When’s the next story about Adobe sending a cease and desist letter for using their software in an unapproved manner. 3… 2… 1……
Developer patches Wine to make Photoshop 2021 & 2025 run on Linux — Adobe Creative Cloud installers finally work thanks to HTML, JavaScript and XML fixes
Submitted 1 month ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to technology@lemmy.world
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civilfolly@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Glitchvid@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There’s really only two programs that make moving to Linux very problematic for me, that’s Photoshop, and Word.
At least with word I can ultimately just sequester that into a VM, or learn a different document program if push comes to shove (RIP all my workflows for citations and templates).
But PS is pretty much non-negotiable, it needs GPU acceleration of a native environment to run well, and there just aren’t any alternatives that can do what PS does — I need real channel support (painting on channels, copying between them per layer, actual alpha support instead of naive transparency) and more. As much as I hate Adobe, PS is one of those tools that I just know intuitively, all the texture or photo manipulation work feels entirely natural, and I just don’t think I’m going to find that ever again.
So, if Linux people can get it working through Wine, it’s a huge relief that I can finally leave the Microslop ecosystem.
UltraBlack@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Word is a terrible requirement. Look into onlyoffice, libreoffice or tex.
Glitchvid@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Not a requirement, but a preference.
Onlyoffice looks like it might be good, I’ll give it a try.
Can’t stand libreoffice, it feels much like Office 2007 which was the worst version I ever had to use — fixed with 2013 and 2016, but libre hasn’t caught up.
Matty_r@programming.dev 1 month ago
Collabora has also released a desktop version. I’ve been giving it a go and its UI is pretty nice, but its still fairly buggy at the moment. Keeping an eye on it for sure.
optissima@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Why are you demanding word
filcuk@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Fusion 360 for me. Just one stupid program.
dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
I moved from Fusion360 to FreeCAD. It definitely has a learning curve. But I took a few weeks to properly learn it, and I can now do all I did in Fusion. It’s not as polished (although getting there with recent versions) and not as powerful for some applications. But it’s free, open source, and I can laugh at Autodesk and their subscription fees.
melfie@lemy.lol 1 month ago
Nice, do DAWs next! 😍
andyburke@fedia.io 1 month ago
Ableton kinda runs under Bottles. 🤷♂️
BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Reaper is native Linux support too. I’m very very much a novice in audio production, but using yabridge you can import most plugin models as well. I don’t know that getting something like neural DSP is possible, at least stable though.
melfie@lemy.lol 1 month ago
Yeah, as does Reaper, though I really want a modern version of Cubase to work.
Thassodar@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Can you define kinda? Or do you have an article you can point me to?
gerryflap@feddit.nl 1 month ago
You’re probably aware, but Bitwig studio runs natively on Linux. And tools like yabridge can allow you to run many VST plugins as well. Though it remains a bit of a hassle compared to Windows. I’ve for instance lost access to a NI plugin because their new all-in-one installer/verification program won’t work on Linux
k48r@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’ve been using bitwig on Linux for hobby production for about a year now. It works but it’s fairly buggy, with very sluggish controls and more frequent plugin crashes. I despise windows so won’t go back, but I’d also love to see continued improvement. One big step would be for more plugin developers to release CLAP versions.
Exec@pawb.social 1 month ago
Reason kinda works
spindrift@lemmy.world 1 month ago
sadly it got bought by some AI company so probably not moving in the direction we want
kazerniel@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Awesome progress, can’t wait until Illustrator, InDesign and Photosop can all run well on Linux ✨ Adobe’s lack of support is like 70% the reason why I haven’t switched to Linux yet.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You mean pirated Photoshop, right? :D
… You mean pirated Photoshop… Right? :|
lautan@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Affinity can run on linux: affinity.liz.pet/v2/1-intro/
Hupf@feddit.org 1 month ago
GIMP can run on Linux /s
Nugscree@lemmy.world 1 month ago
GIMP is utter shit to work with though :P
Scrollone@feddit.it 1 month ago
As an alternative to Adobe, the Affinity suite also works well with Wine. And we can hope for a native version.
Dojan@pawb.social 1 month ago
I’ve no hopes of Affinity 1 or 2 coming to Linux.
Scrollone@feddit.it 1 month ago
I know, that was the best Affinity. But at least, Affinity 3 is free (for now).
olenkoVD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I never expected something to work thanks to JavaScript, but wow here we are.
tehn00bi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s impressive. I have no use for it, but I know many who might.
sunbeam60@feddit.uk 1 month ago
I hope this forces an Affinity build for Linux.
sefra1@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Does this include adobe substance?
kaitco@lemmy.world 1 month ago
PR, so you’d have to build Wine manually to make this patch work, but still incredible progress.
My hope is that within the next year or so, we’ll get some of these major Windows/Mac only apps running without having to run through virtualization.
YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Maybe the patch will get merged in.