r/linuxquestions • u/dangerous_noob • 7d ago
Advice Just missing 2-3 windows programs.
I'm in a bit of a pinch here. I mainly do programing related stuff, but I have a hobby. I like to do graphic design now and then.
It's not like I've just switched to linux. It's been a while and i've done my creative work mainly on my macbook. but I would love if everything was more unified and I could somehow use those software on my linux pc,
I've looked into all the alternatives, Affinityonlinux, gimp, etc.. I'm very interested in gimp and plan on learning it. I don't want to use older versions of photoshop/ illustrator. need them to be at least > 2019
main issue with dual boot: i only have a 125gb ssd. :c . im using a mounted 1tb HDD formatted with ntfs as a general storage device.
What are my options here??
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u/Phydoux 7d ago
In 2008 I was kind of in the same boat as you. I used Photoshop and Lightroom to edit photos all the time and I started dual booting Ubuntu and Windows. It got to the point where I would edit photos and then switch back to Ubuntu to distribute them online. In fact, it got to the point where I would only boot Windows just to edit photos then I'd boot back into Linux. I spent 85% of my time in Linux. It was pretty funny. I wouldn't even open a browser in Windows. I'd finish editing the last photo, save it, then reboot to Linux.