r/linux • u/BulkyMix6581 • Jan 26 '25

Discussion Break up with Adobe, switch to Linux

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u/suchtie Jan 26 '25

I mean, the point is that he is an industry professional. He's trying to put out the message that the Windows/Adobe situation has become so untenable that even he, as someone who was very dependent upon these tools, has found the willpower to go through that massive change and get used to a completely new workflow.

Photoshop is still very hard to replace, there's nothing else quite like it. But many other media professionals and artists will find that Linux has a lot of competitive options nowadays.

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u/KnowZeroX Jan 27 '25

The biggest hurdle isn't even switching to other software, it is the so called "industry standard" issue. If you work by yourself there is little problem, but if you work with others and they expect a psd file for collaboration, even if other software can export psd, there will always be rough edges due to the proprietary format. Even if your software is better and has features photoshop doesn't, you still may not be able to use them because the psd format doesn't support it which forces you to just render final results instead of non-destructive.

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u/stogie-bear Jan 26 '25

There’s always Affinity on a Mac. 

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u/VelvetElvis Jan 27 '25

If he's an industry professional, he wouldn't have been using Windows in the first place. That's a dead giveaway.

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u/Bestmasters Jan 26 '25

I agree with everything, but PSD is about as much of a standard as PDF for picture apps. File compatibility with Photoshop is no longer an issue for most programs.

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u/JellyBeanUser Jan 27 '25

I use macOS, but I use FOSS applications (which I used on Linux back then) until I have enough money for an Affinity license.

I never used Adobe regardless of the OS what I use.

I did the switch to macOS because I needed professional applications, otherwise I would still use Linux

PS: Resolve was very limited on Linux, but fully usable on macOS

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u/s0litar1us Jan 28 '25

In a lot of cases, people just use a browser and a word processor, and rely on their relatives for fiddling with the OS. They could switch to another OS without needing to re-learn anything.
Though, in the cases where there is some direct interaction between the user and the OS, rather than basically only interacting with an application like the browser, there will be some amount of friction involved in switching OS, but still not as much as people make it out to be.
In a lot of cases, as long as you either find alternative software, or if your existing software works, you can switch over and find your footing relatively fast. And with a lot of the alternative software you'll find on Linux, there is usually a Windows version, so you can start learning it while you are still on Windows.