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[Doug]

On 07/31/2014 12:44 PM, nitin chandra wrote:
> I work on Ubuntu 13.10 64bit on my Lenovo laptop Z570. Some of the
> things I do are
>
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> - A good and cheap alternative to CAD software works on Linux, I use that.

Check out DraftSight. It's a clone of AutoCAD-LT.  A bit tricky to get
working, but I got it working on Mint 17 without much fuss, and then
on PCLOS, with some ingenious work from a contributor to the
PCLOS Forum. If it works on Mint, it should work on Ubuntu OK.

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--doug