you gave me an idea to do a search on -

This person has a way to get Corel to work -
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=900020


and there is also Ubuntu Studio -

Ubuntu Studio vs. Ubuntu

[Some differences are immediately more evident between Ubuntu Studio and plain, vanilla Ubuntu. These would include a different theme and background and a different battery of installed applications. But Ubuntu Studio is more than just Ubuntu with a slick theme and extra packages installed. There are several subtle and prevasive differences.

Obvious Differences

Theme and Artwork - Gone is the familiar brown and orange, remember, we're creative human beings. Probably the most obvious difference is the slick, creative theme.

Multi-Media Applications - Ubuntu Studio is chock full of audio, video and graphical applications already installed including JACK, Ardour, GIMP and Kino. ]
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wh...buntu%20Studio
my dd found it and is planning to try it out sometime.