If you cant live without Xara on linux....vmware

OK, I tried this at work... We have vmware workstation but you can get by with vmware-player which is free.

I dont have the time to write a real how-to but if you google for things I mention here you will get by. There are alot of how-to's out there about getting Windows installed on vmware. These are the steps I did:

Install vmware(-player, available in most bigger distros think theres a good thread about it on ubuntu forums)
Create a virtual machine inside vmware (if you're using vmware-player download one, its a small text-file, google it)
Install Windows on the virtual machine (I used XP)
Start newly installed Windows and install vmware-tools (a little complicated on vmware-player but not impossible, google it)
Download and install XaraXtreme demo. (worked perfectly for me)
Buy license for Xara. (we had one at work so I didnt have to do this)

Hope this is of some help to ppl who are having problems with Xara lately. I know this isnt the best solution, but it might be the best solution for now in case things get worse.:)

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vmware on ArchLinux

That is interesting - thanks for posting - I shall look into it :)

Works, good. I've been doing such for months. Take a look at this screen shot.

frank at http://yantrayoga.typepad.com/noname/

That way you can use both Xara AND all your plugins too

Juergen