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.
Yani said:.....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.Yani
Yani. IIRC, a copy of IE, probably Ver 6.x, was reported to run just fine under WINE. Have you Googled for IE and Linux, with or without WINE?
I have never tried it, myself. But being on multi-boot boxes, with both, Linux and Windows, I never had the ambition to try to get IE running under WINE.
Hugh
http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit/standalone
I've been using these hacked stand alone versions of IE for web page testing. One of them might have done it. I'll certainly test it again in a few months when the dust on other stuff here clears. I don't think I was using those hacked browsers when I did the Linux trial. I was using ubuntu but I can't say I liked it much. I think I'd try something based on Red Hat next time.
Yani:
If you have KDE (under Linux), look at Krita.
I have Firefox installed but the installer for X3 totally demanded IE be on the system. In the end I loaded Vista as I couldn't live without Draw.
I will have another go in a few months as I want a Linux box that matches my hosts server. And there is Gutenprint which really is ever bit as special as what I've been raving about.
Krita is a (KDE) application that wants to put PS out of business.......