P: Provide support for Linux

I've subscribed to this issue for about 8 years. I've bought at least three versions of Adobe Lightroom over the last 10-15 years. Lightroom was one of the main reasons why I still had a dual-boot partition with Windows.

I recently switched from Canon to Fujifilm, only to discover that the latest Lightroom version that's still available with a perpetual license does not support those RAW files, and there's no way to fix that other than subscribing to Adobe CC.

That was a great occasion to finally make the switch to Darktable. I haven't regretted it so far. Darktable is free and open source software. It keeps getting better and better with each release. (Adobe software, in contrast, feels like it's getting worse with each release.)

Yes, switching was quite some work, because I needed to re-learn all those workflows that I've gotten accustomed to over the last 10-15 years. But that's always the case when switching between professional software programs, muscle memory needs to be re-trained.

Forget about Adobe providing support for Linux. They want to lock you into their subscription model. Use this occasion to switch your workflow to Darktable or RawTherapee instead. There are a few good tutorials on YouTube and the user forums are helpful as well.

Same here, I really wish they would just make a Linux version. They already have a version for Mac OS, which should be easy enough to port over to Linux, even if it comes with only CPU support for the time being and they add GPU support later.

Yes, unti i am farmiliar enough with dark table and or RawTherapee i will do the same. When i finaly can get similar results with the other tools, i will cancel my subscription and delete the VM 🙂 

And if Adobe should ever realise a Linux Lighroom version, i will change back gladly. 

I have since setup a Windows 10 VM solely for doing Lightroom work - annoying.

I am a adobe Customer for 2-3 years now.. but adobe is going to loose me. I am getting used to Darktable / Raw Therapee in order to get rid of my Dual Boot / VM Construct. It is just anyoing. But i would love to use LR under Linux. I would play glady the same price i am paying for Lightroom and Photoshop right now, JUST for lightroom.. so adobe please make it hapen! there are more users out there that would pay for Linux Lightroom!

This has been an ongoing thing for so many years, and now LR and PS are being ported to ARM (Apple M1 and Windows for ARM) but Adobe STILL can't provide us with a Linux version?  C'mon now Adobe!

This locked post seems to sum up Adobe's stance on the subject.. regrettably. https://community.adobe.com/t5/download-install/adobe-creative-cloud-applications-on-ubuntu-linux/m-p/4407103?page=3 I sense a good bit of animosity towards people who even bring it up. lol.  

Not that it'll do any good, but I'll chime in. I ditched my last mac about 3 years ago and now run Linux on Dell XPS. Since then I've been using Darktable and RawTherapee. While they do well, they can't produce the same image quality that I could get with Lightroom. The noise in DT and RT just can't be reduced and turned into something artistic the way it can in Lightroom. That's my main issue. Lightroom seems to turn the noise into something that resembles real film grain with evenly spread noise. DT and RT turn it into blotches of greens and reds that aren't uniform. Not sure what algorithm is at work. I've tweaked all the sliders and pushed all the buttons I can find, but I've found no comparison. Adobe products are provided by my employer, and I'd use them if they worked on Linux. I'd even pay for a personal copy at this point. But, until they support Linux, I'm boycotting them. I'll keep searching for the magic combination of artistic noise reduction I'm after in the tools available on Linux. Come on Adobe, there are obviously a lot of people who want to use Linux, but don't because of your refusal to support us. Market share and use of Linux would no doubt increase if you supported us. Lots of good points in this thread too. Thanks!

It's no problem of price of License. It's a strategy. Corel go to Linux. It's a philosophy of company. If company is in Linux Foundation but no offer Software for that Operative System. Why is there?

Linux sure is not rentable but for Adobe is a Strategy if have not the strategy never could be a market. The opportunities is not only view the market share. Maybe Windows has a lot but the most is using a pirate software when maybe in Linux that 2% buy the Licence.

Is superficial say that all people is equal no exist comparative in a number of percentage of market share more when a Company is big than Adobe.

I doubt that even if Linux users wanted to pay double the price that they would pay for Windows and/or Mac, that it would be a good business decision for Adobe.

I think the larger issue here is that Linux has very poor desktop/laptop usage.  Certainly the MacOS market size is much bigger, to say nothing of the Windows market size.

That's the reality.