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Will Adobe ever get a fully compatible Linux version.

  • August 19, 2026
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I have been a leading Adobe consultant in the European fashion industry for over 22 years. In recent years, European countries and companies have been rapidly shifting toward open-source operating systems like Linux. The reason is simple: the U.S. is no longer seen as a reliable partner.

While Adobe continues to expand its web-based applications, and yes, there are many open-source alternatives to various Adobe products, desktop applications like Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign remain indispensable for professional users.

Europe’s digital infrastructure is transforming at an unprecedented pace. It won’t be long before Linux’s market share grows significantly. Adobe, too, is a U.S.-based software company, but its products are not as critical as the operating system itself for Europeans considering a switch to Linux.

In my opinion, Adobe could survive Europe’s movement away from U.S. services if it opens up to a Linux port soon. For European countries and businesses, the focus isn’t on abandoning all U.S. services but rather on reducing dependence on the most critical ones—such as computer operating systems and possibly mobile OS (like Sailfish Phone OS).

You might think I’m being extreme, but if you follow the news daily, you’ll understand: Europeans no longer want to be part of—or dependent on—that country.

    Correct answer Jeff_A_Wright

    Thank you for posting, ​@Onnozel.

     

    I appreciate your continued use of our services and your strong advocacy for making our software available on additional platforms.

     

    I can understand why you're asking, especially if you're seeing increased interest in Linux within your industry and among the organizations you work with.

     

    Adobe has not announced plans for fully supported Linux versions of desktop applications such as Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign. Because of that, no one in the community can reliably say whether or when Linux versions might become available.

     

    If you'd like to share your feedback directly with the product teams, I recommend posting your request in the Creative Cloud Desktop Feature Requests community, where feature suggestions and platform requests can be submitted and discussed:

    https://community.adobe.com/feature-requests-603

     

    While Adobe continues to expand web-based experiences for some workflows, desktop Creative Cloud applications currently support Windows and macOS. For the latest platform requirements, see:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/apps/get-started/desktop-technical-requirements.html

     

    Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective and explain the business impact that Linux support could have for professional users. Your feedback helps Adobe better understand how platform support decisions affect different communities and workflows, ​@Onnozel.

    11 replies

    Participant
    August 26, 2026

    too lazy

    kglad
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 26, 2026

    apt self-description.

    Participant
    August 26, 2026

    yeah sure, im the lazy one when you spent all day in here.

    OnnozelAuthor
    Known Participant
    August 20, 2026

    Hello Jeff, 

    Thank you very much for your reply and advice. I will repost in the Creative Cloud Desktop Feature Requests community. About the growing Adobe web applications. Apps like Firefly Boards are awesome and a true game changer in ai use. I advice about this daily. But for true professionals, Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign and more web apps are simply the wrong path for true professional use. They are way behind development and have a UI workflow which does not suit true professional use. 

     

    Jeff_A_Wright
    Community Manager
    Jeff_A_WrightCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    August 19, 2026

    Thank you for posting, ​@Onnozel.

     

    I appreciate your continued use of our services and your strong advocacy for making our software available on additional platforms.

     

    I can understand why you're asking, especially if you're seeing increased interest in Linux within your industry and among the organizations you work with.

     

    Adobe has not announced plans for fully supported Linux versions of desktop applications such as Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign. Because of that, no one in the community can reliably say whether or when Linux versions might become available.

     

    If you'd like to share your feedback directly with the product teams, I recommend posting your request in the Creative Cloud Desktop Feature Requests community, where feature suggestions and platform requests can be submitted and discussed:

    https://community.adobe.com/feature-requests-603

     

    While Adobe continues to expand web-based experiences for some workflows, desktop Creative Cloud applications currently support Windows and macOS. For the latest platform requirements, see:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/apps/get-started/desktop-technical-requirements.html

     

    Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective and explain the business impact that Linux support could have for professional users. Your feedback helps Adobe better understand how platform support decisions affect different communities and workflows, ​@Onnozel.

    Peru Bob
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 19, 2026

    I think you’re beating a dead horse.

    OnnozelAuthor
    Known Participant
    August 19, 2026

    Wait three years and tell that again. 

    kglad
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 31, 2026

    we’ve been repeating it periodically for over 20 years.

    John T Smith
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    Community Expert
    August 19, 2026
    OnnozelAuthor
    Known Participant
    August 31, 2026

    This thread is four years old. Maybe you have noticed that the world has significantly  changed, mostly due to your president. This change will have consequences for any industry. Maybe if you live in the US you don’t realize what is happening but in Europe there is no trust left what so ever in the US. To say the least. For critical services like an OS (Windows, MacOS, iPhoneOS, Android), e-mail, chat, office cloud storage, Europe is rapidly creating sovereign software. We are creating a digital Euro so our payments do not have to rely on US services and so on. This means more and more governments and businesses in Europe but also in other parts of the world will switch to Linux. If you like that or not. Even when Microsoft and Apple would pressure Adobe not to create a Linux version, at the end in that case the open source applications will become the ones to be used outside of the US. So for the long term if any service like Adobe still want to have business in Europe and beyond, they have no other choice to also offer a full Linux compatible service. 

    kglad
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 19, 2026

    no.