![]() ![]() in 2010 OMGubuntu had a 'lets get adobe on ubuntu' camplaign ģ. in 2010 computerworld reported that canonical (Ubuntu) processesed surveys of their users and found Adobe software (PS in particular) as the SECOND most desired software for linux users! What's first? Skype, and it has since produced a linux version, leaving Adobe at the top, fingers deep in those ears.Ģ. If your curious HOW out of touch they are, heres a few things a quick google drags up:ġ. If/when Creative Cloud becomes entirely cloud-based, none of us will be having this conversation, but until that day comes, we need Adobe on _desktop_ Linux, preferably Ubuntu Linux since that's among the easiest "flavors" for creatives (and is definitely among the friendliest for accepting both FOSS and proprietary software).Īt least Photoshop for a pilot project to see how that sells, before trying Premiere and After Effects? It would bring desktop Linux to the mainstream, because you have very powerful creative software that people want to use without the OS getting in the way. If Adobe would port their software to Linux, you would see a TSUNAMI of new Linux users, maybe even new subscriptions. If Linux has such a small user base and porting to it isn't considered important enough for Adobe, why have post after post for MANY years on this site continued to this day and to this minute, and why have major companies like Blackmagic Design committed to offering Windows, Mac, AND Linux versions of DaVinci Resolve, an ADVANCED post-production suite comprising of an editor, industry-standard color corrector, effects tool, and audio tool? Why do major companies like AJA, who make I/O hardware for post-production systems, offer Linux drivers? Does the competition know something you don't or won't accept? I read all the time about more and more people switching from Windows to Linux because of all the garbage Windows has been putting people through in their workflows, and with limited resources, they don't necessarily want to start all over again buying into Mac hardware. On the other hand, you have Apple who, if you're a Windows user and want to switch so your files aren't deleted, makes you replace your entire perfectly good hardware that you worked hard to invest in, then locks that overpriced hardware down so you can't upgrade or replace hardware when it fails - the latest example of this is their T2 chip. ![]() On the one hand, you have Microsoft, which has screwed up their OS for years, and most recently has made Windows totally unstable, DELETING FILES and causing all kinds of havoc which has been well reported in the news. Both the Microsoft and Apple duopoly control of the desktop MUST. And how do you actually know the true desktop Linux market/user share anyway, since desktop Linux OS'es are free and therefore you can't track sales?īesides all this, there is this CRUCIAL concern overall in the current state of desktop operating systems. You might argue lack of market share/user share, but is Mac user share overall that much better? Yet you make Mac versions of CC. But as you know, things are changing, the number one operating system in the world right now is Android, which runs on the Linux kernel, and you already make mobile versions of Creative Cloud software on Android anyway, so (I'm not a developer, but just guessing) how hard can it be to port to a desktop operating system that uses the same Linux kernel? Look, I understand your concerns as a company that the cost, effort, etc., may not be worth it when "the whole world runs on Windows and Mac", I get it (somewhat).
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