Aren't there Linux builds of some of the Corel draw versions ? I am sure I have read about it somewhere. If not I am sure I have seen it running under wine before, that could be a whole lot easier that having to maintain a whole VM just for one application.

As far as I am aware they are old versions whereas I am using version 11 and need some of its features. Now that I have got the software and hardware that will run it all OK I don't mind using it but one would like to move to total Linux software.

Allan