Xara Xtreme for Linux is a powerful, general purpose graphics program for Unix platforms including Linux, FreeBSD and (in development) OS-X.

Formely known as Xara LX, it is based on Xara Xtreme for Windows, which is the fastest graphics program available, period. The Xara Xtreme source code was made available open-source in early 2006, and is being ported to Linux. This process is almost complete and Xara Xtreme for Linux is available for download now.



Xara Xtreme for Linux:
  • Is very fast, very slick to use.
  • Offers some of the most powerful graphics tools available.
  • Is simple to use and learn.
  • Has a clean, un-cluttered user interface. Few floating dialogs, palettes, menus etc.
  • Is able to create a huge range of outstanding graphics.
  • Has a huge resource of learning material, tutorials, movies, tips and a very active enthusiastic and growing user community.

"Xara LX promises to be the most important gift from the proprietary world to free software since OpenOffice.org."
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"Could Xara Xtreme become the StarOffice/OpenOffice.org of the graphics world? We won’t be betting against it."
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"With its amazing speed, small size, reasonable system requirements, moderate price and powerful feature set, it’s hard to go wrong with Xara Xtreme. Xara’s recent announcements to make Xtreme open source and to develop Mac and Linux version should only make this excellent product even better."
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11 August 2006
Xara Xtreme recommended download now updated to 0.7. Includes import/export support for more bitmap formats, initial SVG import, bitmap export image preview, text tool tab and ruler support, file drag and drop, much faster install and other improvements. Click here for details.

14 July 2006
Xara LX recommended download now updated to 0.6. Improvements since 0.5 include rulers, printing support, advanced color editor and line gallery. Click here for details.

29 June 2006
The annual UKUUG Linux Technical Conference is happening this week at the University of Sussex in Brighton. It's a low-cost event for anyone with a serious interest in Linux, and top project contributor Alex Bligh will be giving a talk about Xara LX - the Xara Xtreme open source project - on Friday afternoon.
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23 May 2006
Xara LX recommended download updated to 0.5. Save and bitmap export now working, so we now have a useful tool! Numerous other features and improvements since 0.4 Click here for details.

11 Apr 2006
Xara LX - recommended download updated to 0.4. We now have text rendering, basic text editing, the Xtreme menus are in place and the program can now be localized. Most tools improved since 0.3. Click here for a list of working features.

19 Mar 2006
Xara releases Xtreme open source code at Libre Graphics meeting
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Xara LX - recommended download updated to 0.3.
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Xara are co-sponsors of the Libre Graphics Meeting in Lyon, 17-19th March. See us there.
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21 Feb 2006
Xara LX - recommended download updated to 0.2a.
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10 Feb 2006
Xara LX - recommended download updated to 0.2.
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1 Feb 2006
Xara LX - significant port progress.
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17 Jan 2006
Xara LX recommended download updated to 0.1d. Now supports rendering of feathered shapes, scrolling and redrawing is more reliable than before and the select tool is starting to work on some object types. Also now includes dockable toolbars implemented using wxAUI (unfinished and non-functional so far).
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6 Jan 2006
Xara LX update report
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9 Nov 2005
Xara LX download has been updated again to 0.1c. Now supports background rendering, plasma fill types, soft shadows and object caching (switched off by defaults as it has problem still). Work continues readying source code and documentation in preparation for open-source release.
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21 Oct 2005
Xara LX download preview updated. Supports a wider range of graphics types and includes new artwork examples such as the famous Microscope.
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12 Oct 2005
Download updated to support more fill types and fix a pathname problem. Includes some new example files.
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11 Oct 2005
Xara announces Open Source Xtreme
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Last Updated ( Monday, 14 August 2006 )