DipTrace PCB Design Software

Heh. That's a good one. Now tell me the one about FoxNews being "fair and balanced".

--or FoxNews even being "news".

A long time ago (maybe a year or 2) i tried it and i liked a lot about its interface and the way one could make a new part layout (SOT-6 modified to different size so result wold not be called SOT-6; do not remember the callout). But what i did not like (for that version) was i had to use the highest magnification (10,000 if i remember correctly). That should have been easy by selecting a scale factor rather than "magnifying" again and again to get near what one needed. Put it on the shelf after that and forgot about it.

Tom Butler wibbled on Wednesday 03 March 2010 12:13

Eagle runs on linux.

...but the OP doesn't. ...and it's EAGLE.

KiCAD runs under any OS (I even saw a page with Solaris port). It is GPL'd (gratis and libre).

This contains a very old Windoze port of gEDA:

gEDA doesn't provide Windoze binaries any more but you can build it yourself using an available script.

TinyCAD+FreePCB is another GPL'd option.

Giving money for ECAD software is only for the very demanding. The OP appears to be a hobbyist.