Adobe Creative Cloud applications on Ubuntu/Linux

[KanikaS]

Adobe Creative Cloud does not support Ubuntu/Linux. 

Please see the minimum system requirements needed to use Creative Cloud:

https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html

Thanks 

Kanika Sehgal 

[jayfaulkner]

Yeah, it's kinda sad, really.

Just bumping this thread in my bi-annual google search for "Adobe linux" in the vain hope that someone there has actually listened.

[msdobrescu]

Hi, I'm a hobbyist. CC made cheap for me a subscription for PS+LR. I do enjoy using PS for its professional level and speed. I achieve so easily everything with Adobe products.

I pay 12 EUR/month for PS+LR and I'm from Romania, even for me it's cheap. It would be so easy for me to work under Linux. Lately, I've had many technical issues with Windows 10. As IT specialist I could say it is less and less reliable. On other hand I have used Sabayon Linux for years, one installation ever, from v6 to v15 and further. Without reinstalling it ever since! And it is a cutting edge distro, a rolling release. I would be so happy to get rid of Windows because all my tools are on Linux. I keep Windows for Adobe products only (I use Illustrator too). And CC might ask to upgrade the Windows version from time to time, which makes me pay more for some OS I don't trust...

[blittle33]

How bout a kind request for Linux support: please

[mytaxsite]

blittle33 wrote:

How bout a kind request for Linux support: please

I told them this a long time ago but it seems they think this is the only place for this.

Those people who are still waiting for a Linux version please note that I have not seen or read about any progress so don't keep banging on it because it is not even at an embyonic stage.

You just have to wait and see what happens in 5 years time.

[George in Seattle]

They are being very short-sighted if they don't think they stand to lose users over this --2020 is not that far off.  Windows 7 will be my last MS OS before I adopt Linux because the subsequent Windows UIs are intolerable. Abode is the ONLY holdup, as it is for other Adobe users I know.  And therein lies a substantial user loss for the two OS giants.  At this point there can be only two possible reasons for no Linux-based Adobe: They are taking payoffs not to do it, or they lack the technical competence (doubtful). Either way, what does this say about Adobe and their regard for their customers?

[mytaxsite]

George in Seattle wrote:

They are being very short-sighted if they don't think they stand to lose users over this --2020 is not that far off. Windows 7 will be my last MS OS before I adopt Linux because the subsequent Windows UIs are intolerable. Abode is the ONLY holdup, as it is for other Adobe users I know. And therein lies a substantial user loss for the two OS giants. At this point there can be only two possible reasons for no Linux-based Adobe: They are taking payoffs not to do it, or they lack the technical competence (doubtful). Either way, what does this say about Adobe and their regard for their customers?

You forgot the third possible reason.  Adobe wants to sell its products to Corporate customers and corporate customers in majority using   Windows or Apple MAC.  Linux is hardly used for desktop work.  Is this likely to change in the short term?  I doubt it.

[logic11]

Nope. Wrong again. I used to work for a fortune 100 company, every single employee had a linux desktop. Another place I worked made more than 300 million a quarter, 100% linux company. It isn't as common as windows, but it is far more common than you realize, especially in the financial sector.

[escaped.light]

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It is oxymoron to ask for CC for Linux because by definition, and by concept, most things are free in Linux and Adobe is not in that sort of business.

It is non-starter here."

"because Nix boxes are mostly used by hobbyists and academics"

Hardly. Are you aware that the Unix/Linux based OS is what primarily runs the internet? There's a reason for that. It's because both the Unix and Linux kernels are more robust, easier to handle and don't claim all of your expensive RAM and Processor just to run themselves.

Linux is, by it's very nature, a more professional system than Windows or Mac.

Imagine you have two video cameras in front of you. One is a consumer camera and the other is a professional camera. Both will produce HD video and in most respects, both will achieve the end means of capturing motion images. But that's where it ends. The consumer camera, for starters, will have a lot of automatic functions, a fixed lens, and be nearly impossible to disassemble or upgrade. The professional camera will have mainly manual functions, a universal lens mount to use professional lenses with and will easily be disassembled or upgraded.

To say the least, Windows is the consummer operating system, full of automatic functions and sealed in plastic. This makes is great when I'm doing consumer stuff like buying stuff on ebay or playing a game, but when it comes down to performing and fitting my specific specialty needs, it fails.

