Adobe, Linux Support, and the Linux Foundation.

@steelfox2006 

Adobe isn't likely to miss out on any revenue enhancement.

Adobe, porfavor, sei que é tradicional de promover compatibilidade com Windows e macOS, mas existem inúmeros usuários que pagam os planos de vocês, mas tem migrado para plataformas Linux. Não sei qual é o problema de desenvolver os softwares também para esses sistemas....

Vejam isso, porfavor, sem que usuários Linux precisem ter VMs com Windows para usar as aplicações.

What versions of Linux do Adobe apps work best on?

As many of you know, Adobe's Creative Cloud applications are currently only supported on Windows and macOS. However, there is a growing number of users, especially developers and graphic designers, who have adopted Linux as their primary operating system. According to the most recent statistics:

- Linux desktop market share has grown to an estimated 3-5% globally and continues to increase every year. Though this may seem small compared to Windows and macOS, it still represents millions of users. 

- Among developers and tech professionals, Linux adoption rates are much higher, with many surveys showing rates between 10-30% depending on the specific field and location. 

- For graphic designers and visual creatives, Linux usage has also grown significantly in recent years, with estimates of 5-10% of designers now relying mainly on Linux distributions like Ubuntu. 

The main reasons for this are Linux's low cost, stability, and customizability. It allows these users to have a reliable platform for their work without the large licensing fees of macOS or compatibility issues of Windows. 

However, the lack of Adobe Creative Cloud support on Linux presents a major roadblock. Many designers and developers have expressed frustration at not being able to access these industry-leading tools on their preferred operating system. They are forced to maintain inefficient dual-boot or virtual machine setups just to run CC apps.

Native support for Linux would allow Adobe to better serve this growing customer base and help cement Creative Cloud's position as the de facto standard in creative software. It would remove barriers for Linux users who want to subscribe and generate more subscribers and recurring revenue.

Porting the CC tools to Linux technically should not be an insurmountable challenge given their web technology foundations. And it would garner goodwill among developers and enthusiasts who could help expand Linux's capabilities and market share further.

Therefore, we encourage Adobe to consider bringing Creative Cloud to Linux as a priority. The case for doing so only becomes more compelling as Linux adoption continues rising globally each year among creators and professionals. Please share your thoughts on this important issue.

Hi Adobe Team and Reader,

I feel that are there many people who use Linux that want to have an official version of Adobe apps installed on their computer without having to run it through software. Another option would be to decrease as many operating system checks as possible so that Linux users can at least run it through a .exe software in Linux.

Thanks,

potatoe1

Hello, I have a linux fedora operating system installed on my pc and it is really wrong that as your customer I cannot use your applications in my operating system please add support for linux

When are CC going to be available for Linux distros?

Guys, you have great products, but you force me and many people to uninstall and go to different services (XD for example has very good alternatives), Why? because of worst app that comes with adobe products, Adobe Desktop Service and Updater, why???? can anyone tell me why do I need updater and 16 other processes to be running on my Status bar and activity monitor all the time, I haven't used Adobe products for more than 2 weeks, but still receive tons of notifications about updates, etc? I'm not a designer or whatever, I'm a software engineer and I need only one single app, you could just have updater included in application and whenever I run it'll update, why do I need 16 running processes? I had presentation and it literally failed presentation, a notification appeared as always, I tried to hide it and it appeared so many times I accidentally clicked on it and it started updating and I couldn't exit using Command+Q and I had to open activity monitor and kill processes manually and 27 people had to watch me doing all that because of your bad ideas of having heavier updater than actual applications most of the time. even when I write the code, it disturbs me so much, I'm trying to think about work and it keeps notifying me again and again and again. I have disabled "Launch Creative Cloud at login" it still runs 16-25 processes and it still opens and runs notifications anyway. this is how my activity monitor looks like at this moment:

Adobe CEF Helper (5 processes running)
Adobe Desktop Service (1 process running)
Adobe Installer (1 process running) <<< can anyone tell me why do I need installer running when nothing is installed at this moment?
AdobeCRDaemon (8 processes running)
AdobeIPCBroker(1 process running)
Do you guys think this is ok? overall just adobe has 16 processes running at this moment, and I don't have any adobe apps running, it's just Adobe Desktop Service that runs some useless processes and wastes laptop battery and CPU, Adobe CEF helper most of the time uses 1-5% CPU power as I see in activity monitor, why? who needs all those processes? do you really think this is ok? come on... that's so bad experience. 

I'll post this in several places, you can ban me, I don't care. I just want you to see this post, at least fix "Launch Creative Cloud at login" and add Quit Application option, or something when we don't need it when I need adobe products, I'm okay to have this processes running if those are helping your apps, but I don't need and nobody needs them when there are no adobe apps running. 

Hello,

I know this is a sensitive topic in the Linux / Adobe community. But it has been a long time since we talked about it. But I would really love to see Adobe CC support on Linux. I am a fullstak web developer / designer and I just want to develop on my pc in Linux, and to be able to design stuff in Linux with Adobe XD, and using Photoshop. Adobe premiere pro I also use a lot. I know there are free alternatives, but I love the Adobe products that you can easily collaborate with your team. For people saying that it is not worth it for Adobe because the numbers don't add up, that's just not true.

1. 25.3% of professional developers used Linux in 2018.
2. 36.7% of the websites with known operating systems use Linux.
3. 54.1% of professional developers use Linux as a platform in 2019.
4. 83.1% of developers say Linux is the platform they prefer to work on.

I know this post propably doesn't change a lot, but I have a small hope they will finally add support and make lots and lots of people really happy.

p.s.

(I already did a feature request)