw be available on linux?
today, corel is the only application which holds me back from switching
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FosterCoburn:Corel has announced no plans now or in the future to port to Linux. Obviously that could change tomorrow, but as of today there are no plans.
there's a very big community of graphic designers from all over the world that work with corel X4 and would like to get it to work on linux.
we beg you to find a solution - maybe work with wine or crossover.
www.xandros.com
Xandros was Corel Linux. Draw ran under that in version 9 I think as a WINE application.
X4 may or may not run under WINE 1.0 if you move some win DLLs into the installation. There is no published information on what is required.
If you work it out we would all like to know the details.
If you look into web history there are documents that clearly state that Corel devoted a significant effort to help the WINE crew around version 9. Corel were regarded as serious and highly respected contributors to the WINE project.
After that what happened??? Corel were 'helped' my Microsoft, sold Corel Linux (now Xandros) and there's been no mention of Linux since.
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Chances of Corel going back into Linux??? (Lots less likely than a Ventura come back.) At least I think that is a resonable observers assumption.
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Yani:Chances of Corel going back into Linux??? (Lots less likely than a Ventura come back.) At least I think that is a resonable observers assumption.
There's a big difference. Corel is still owner of CorelVentura and is still a part of the software list on the Corel web. Only needs an update or a newest version. But CorelLinux is no more a part of the company, and there's no more support for Linux. There's no way to create a Linux version compatible with the actual CorelDRAW. It's like to develop a new software.
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Corel could get Draw operating under WINE they have before. X4 gets a garbage rating on WINE, doesn't install.
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=440
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=10830
It only has 3 votes of need... Might require a log in but you can vote to get apps a priority and you can donate cash.
I suspect if I were easy it would still run under WINE on Linux.
me Too looking the answer for the same !!!
I am a graphic designer and using Corel Draw x4 and Adobe Photoshop CS4 on un-secure n ever crashing Windows XP 32bit. Is there any way we can use these softwares on Linux safely and securely?
As of now (I have not attempted it, yet, and don't have any plans to do so in the near future), the only way to start to get CGS onto a Linux system is to purchase a copy of "Crossover" (IIRC the name) and then get a copy of IE 7 to run under Crossover and then attempt to load CGS under Crossover. I do not know what problems you may encounter, but Crossover is an enhanced WINE for Linux and so far, they have a lot of MS Windows apps running under Crossover, include some versions of MS Office. for more info, google "Linux" "Crossover" "Windows Applications"
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bsb: me Too looking the answer for the same !!! I am a graphic designer and using Corel Draw x4 and Adobe Photoshop CS4 on un-secure n ever crashing Windows XP 32bit. Is there any way we can use these softwares on Linux safely and securely?
I use CorelDRAW X4 and Photoshop without problems, no crashes or freezes. So, the most important thing is to have a "clean" operating system. On Linux you don't have problem with virus and other issues. Unfortunately, Linux is an small market and I don't see a Linux version in the near future
So, more than a year have passed and the CorelDraw still haven't a native linux version This encouraged a lot of projects successful that opens cdr (developed by reversing engineering), are linux native and they have low cpu usage! Look carefully to users linux. We are growing fast and contaminating everyone around us. We love use native programs (we don't like to adapt other systems programs) and we know how persuade our bosses to support our needs. Even the movies industry are migrating for linux solutions, why press companies not? Think about it carefully. The new generation is learning more linux each day, soon this system will be in lot of press companies.
Unfortuntely, business are business. Linux is a very good and powerful operating system, but still is too small and almost all is for free and the company don't see advantadges to develop an entire new version (more than a million of codelines, too much work) without receive enough. More important than Linuex, Corel must develop a new and native version for Mac, similar size of marketplace but special for graphic design. When Corel develops their own CorelLinux and CorelDRAW for Linux, the company was unprofitable, by contrast, won only enemies and was on the brink of chaos.
I agree that is more intersting develop for Mac and don't understand why haven't a native version for that system yet.
I understand too the concern about low profit in linux but not everyting is for free. We have good paid programs. No one cares to pay a program that will solve our problems.
Furthermore Corel need only open the program code on a license that allows the Linux community to develop but that guarantees the right to sell the final product. The only cost to Corel would create a repository of development and develop few libs as the filter to read and write files on cdr.
As for enemies. Develop for any system other than the current, Corel will have an enemy. So it's no use worrying about it if they wish to expand further and keep it always on top of the segment.
X5 is tightly integrated with new features in Windows 7, so it appears that development for Mac or Linux is likely not happening. I would use a linux workstation myself if I could run CorelDraw on it.