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January 12, 2026
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Time for Adobe CC for Linux

  • January 12, 2026
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Hello,

For two months, the Internet has been boiling with anger among Windows users over the actions of Microsoft, which ended technical support for Windows 10 in October 2025, forcing users to update to Windows 11, which, among other things:

- excludes installing it on devices without a TPM 2.0 chip, which forces users to invest a lot of money in new hardware (thus increasing the amount of e-waste)
- it is packed with telemetry and Copilot, which they placed even in Notepad and File Manager, and even after turning off all possible telemetry modules, the system still takes a screenshot every 3 seconds,
and the encrypted data is sent in the background to Microsoft servers - despite the company's assurances that it is only about "user security", no one believes it
- does not respect the will of users by randomly forcing the installation of patches that users do not want,
and which very often spoil the operation of the system (over 10 million reports)
- reduces computer performance by up to 20%.

Since the end of support for Win10, thousands of YouTubers have been posting videos about how they are switching to Linux and not going back to Windows. What's more - entire governments and the EU are already considering transferring their IT systems to Linux, e.g. Japan, South Korea, Denmark, Germany and the UK. So does many big corporarions and universities.
Sales of Microsoft products have seen a catastrophic decline. Bill Gates is furious because Microsoft invested $13.5 billion in Open AI and now no one wants to use their product.


Below are some example links that confirm what I'm talking about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrtJAw57Wkw
https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-people-keep-flocking-to-linux-in-2025-and-its-not-just-to-escape-windows/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-german-state-schleswig-holstein-uninstalls-windows/
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589468/UK-governments-M365-use-under-scrutiny-after-Microsofts-no-guarantee-of-sovereignty-disclosure

As a result, there is a big jump expected in the number of Linux users, and I would like to suggest that you finally seriously consider creating an Adobe CC suite for this particular platform. I understand the problems this may pose, but the potential decline of Adobe CC users in favor of Open Source software is very real.
I'm a user myself and I really appreciate your product, but I'm also considering switching to other software if I can't use Adobe on my Linux machine.

Best regards
Paweł Walczak

    1 reply

    John T Smith
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 12, 2026
    DTPawełAuthor
    Participant
    January 12, 2026

    Yes, I know, but: "We currently have no plans" - perhaps the situation I presented will be an incentive to change these plans, which is what I wish to all Linux users.

    kglad
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 12, 2026

    it's more likely windows will fix their win 11 problems.