I use Inkscape for most of my designs it does most things I need at zero cost. Two of my lasers work well with Lightburn, the third has a controller that uses its own controller powercut. Lightburn has just added a text to path feature and I found myself designing a product in Lightburn saving it as a dxf and importing it into powercut, rather than using Inkscape.
If I bought a new machine today I would ensure it works with Lightburn. I asked that question when I bought a small Chinese metal tubed machine a few months back and the company said they now test that their machines work with Lightburn.
Shenhui SG350 fitted with a 60w tube.
Aeon Nova 10 100w tube.
Aeon Mira 5030 30w RF tube.
20w Fiber Laser.
50w Fiber Laser.
Located in the Isle of Man, which isn't in the UK but almost surrounded by it.