If you've ever pushed any adobe product to it's limit (editing a 300dpi banner in Photoshop, or rendering a 4K video in Premiere or After Effects), you'd actually understand that Adobe running on Linux would be the professional's choice; hands down. For the professional, especially the video and visual effects editor, our computer isn't here to have a fancy toolbar, animated windows, a million "nanny" programs constantly popping up with some permission alert or update alert and another million "Services" running in the background that have absolutely nothing to do with our professional task at hand. My computer is here to run the Adobe Software, and the better it does that means a win for me and a win for Adobe.

Either way, Adobe is going to catch on and make Linux work for them, or a new contender is going to rise up and get the attention of indy filmmakers and those serious about using their computers as workhorses.

[Xeon64]

I am a professional Designer. If Adobe made their software for Linux I would never use Windows or OS X again. I use both Windows and Mac OS X for design and OS X handles large files and runs Adobe Software way better than Windows. I supspect it is because of the UNIX core of OS X. I would expect it would run similar to OS X on Linux.

I suspect the real reason that Adobe will not make their software for Linux is because of Pressure from both Apple and Microsoft. Both of these companies have a lot of sway on other smaller companies. A similar situation was when Dell started to promote Linux machines and Michael Dell said he was intereste in selling Dells with OSX. Microsoft threatened Dell and would cut a lot of their business deals if Dell continued with Linux and persued the OSX option.

[CA-45]

I agree with the belief that Adobe programs would run better on Linux.  I am doing just fine with the Creative Cloud installed programs on my Windows 8 OS and SSD, but I would love to switch over to Linux.

[logic11]

So, that doesn't make any sense. I used to be a developer for Morgan Stanley. I worked predominantly on Linux, as did most of the other devs at Morgan Stanley. I also worked for a company called pason which does oil well automation. All Linux, with the possible exception of the receptionist and a few being in marketing... who were on Mac (which by the way is a posix compliant system, a form of Unix). Much of large business runs on Linux, it only has shortfalls in the desktop market, and that is mostly due to lack of games and the Adobe suite (I run a windows laptop purely for the adobe suite, I have several other computers, all are Linux based). For the record, I'm hardly a hobbyist, I have been involved in web development for over 20 years now.

[mytaxsite]

Adobe products are for the desktop market and linux is not suitable for desktop work. I don't know why you guys keep going on and on about linux when it is a non-starter as far as as Adobe, Corel or Microsoft is concerned.

Your experience has been with specialist industries where Linux may be very suitable but Adobe isn't in that sort of market. Adobe has to make products for the masses and Windows is the only option to get the products out quickly without much changes or much work. GUI isn't developed yet for the linux OS.

Why don't you guys suggest something on Linux forums or newsgroups to develop their own unique products for the Linux OS? I have recently heard that the next wndows version (Let's say Windows 9) will be subscription only and so perhaps there is a chance that the uptake of Linux will increase dramatically and Linux developers should start work on various desktop products to rival Adobe, Corel or Microsoft. Surely, it makes sense for the Linux community to launch their own product range rather than asking companies like Adobe to make products for you.

Adobe is in a business and if it thinks that there is some money to be made in Linux then they will jump the opporunity to make sure they don't miss out. But as things are at present, there isn't any money to be made from making linux products. We can't argue with them because they must have conducted vaious market research in to this.

[Inoki_Sakaeru]

mytaxsite.co.uk wrote:

Adobe products are for the desktop market and linux is not suitable for desktop work.

Where do you live? Again one of those who haven't even heard of linux properly except for its early days when it was most suitable only for programmers and used mostly from the command line? Clearly you have no idea (and no intent of being helpful) what you are talking about and obviously haven't even tried Linux.

For the record, it's much more suitable for ANY kind of work, especially nowadays.

I will enlighten you what is Windows good for - nothing! It crashes, it gets infected, it slows down and is utterly unstable. It's an atrocious abortion of "coding" and you call it a better option for the masses, well here's what you can do:

• do some research before you embarrass yourself by showing what kind of an inexperienced, corrupted individual you are.

I won't even bother commenting on the rest what you said because it's obvious, utter rubbish and anyone here can confirm. You're the only one in desperate need of an update here.

[Ilya3L]

Dear mytaxsite, have you tried Linux Mint 17 yet (Ubuntu is more Mac-line, so I suggest Mint)? Please spend some time on a little research and try it yourself, test features, test how it works. Actually it is easier to install Mint than windows, it doesn’t require console commands at all, It comes with a lost of software preinstalled, it cannot be affected by viruses and it has all modern browsers with all needed plugins running perfectly. I’m using it on my laptop and I am satisfied with it.

