With the current rise of desktop Linux marketshare and amazing modern distributions these days surely it would be a great idea to finally get Adobe software(mostly Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere pro for me) running on Linux?
We've, figuratively, thrown our Macs out of the window and now create our poster ads and TV commercials exclusively on Linux. Parts of the team do miss the Adobe suite for workflow purposes but also swear to never return to either Mac or Windows.
Please take it into consideration again Adobe, you're missing out on a heap of potential customers who just happen to love supporting an open source environment that just runs better than the competition. Adobe software and Digital Audio Workstations are the only things keeping Linux back from its full potential.
"Adobe's decision to join the Linux Foundation is a natural extension of its commitment to open standards and open source, which demonstrates its leadership and foresight in the software industry," said Jim Zemlin, executive director at the Linux Foundation."
Seeing as Adobe fully commits to open standards and open source this would be nothing short of a natural move for the company.
I totally agree, especially point 4 makes the Adobe usage skewed. We used to boot into MacOS to be able to use Adobe until we decided to ditch Mac completely so now we just use open source replacements on Ubuntu.
If people stop using Adobe on Mac or Windows they'll see a drop in users and only then take it seriously.
/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/p-provide-support-for-linux-2011/idc-p/11553729#M19815Oct 29, 2020
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A good alternative and having the best of both worlds is a Hackintosh. Even more so now that even AMD Rizen processors can be used without problems. You can have an upgradeable PC and use Mac OS x with your favorite programs. There are sites dedicated to Hackintosh that practically have distros that install themselves and with very little to configure. You just have to take into account having compatible hardware, which is not difficult.
/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/p-provide-support-for-linux-2011/idc-p/11925523#M20179Mar 25, 2021
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The problem is that Adobe don't see money in supporting Linux and they do have too much difficulties with the framework they use to support MacOS so they don't want to support yet another OS. At the same time Adobe saves loads of money while they are using Linux for their backend system delivery systems, so the extra cost for supporting Linux could have been taken from the savings from using Linux and in that way contributiong something back to the community.
At least Micrsoft do pay pack to the community with applications and code to the Linux kernel, it's nice to see that Linux is now capable of being Hyper-V host, this of course mainly for the Azure but could also be a steping stone in swapping kernel.
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The product user-to-user community has no influence over what Adobe does. This entire topic has been moved to the Lounge. If anyone wishes to make a feature request where product developers will see it, use the form below.
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I'll make this as simple as possible.
(1) The market share for Linux (in percentage) on the desktop (or laptop) continues to shrink over the years. That isn't a value judgement as to the quality or performance of Linux, but a reality.
(2) It takes at least as much effort (measured in staff, time, and money) to produce, test, and distribute Linux-compatible releases as it does releases for Windows and MacOS, possibly much more given different development tools required and the multiple “distros” of Linux.
(3) Quite often we find that Linux users expect their applications to be at much lower prices than those for Windows and MacOS versions or possibly totally free. That makes no business sense at all give both (1) and (2) above.
If it makes no business sense, then such versions are simply not going to be produced.
- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
If you want modern image editors that work well on Linux then I'd suggest trying out Pixeluvo (a native Linux Photoshop Elements equivalent) or PhotoLine with Wine that gets a Platinum rating for working so well with Wine (a full Photoshop / Affinity Photo / PaintShop Pro equivalent). If anyone wants to try out PhotoLine then I'd suggest looking at the PhotoLine guides from Russell Cottrell and Evren Comert.
With RAW editors, you've got more choice in the form of Darktable, RawTherapee, LightZone (all free) and the paid-for Corel AfterShot Pro (I have used this software and I think that it's fully competent).
The only way to find out if they will work for you so that you can make the full time switch to Linux is to try out these softwares and see how you get on with them.
/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/p-provide-support-for-linux-2011/idc-p/12294270#M8219May 24, 2021
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Yeah, Unfortunately I'm also part of the 4-th point. If only this restart could be avoided. Photoshop/Lightroom are the only things I need from Windows left (I already play all Steam games in Linux).
/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/p-provide-support-for-linux-2011/idc-p/12070768#M19865May 27, 2021
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Tried all of them, Linux with KDE desktop beats both Windows and MacOSX in user experience single-handedly. My ten years old son is using it without a problem daily and when he saw what MacOSX on my company macbook does, he laughed to tears.
Support of applications or devices is a different story - that's up to producers. Those who do support can sell, those who do not may be surprised that once they decide there will be good enough open source tools (or even commercial but supported) good enough and the demand is gone.
You need to get your facts straight. Adobe didn't shun Apple. Apple shunned Adobe. Steve Jobs refused to allow Flash on iOS, and removed it from Mac OS X in 2010. His words were something to the effect that every time a Mac crashed, it more often than not was because of Flash. He also made the argument that Flash wasn't necessary anymore, the Internet had moved on using open standards, which it hadn't, but finally did several years later. The original letter to Apple employees isn't on the Apple website anymore, but reporting on the letter is covered here: https://www.cultofmac.com/706105/today-in-apple-history-steve-jobs-trashes-flash-in-devastatingly-bl...
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