Why I Stick with the Linux Desktop

Re:Why I Stick with the Linux Desktop by cenhyperion on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @05:59PM (#6637794)

For me personally it's image editing software. I need to be able to collaborate easily with graphic designers and manage my personal photography. Adobe's tools are the industry standard and what I need to collaborate with others.

That's the single thing holding me back. If I could have photoshop and lightroom on linux I'd switch in a heartbeat. Until then OS X will probably remain my main desktop.

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Re:Why I Stick with the Linux Desktop by pjbrunet on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @01:10AM (#6639627)

I'm not a heavy GIMP user but it imports/exports PSD pretty well, right? I was a heavy Photoshop user from 1.x to 3.x and all the basic features are there ;-) Color curves, hue-saturation, feathered selections, 99% of what you need to get shit done is the same as Photoshop. Granted, digital art is not my day job. So I don't know what newfangled tools Photoshop has now. I hate layers in GIMP as much as I hated them in Photoshop, I'm oldschool ;-)

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Re:Why I Stick with the Linux Desktop by yogo on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @06:25PM (#6637945)

I know the feeling. I run Photoshop and Illustrator in VirtualBox but it would be such a great feeling to launch them right from dmenu one day.

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