just wondering .... when will coreldraw be available on linux?
today, corel is the only application which holds me back from switching
Probably never gonna happen. There is the sK1 Project, which is somewhat of an attempt to make a CorelDraw clone native to Linux, but it hasn't progressed very much in awhile.
Check out https://inkscape.org/en/about/overview/ . It's big (big enough to have books published by major presses; a search on Amazon reveals around five hardcopy, not just electronic, books, and one of them is from Prentice-Hall). With a vibrant developer and user community it's clearly here to stay. You can even try it out on Windows before moving over to Linux--for free, as it's open source. Not as powerful as Draw yet, but in seven or eight years it will be as competitive in the vector sphere as the Gimp is for bitmaps. Also, Inkscape is admittedly not quite a CorelDraw clone, but is nonetheless based on the same type of UI as Draw. I'm not sure on the details, but apparently there was a very early vector application which Corel cloned when they first created Draw, and the Inkscape designers also went back to that same app for their UI--or something like that. At any rate, despite a lot of specific differences, for some historical reason or other Draw and Inkscape share the same basic type of interface, so if you're used to Draw it's easier to move to Inkscape than, say, to AI.
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Linux is getting easier and easier to use, more and more folks are climbing on board (the Windows 10 debacle will only accelerate that trend), and the Gimp has given Linux users native pro-level raster capability for a long time now. The lack of the same level of vector support was a gaping hole that the community had to plug. And it has, with resounding success. Sadly, it could have been CorelDraw; ten or fifteen years down the road Corel execs will be wishing they'd done more to keep at least a finger or two in that pie. Too late now, though. Inkscape is way too far ahead on the Linux platform for Corel to catch up. As other posters have noted, it would require a horrific amount of work. And then there's .NET. I use an older version of Draw, but if a previous poster was correct when he said that the newest versions now depend on .NET, that does make it pretty much impossible for Corel to port Draw to Linux.
Linux is still a small marketplace. There's not a significant growng on the past then years. Even Linux enthusiast talk about 5% or less
www.techrepublic.com/.../
And since almost all linux software is free, there's not a good reason for invest time and money on this development
Ironword said:It was bound to happen sooner or later.
It seems that it will be later. There are no prospects for change on the horizon.
Ironword said:Linux is getting easier and easier to use, more and more folks are climbing on board (the Windows 10 debacle will only accelerate that trend)
Windows 10 debacle? Where do you get the news from? From the Windows haters club? I advise you to look for better information ...
"Windows 10 debacle?"
Nobody I know personally who's 'upgraded' to 10 (mostly from 7) has been happy with it. They get downright angry when they talk about how 10 hijacks their computer when they're in the middle of doing something. But if you want more than anecdotal evidence, it's easy to find complaints like this one (I didn't contribute, BTW): www.sevenforums.com/.../410657-no-end-sight.html
Well I've been on Windows 10 Pro and Home bit and in the next couple weeks I will replace the last Windows 7 system I have and Windows 10 vastly superior. So now you know one.
If they're having issues with Windows 10 I understand it has it's learning curve but not a steep one and it is nice!
You must use impartial data, otherwise it's like to go to a BMW convention and ask about Mercedes-Benz...
Almost all operating systems ranking are similar: https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0
Yes, Windows 7 has still more users than Windows 10, but this is not "a debacle". Windows 8 was a failure. But on the global marketplace, Windows is around 90%. If you believe that 90% is "a debacle" and the less than 5% of Linux is a success, there's nothing to discuss.
www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx
see how Linux has growing up...