Another easy solution for Photoshop is to run a virtual machine.
I took the plunge about a week ago with Pop!_OS. It took a good 3 or 4 days before I started to feel really comfortable with things. (Which is probably because I’m really picky)
If you have the time to try it out (and remember, always dual boot so you have a fall back and can switch back when you need to) I recommend it. The last remnant remaining for me is Photoshop, and there’s a GitHub page for downloading it with very few steps now.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 4 days ago
riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Yeah but the VM takes time to “boot” up and the folder structure isn’t as clean, right?
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I had a win 10 VM set up and it “boots” quickly enough that it doesn’t matter to me. I then tried a win 10 LTSC VM and it “booted” a solid 10 seconds quicker on top of that.
variants@possumpat.io 4 days ago
Try out krita, rawtherapee, darktable, for photoshop stuffs, depending on what you need.
The Adobe stuff always held me back before but I finally just started messing with linux and trying stuff out. I don’t need photoshop for professional use so I was fine spending the time trying to find alternatives for what I needed
riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Unfortunately I use Photoshop pretty heavily. I’m trying to split my different use-cases of Photoshop into different applications.
I tried Krita, and was immediately put off by how you have to input text in a different window, and can’t see it live. GIMP’s UI feels so different.
I’ll add rawtherapee and darktable to my list to try, and I’m still giving Krita and gimp a chance. You can’t expect to just slide right into a new program in a day after spending a decade in something else.