I've had a chat with adobe team in Russia and heard from them that they don't have any corporate request to port Cloud on Linux. Don't know if it is true or not but I know many companies using Linux. I personally use different OSes on different PC's, so on my laptop I use Linux Mint 17 (based on Ubuntu 14.04). For video editing I use Flowblade (free) and Lightworks (free for exporting 720p and importing anything/270$ for exporting Full HD), for graphics I use GIMP (with GIMP for Photoshop users mod) and Inkscape, for RAW-files I use RAW Therapee and Darktable. These tools may be not as advanced as Adobe tools, but they do their job just well. Hope this will help Linux users.

[mytaxsite]

Ilya3L wrote:

Dear mytaxsite, have you tried Linux Mint 17 yet (Ubuntu is more Mac-line, so I suggest Mint)? Please spend some time on a little research and try it yourself, test features, test how it works.

I don't need to try anything because the reality is that there is no money to be made from wasting time creating programs for the Linux market.  Why isn't anybody making commercial programs for any of the Linux market?  You guys have to be real.  Busine4sses have to make money and if there is no money then there is no point in wasting time.

As a hobbyist and for learning purposes, Linux may be the best OS but not for commerce and industrial use where MONEY is the critical factor of the equation in deciding whether to spend time or not on Linux product.

Why can't Linux community members get together and come out with their own product?  The answer is simple to me.  Linux is not suitable for desktop use.   If "Ubuntu is more Mac-Line" then go and buy Mac and be satisfied with it. Why do you need specific product for  Linux Ubuntu?

[logic11]

I don't need to try anything because the reality is that there is no money to be made from wasting time creating programs for the Linux market.  Why isn't anybody making commercial programs for any of the Linux market?  You guys have to be real.  Busine4sses have to make money and if there is no money then there is no point in wasting time.

You don't need to try Linux, no. Google uses it for Android of course, so it's the most popular tablet and phone OS, as to not being able to make money off of it, Steam seems to disagree with you. They have decided to base their new gaming console off of Linux and are releasing many games for it. Other publishers are beginning to follow suit. The best 3D animation program in the world is originally a Linux program and has been ported to other systems.

As a hobbyist and for learning purposes, Linux may be the best OS but not for commerce and industrial use where MONEY is the critical factor of the equation in deciding whether to spend time or not on Linux product.

Actually Linux is huge throughout many industries, often as a desktop system. It isn't as popular in the home market, largely due to most machines shipping with Windows pre-installed.

Why can't Linux community members get together and come out with their own product?  The answer is simple to me.  Linux is not suitable for desktop use.   If "Ubuntu is more Mac-Line" then go and buy Mac and be satisfied with it. Why do you need specific product for  Linux Ubuntu?

Well, how is Adobe supposed to know the demand exists if people don't tell them? Create our own? Well, there are several products that have the same functions as the creative suite, but the sheer amount of money that has gone into developing the Adobe suite over the years means that for hobbyists to match it would take decades. Now, if they can't make enough money to cover the cost of porting it to Linux then clearly they shouldn't, but they might not know how much demand there is (since there are folks like you telling them there is no point). Now, I know that I'm a customer who uses Linux and CC, in fact I maintain a second computer just for CC, and if the Linux tools that compete ever get good enough I won't keep that up, I will drop Windows and stay with the Linux tools, even if the tools aren't as good, so long as they get past the first major hurdle of being good enough. I'm hoping that happens soon. If Adobe however embraces Linux and I can CC (hell, I don't need all the apps right away, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Lightroom would be enough if I knew they were working on the others) then I will stay with them.

Your hostility confuses me. This is people who want to let Adobe know that they ARE the market for CC on Linux. Everything you have said about Linux indicates that you know basically nothing about it. Are you a marketing rep for Microsoft? Do you just hate the idea of Open Source? I mean, it's clear that most people in this thread think this is something worth talking about. Also, you keep saying this thread is about Creative Cloud, however the subject of the thread is Creative Cloud for Linux (Ubuntu). Is it really such a shock that all the comments are about Creative Cloud for Linux?

