Just read some reviews on SodiPodi. It seems good and you might want to try it. That depends if you do really need a certain feature or function found only in CorelDraw, then might as well try the suggestion of Rick Moen.
I'm planning to download a copy of Sodipodi myself. Art On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 11:19, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting smart penguin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > I want ot reiterate what i have said, i like to buy a copy, do you > > have any suggestion where to buy this one? > > They're _very_ hard to find, after all this time. The product was > discontinued three years ago, and there weren't all that many boxes made > in the first place. The two mail-order places I'm aware of that used to > have copies in stock until recently no longer do so. > > Please be aware that (like Corel WordPerfect9, PhotoPaint, and Paradox > for Linux) the program was never a real Linux port, but rather a WINE > app (Win32 code compiled to run under WINE libraries). So, it was > fairly slow, huge, and buggy -- not to mention dependent on Corel's fork > of the WINE code. > > If you honestly want to run Corel Draw, then maybe running some native > Win32 (MS-Windows) release under WINE or Crossover Office might work -- > though comments I've seen don't look encouraging. On the other hand, if > you'd consider using something else, then look at native Linux apps. -- inion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
