I think we could have a thread on this and see where it leads.
http://wastingtimewithmikeandari.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/linux-has-better-windows-compatibility-than-vista/
http://www.winehq.org/site/history
I did read at one point that Wine would never have developed with the same level of quality without the support of Corel. How tight that relationship is today and how easy it would be to run CGS on Wine today I've not seen any comments on.
http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/2007-October/027924.html
Bit of stuff on printing from Draw under Linux there.
This is maybe a good starting point.
Yani
I don't think any of our scanners or printers have linux drivers at present; only a couple don't have drivers for vista.
I'd love to be able to run linux though, but unless windows drivers would work under wine for printers and scanners perfectly and with the full featureset (e.g. freeform in our fiery drivers), we'd need a lot of drivers as well as coreldraw to run perfectly to make the switch. (just reading the second article now)
What's the performance hit of running under wine vs. running natively, and how does it compare to running draw in windows in a virtual machine on the native OS?
Would be an interesting possibility...
Printing under Linux is not a problem. In fact it's heaps better than windows. Gutenprint which is used on the Mac produces some of the best output I have ever seen on inkjets.
It's worth having a Linux box just to run that. Compared to Epson drivers it's a real knock out. Seriously fine-tune-able.
I was able to turn some very ordinary results from the Mac > Epson R1800 into something really special. And it removed the 1 meter banner limitation that Epson never bothered to write into the help or anywhere else. (Sort out a photograher mate doing 3-5 meter landscapes)
I've set up a couple of Linux systems by I can't say I free at home on the platform. I did try X3 under Wine but X3 demanded IE during the install and that I couldn't find a way around. I don't think it would hurt to have a how to X4 on Linux if it is possible to load it.