[mytaxsite]

You don't need to try Linux, no. Google uses it for Android of course, so it's the most popular tablet and phone OS, as to not being able to make money off of it, Steam seems to disagree with you. They have decided to base their new gaming console off of Linux and are releasing many games for it. Other publishers are beginning to follow suit. The best 3D animation program in the world is originally a Linux program and has been ported to other systems

Posts 108 is asking me to try Mint.  did you miss it?

If android is using Linux, are you asking me to buy it to try out your much hated Linux?  No thank you.  I rather buy another windows system so that I can get applications to run on it.  I don't play games on machines so your other points are completely useless to me.

If Linux is very popular then why isn't anybody investing in it to make programs that people like you wants to buy it?  Have you got a convincing answer to this question?

Actually Linux is huge throughout many industries, often as a desktop system. It isn't as popular in the home market, largely due to most machines shipping with Windows pre-installed.

I haven't seen any Linux desktops in a corporate environment yet?  So these Industries you are talking about, what are they using Linux for?  They can't be using Adobe products surely?

Well, how is Adobe supposed to know the demand exists if people don't tell them?

Adobe has been in business much longer than anybody can remember so their research department has the tools to gauge the demand for its products.  Whinging on these forums is not going to tell them anything because they know these forums are not for Market Research purposes.

Your hostility confuses me. This is people who want to let Adobe know that they ARE the market for CC on Linux

I am not hostile at all.  I am simply telling you guys to be real.  Businesses have to make money and Linux users have never paid for Applications for their systems.  Which product have you bought recently to run it on your Linux system?

If you are really interested in Adobe products like I am then why don't you get yourself a basic Windows system from DELL and see whether you like it or not.  If you don't want to spend any money then try to install Wine on your Linux system and see if it can run Adobe products.  If it does then you can write a tutorial for it on these forums and Adobe will give you a weekly space to write more about it.  How about this for a change?  This is your chance to get yourself published and also promote your Linux system at the same time.

[RickC]

Because of microsoft's continued poor OS, more and more people will be switching to Linux. Was in a computer store the other day and the sales man said they are pushing Linux on their customers. They even hold a Linux class once a week. Windows 8 is a complete failure.

[John Waller]

Windows 8 is a complete failure.

Agreed but I'm not seeing people switch to Linux.

Rather they are using Windows 7 instead in my experience.

[Inoki_Sakaeru]

I tend to think that if more big companies would follow the example of VALVe and promote Linux on such a level more people would follow the example and switch.

[RickC]

Linux  is a great desktop Os. I am a professional photographer and use it in the field for editing using Darktable. I do use Adobe Cloud on my Mac when at home but find I don't need most of the stuff it does. There are lots of programs available for Linux And I wouldn't run any other OS on my field laptop. In today's work environment you have to pick which OS works for the type of work you are doing.

Best choice by far by far is Mac  If you are a professional of any Kind you shouldn't be using anything else.

[mytaxsite]

Inoki Sakaeru wrote:

Where do you live?

In real world actually where everything is decided by market forces and the price is determined by supply/demand curve.

[Xeon64]

"As a hobbyist and for learning purposes, Linux may be the best OS but not for commerce and industrial use where MONEY is the critical factor of the equation in deciding whether to spend time or not on Linux product."

Complete bunk! Lowes Runs their entire business off of Linux. It is a major US corporation. Linux = Less time down = Less IT workers = More money for the Company. Also Google's desktop of Choice is Ubuntu Linux.

Get real man.

[mytaxsite]

Xeon64 wrote:

Complete bunk! Lowes Runs their entire business off of Linux. It is a major US corporation. Linux = Less time down = Less IT workers = More money for the Company. Also Google's desktop of Choice is Ubuntu Linux.

Get real man.

So what you are saying that because one company runs their entire business off a Linux, Adobe should invest millions to make their products.  Is that what you are saying?   Now this is a very good idea.  I agree with you.  Just for interest sake, in your sample company, how many people would use Adobe products to do their work bearing in mind Adobe makes specialist products for professionals in specific line of work.

By the way Adobe isn't interested in "Linux = Less time down = Less IT workers = More money for the Company" because Adobe wants more IT workers who can use their products.  Also, Adobe is interested to make money for itself though it helps if a client is making money then they are likely to buy Adobe products.  It's all about money and profits.  I am glad you are becoming realistic by the day and now talking about money and profits.

[Xeon64]

This guy is a troll. The only way to kill a troll is to ignore it. So Adults lets ignore this poster please.