Are you forced to buy windows in order to solve certain tasks on the internet e.g. like certain banktasks and to update garmin gps maps and other

[nitin chandra]

I tried DraftSight few years back, but it kept crashing on ubuntu
12.04 64 bit, therefore could not use it for serious work.
This one being licensed and paid for (support included) gives me some
bragging rights :) . DWG compatible from EU.

Nitin

On 31 July 2014 23:34, Doug <dmcgarrett at optonline.net> wrote:
>
> 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
>>
> /snip/
>
>> - 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.
>
> /snip/
>
> --doug
>
>
>
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