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I moved to Linux Mint for the very reason that I saw many comments in places like this. But I have to say, I have been seriously considering moving back. I love

I moved to Linux Mint for the very reason that I saw many comments in places like this. But I have to say, I have been seriously considering moving back. I love the stability and reliability of Linux. And By God it's fast, but the user experience is not the least bit as polished as people keep making it out to be. It's not intuitive, and half the things aren't as easy as people say they are. I lost a whole afternoon trying to get Photoshop to work through WINE and in the end resorted to setting up a virtual machine and installing windows. Less than ideal. I like Linux for what it is, but lack of compatibility with major apps is a major deal breaker. I've not been able to get a single windows app to work through WINE and I've tried a fair few. I would be less inclined to go back if more major app makers were willing to create native Linux apps. Take Quip or 1Password for example. No native Linux support.

tomswartz07 11y ago
I understand your frustration, I've been there too. However, I think it's very important to understand, and go into it with the mindset as follows: You're not going to have the same programs. You'll have similar programs and very good alternatives (Photoshop/GIMP, 1Password/KeePass, etc.) Once I realized that I probably shouldn't try to shoehorn a program written for only a specific OS into what I was doing, I found the experience much better. Sure, some of the alternatives aren't as good. If you really need them, then you should re-evaulate why you're switiching.
- RaleyField 11y ago
  > very good alternatives GIMP is to Photoshop what mspaint is to GIMP.
  - tomswartz07 11y ago
    > You'll have similar programs... Never said that one was better than the other, just that there are alternatives. :) Again, if one really, really needs Photoshop, then they need to evaluate how much they want to change Operating Systems.
    - RaleyField 11y ago
      > just that there are alternatives. :) It's an alternative in some restricted circumstances. Calc.exe is an alternative to Wolfram Mathematica. People who didn't just pirate Photoshop probably don't use the small subset of functionality that GIMP provides because if they were they'd be using GIMP before switching to Linux.

tomswartz07 11y ago

I understand your frustration, I've been there too. However, I think it's very important to understand, and go into it with the mindset as follows: You're not going to have the same programs. You'll have similar programs and very good alternatives (Photoshop/GIMP, 1Password/KeePass, etc.) Once I realized that I probably shouldn't try to shoehorn a program written for only a specific OS into what I was doing, I found the experience much better. Sure, some of the alternatives aren't as good. If you really need them, then you should re-evaulate why you're switiching.

RaleyField 11y ago
> very good alternatives GIMP is to Photoshop what mspaint is to GIMP.
- tomswartz07 11y ago
  > You'll have similar programs... Never said that one was better than the other, just that there are alternatives. :) Again, if one really, really needs Photoshop, then they need to evaluate how much they want to change Operating Systems.
  - RaleyField 11y ago
    > just that there are alternatives. :) It's an alternative in some restricted circumstances. Calc.exe is an alternative to Wolfram Mathematica. People who didn't just pirate Photoshop probably don't use the small subset of functionality that GIMP provides because if they were they'd be using GIMP before switching to Linux.