P: Provide support for Linux (2011)

Again, Photoshop does not use QT in any way. (nor could it without rewriting QT)

I am wondering since I think it would be a great thing to consider. Since Microsoft's change of direction (going from stable work desktops to touchpads and mobile solutions) have made future software compatability uncertain, more and more developers have started looking into supporting Linux (Valve is one of those companies, with the Steam Platform).

As a systemdeveloper myself I think it wouldn't be too hard to make this happen technically, since Adobe programmers already have knowledge in linux-development (Flashplayer for one), also Photoshop already uses the QT-library, which is highly supported under Linux.

I know Wine have been the solution for running photoshop on linux, but it works really bad on later versions, also it doesnt give the stability serious work needs.

It would be really great if you could at least consider this (maybe cram it in some monday-morning-meeting?), not only will your userbase slightly grow, but it will help open up the Linux OS's great capabilities and potential, as well as futureproofing your product in case this behaviour goes mainstream.

As you might already know Linux is not a companybacked stable closed project, but largely maintained by the users itself and its different distribution-branches, which makes it hard to reach out to big companies like yourself. I know there is Fedora/RHEL, Ubuntu/Canonical and those, but the biggest change their companybacking has made is implementing Amazon-ads (if you ignore the fact that linux-enthusiasts can get paid to do what they love etc, but that is not the point here).

Have a great day, to whoever might be reading this, and I hope you will be one of the first companies that joins in on the upcoming potential Linux-revolution!

Missing all Adobe products on LINUX or at least on UBUNTU. Many of us gets furious about MS Windows OS-es. I am not alone who wants this. We have been just waiting for years for this opportunity.

I have been buying and upgrading Photoshop and Premiere Elements every year and it's a great consumer product from experience. However, I have finally 'ditched' Windows! Is Adobe likely to release versions that will also run on Linux (Ubuntu) any time soon? Or shall I ditch Adobe too?!!

Photoshop does not use Qt in any way.

Only the discontinued program Album used to use Qt (and found it pretty poor, and not nearly as portable as claimed).

Photoshop on Linux, many questions, let see if we can get a solution.
Lets make a pre-sale event where linux user will be asked to purchase a "future release" of photoshop for linux they will insert real credit card information. A "budget expense" goal gets posted and if it gets reached, then the user will be charged and receive a email with download information and serial number. How does it sounds.

Just a heads up, Adobe. You guys might want to start supporting Linux, like you should have done years ago. GIMP development is picking up. Without a crystal ball, its not too hard to guess that the growing user base of Linux users stuck with GIMP and no Photoshop (unless you count buggy WINE) is going to cause the demand for GIMP to increase. You've already lost your Flash market. If you don't want to start losing small portions of Photohop user, you'll port to Linux before they start migrating to GIMP.

Who knows if or when Adobe will port Photoshop / Elements to Linux. The GIMP is not currently a subsititute for either of these programs (although 16-bits per channel editing is on it's way in GIMP ... a while from now, maybe not until version 3).
As things stand you can get Corel Aftershot Pro (which is a re-branded Bibble) for your workflow (it handles many RAW, and JPEG and TIFF images as input) and use it in conjunction with ImageMagick (if necessary). Aftershot Pro is available in 32- and 64- bits RPM and DEB formats at the Corel website. Registration cost me $55. ImageMagick is free and available in nearly all distro's repositories.
I'm just starting out with Ubuntu Linux so I haven't really any experiences to relate. But from the many tidbits I found on Google, it appears to be doing excellent service for many photographers who choose Linux.

I just learned that Photoshop is programed in Qt (http://qt.nokia.com/qt-in-use/story/a....
Since Qt is multi-platform, why can't Adobe just offer a Linux version of Elements, maybe by promoting via the HumbleBundle (http://www.humblebundle.com/)?
That would be absolutely thrilling!!

yeah, I agree with you there. It will be interesting to see what happens with steam. Many of my games on steam already work on linux thanks to the humble bundles.