Ronco64,

I was just browsing Freshmeat and even today there was a new release of Scribus (development release) which adds the following new features.

This release features improved text rendering, a Convert Text to Polygons command, support for automatic kerning values from .afm files, a Color Model Websafe RGB feature, and the ability to adjust the display for true WYSIWYG. Polygon editing was improved, and polygons can now be combined. Various bugs were also fixed.
You might also want to try Sodipodi. Strange name, but a very nice vector graphics program. It's also on Knoppix.