By all means add your vote, present your argument ... but be ready to accept it if Adobe marketing doesn’t change their position on this anytime soon.
Ready for what? I already unsubscribed. There are plenty of fantastic photo software for Linux. Most are free. It's about how much time and resources you have to invest to learn something new. Further, it's so easy to reach devs and communicate with them directly about your wishes or issues you may have. They are more than eager to assist you.
My newest finding was Neat Image, professional noise reduction program, having a proper linux port.
A decade ago, there were many issues that prevented this that are apparently no longer an issue.
1) Linux fragmentation (Ubuntu seems to have won by a huge margin if you include derivatives like Linux Mint)
2) Users hating proprietary software (the Linux ecosystem is now full of proprietary apps like Skype, Zoom, Spotify, Netflix, and people actually pay for subscriptions regardless of platform)
3) Difficulty of porting (Wine has improved a lot in the past decade that making PS work for Wine is much easier than porting the entire software from scratch to Linux; users won't mind PS being bundled with a copy of Wine that works with it)
4) Not enough market share (there are many Linux users who already dual-boot with Windows just to use Photoshop; these are obviously counted as Windows users in PS surveys, but they will likely to pay for a version that works on Linux to get rid of the need for dual booting)
5) Linux is not a "professional" platform (even Microsoft now supports Linux in WSL, DotNET, Visual Studio, etc)
Hence, I wish to revive this request. I know this was requested years ago but the situation has changed and perhaps it may be time for a reevaluation.
/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/p-provide-support-for-linux-2011/idc-p/11158817#M19864May 25, 2020
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Next step - adobe, the developers' team. Pick the script and put on the virtual machine for example Fedora - Install, test, and debug - if any error occurred, I presume prepper task board, make the task, solve one by one - several sprints - done, official Linux version of Photoshop CC.
But with Apple's announcements about moving to ARM, I and I imagine many others are about to move to Linux over the next year or two. It's not tenable to stay in Apple's ecosystem as it becomes more and more closed with fewer and fewer options for power users.
I do not plan to use Windows.
I know my way around Linux very, very well, and use it for almost everything other than desktop applications. At my workplace, every but the marketing staff is Linux, and with the changes in Mac OS, well... You know what I'm about to say.
Adobe, we're paying customers. We'd love to continue paying Adobe for years to come. Otherwise, it's off to GIMP, RawTherapee/DarkTable, VivaDesigner, InkScape, etc.
You're about 15 years behind in this evaluation. I pay for a lot of software, but am in the process of switching to Linux due to MacOS -> iOS evolution and Apple's Intel -> ARM change. I was previously a Linux user in the '90s and I paid for StarOffice, Corel's full suite, and a bunch of other software.
Software costs personally run about $3k a year for me, and at my company it's far more. The reason few pay for software on Linux today is that there are precious few companies selling any software for Linux.
In the '90s, there was a "build it and they will come" movement htat fizzled because Linux just wasn't ready. People tried but had a bad experience with the Linux desktop environment, which was in its infancy. But times have changed. The Linux desktop is now a very, very good experience. This time around, if you build it, they will come.
I would like to know if it is possible to install the latest version of Photoshop CC with the Windows emulator CrossOver Linux on Ubuntu 20.04? I'm thinking of subscribing to Photoshop CC to check its new features out. Was someone in here successful in using Photoshop on Linux? Or do I get an error message saying that the platform I'm using is incompatible with Photoshop?
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I'm in the same situation. I use Windows for FL Studio only, but now need it for Lightroom and Photoshop.
I tried running Windows in qemu, but it's a real hack trying to get everything to work with my graphics card and other things; all of which amounted to too much effort.
Using VM Fusion is certainly a possible alternative, but it's a bit pricey and purchasing a software license to run other paid-for software (Windows) that runs paid-for Adobe products is just frustrating and expensive.
Having a dual boot system is super-inefficient as far as workflow goes; as I'm sure you know.
After using Linux for quite a few years, it becomes apparent just how up-sell-bloated Windows is when you go through an install. All the options default to giving away personal/usage/system information either explicitly or through not-so-cleverly disguised services. At least there's the Windows Debloater script and Anti-Beacon.
Macs were amazing when they first came out and I was certainly blown away to use one in 1992; but they are locked down so much and it's more a case of Macs own people rather than people own Macs. When I had an electronics/computer repair business, so many customers came in with the same problems with Apple products; typically around access and flexibility.
I've only got the trial version of Lightroom/Photoshop and if I can't find a relatively easy way of running it on Linux, I'll stick with darktable/RawTherapee. I currently use GIMP and have done quite a lot of cool stuff with that; so I don't really need Photoshop.
Lightroom is just really quick and easy for processing HDR images and has good support for Phantom 4 Pro lens correction.
darktable is cool, but it also has some quirks too; though it has good support and will likely improve even more as time goes on. The developers have done an amazing job of it.
RawTherapee has super-amazing color-balancing tools (best I've seen) and does an incredible job, but doesn't produce HDR images.
The biggest advantages I see for Lightroom are that it is easy to use, quick, does a great job and with Photoshop, can handle everything from RAW captures to exported HDR images. It also has terrific community support and is stock-standard as you know.
I have been using Kubuntu for years now and it's so clean, non-distracting, simple, powerful and a breath of fresh air compared to both Windows/MacOS. I try not to run down Windows/Mac though as they were the operating systems I learned on back in the days when I was a very proud tech-guy and I thought I knew a lot about computers. Linux soon humbled me. Having said this, nearly every time I use Windows on my dual-boot system, I'll say at least once, "F&cking Windows!"
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