DesktopLinux has the news of a new release of Inkscape, an open source SVG editor for Linux, Max, Windows and Unix.
The program boasts capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, and Xara X, which also use W3C standard SVG file formats.
I’ve used Inkscape before and I’m not big into drawing graphics, but it’s VERY full featured. The new version is 0.43