Adobe Illustrator equivalent for Ubuntu

[NoOp]

On 07/18/2011 12:29 PM, Kipton Moravec wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-07-18 at 12:39 -0500, Duane Hill wrote:
>> Monday, July 18, 2011, 12:10:48 PM, NoOp wrote:
>> 
>> > On 07/18/2011 10:09 AM, Kipton Moravec wrote:
>> >> I am looking for a program to let me design front panels for electronic
>> >> boxes.
>> >> 
>> >> I need to be able to place circles and shapes for cutouts at precise X Y
>> >> coordinate positions, and place text and graphics in precise locations
>> >> relative to the cutouts and overall size and shapes.
>> >> 
>> >> If it outputs in a vector format as opposed to dot-matrix format that
>> >> would be even better. 
>> > ...
>> > Inkscape.
>> 
>> There is also: http://www.xaraxtreme.org
>> 
>> 
> 
> This even exports to Adobe Illustrator.

It may work for you, but I've found it to be pretty buggy (version 0.7);
svg imports are terrible & most of the time not working, crashes,
printing not working[1], doesn't open AI version 10 files, etc. That is
why I use Inkscape.

[1]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xaralx/+bug/73269
[Printing does not work  - last comment is mine]