Inkscape - SVG - Libre Graphics
Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor which aims to be fully compliant with XML, SVG, and CSS standards. I have being using it for a while my most recent work was done using this powerful application to make a svg version of a banner for a government agency. While far from perfect it really is a great example of what can be accomplish by the GNU + Linux + Open source + Free software community. The future looks great as efforts by the community seem to be aid by involvement by the company Xara. The latest version is Inkscape 0.45