So I have .cdr files on my PC and I want to open them on my Debian 7 box. What software do I need to be able to open it?`I have:512 MB RAM3 GHz processor256 MB graphicswith Debian 7
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GimpI would see if you can open the .cdr files with Gimp. According to this page Gimp supports editing these files. Gimp should be available in the Debian repos, look for the name gimp.I downloaded this sample image, cup.cdr (uncompressed 18K), from this Corel website. However I wasn't able to open it, there might be a plugin for Gimp.InkscapeThe other method you could try (which worked for me) is to convert the .cdr image using the command line tool uniconvertor, and then open it up in Inkscape.$ uniconvertor cup.cdr cup.svgOnce you've created the .svg file you simply open it in Inkscape.   If you don't want to try the above, you can take a look at the Inkscape FAQ, there is a guide on how to import .cdr files as well. The FAQ section is titled: Can I open/import *.cdr (Corel Draw Vector drawing file) files in Inkscape?.Your mileage may vary?I found this thread regarding the conversion process.excerptOn Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 3:20 AM, Sveinn  Felli wrote:Inkscape can import some versions of .CDR files (ver. 7-X4), from there one    can export/save as .SVG. Don't know if there are bugs in that process (e.g.    multipage documents, text/font problems, etc.)Inkscape uses the very same converter as Scribus. It's called  UniConvertor and only supports paths with flat fills and strokes (and  maybe bitmaps, but I'm not entirely sure). There has been no progress  re CDR support in UC in last few years (the primary developer is busy  rewriting things yet again), and unfortunately I don't see it changing  any time soon.However there has been quite a bit of progress on reverse-engineering  CDR recently on the re-lab side recently, and hopefully things will  change now that there is libcdr by one of LibreOffice developers.source: http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/2012-January/045476.html