Linked by Tony Steidler-Dennison on Mon 7th Jul 2008 18:18 UTC, submitted by Dale Smoker
Linux While I was trawling through Net Applications' operating system share trend data for the past 24 months, something struck me. June 08 marked a big month for Linux. The OS saw the largest increase in market share for the whole 2 year period - a growth of 0.12%.
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RE[2]: Comment by satan666
by FunkyELF on Mon 7th Jul 2008 20:10 UTC in reply to "RE: Comment by satan666"
FunkyELF
Member since:
2006-07-26

Maybe by then Adobe will release Photoshop for Linux so people can pirate it on Linux too. ;)


Doesn't Photoshop run under wine? I would think that running photoshop would be a requirement before making any release of Wine.

Its a real shame that Wine works so well...maybe that is the reason they don't release a native version of it.

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RE[3]: Comment by satan666
by jokkel on Mon 7th Jul 2008 21:27 in reply to "RE[2]: Comment by satan666"
jokkel Member since:
2008-07-07

Only the current version-2 runs well under wine. It's basically unusable if you have to rely on running a current version. It's easier to run Windows in VMWare and use the apps there.

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RE[3]: Comment by satan666
by DittoBox on Mon 7th Jul 2008 21:53 in reply to "RE[2]: Comment by satan666"
DittoBox Member since:
2005-07-08

I work with 200MB+, 5-10 adjustment layers in ProPhoto/16-bit photos quite often and those require an incredible amount of grunt to do anything with.

I also work closely with InDesign, Illustrator, AfterEffects and Premiere.

WINE doesn't cut it.

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RE[4]: Comment by satan666
by r_a_trip on Mon 7th Jul 2008 22:35 in reply to "RE[3]: Comment by satan666"
r_a_trip Member since:
2005-07-06

Yeah, but if you really use all those features, you aren't a typical user...

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RE[4]: Comment by satan666
by jabbotts on Tue 8th Jul 2008 16:00 in reply to "RE[3]: Comment by satan666"
jabbotts Member since:
2007-09-06

I'd put you on an osX rig since it seems you actually use the 90% of Photoshop and other Adobe tools that most people will never touch and need a slick parformance focussed paltform.

The real downfall of Adobe outside of Apple/Microsoft markets was demanding license fees that where not justifiable in comparison to competing products for most users. Hm.. Photoshop does 10% more than GIMP yet they are still asking 700$ per install.. back to GIMP we go.

Now, they seem stuck on the myth that unless you run Microsoft or Apple systems, your unwilling to pay any license cost for software; nope, we just value quality, functionality and costs that are justifiable against those traits.

I'd guess your already on an Apple platform from the sounds of what your doing but that's not based on anything further than your comment here so what do I know..

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