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I’d gladly switch hardware, but software is a bit of a problem: - yes, I need a *nix OS - I need to run Adobe CC (Photoshop, Lightroom) and Sketch I code for

I’d gladly switch hardware, but software is a bit of a problem: - yes, I need a *nix OS - I need to run Adobe CC (Photoshop, Lightroom) and Sketch I code for iOS occasionally (be it via Unity or XCode). I don’t mind tweaking my OS and making it mine. What I do mind is having to tweak stuff when I don’t have the time to do it, but things are broken. Did anyone manage to work with these tools efficiently here on a linux machine? I always end up coming back.

mantoto 7y ago
You should use an example which actually needs a *nix OS. Adobe CC is Definitely not a good example
- wishinghand 7y ago
  Ok fine, Adobe CC works on other OS's, but deploying for iOS doesn't, and neither does Sketch.
  - Joeri 7y ago
    On windows check out icons8 lunacy for a free sketch alternative. It is not as good, but it might be enough.
- tomduncalf 7y ago
  I assumed the OP was saying they both need a -nix OS, and need Adobe CC (e.g. if you do front end web development, although with the move away from Adobe stuff for web design (such as Sketch) and the availability of web based tools like Figma and Zeplin, this is a bit less of an issue than it was). Of course, Windows now offers WSL - not sure how good it is but it does mean both platforms can offer -nix Terminal while running all the software you need.
  - rpastuszak 7y ago
    Precisely—I switch between front-end, mobile, backend (Java, Mono, Haskell, etc...), I dabble in game dev and photography—so I depend on quick access to these tools/flexibility quite a lot. I love making my computer mine, but that doesn't mean that I'm happy to drop my work and fix something that should just work. I've gone the hackintosh and/or dual boot route so many times that I finally gave up and I'm generally happy with my current setup. However, I'm sitting here with 2 macs (both hi-spec even in Apple terms), one with a broken keyboard, another one with a neurotic trackpad. I guess the bottomline is: if we want to switch, we need to make sacrifices/change our habits.
- Aperocky 7y ago
  As a cli dweller, none Unix OS is simply unbearable. The only time I want to get a windows is so I can play old win games.
llampx 7y ago
Windows and windows subsystem for Linux
- goatinaboat 7y ago
  On a Surface. Top quality hardware and a 3:2 aspect ratio screen.
Joeri 7y ago
If you’re doing iOS dev at all you need a mac, period. The only thing you could consider is having two machines, with the mac used for iOS dev. As far as Adobe CC, you’ll need macOS or Windows. On linux that would mean going the windows in a vm route. I wouldn’t try getting CC to run in wine, it is unlikely to work well and likely to break even if it does. Windows with wsl is an option, but the shell is never as smoothly integrated as in macOS or linux. I went the wsl way for a few years, and it was fine, but I’m on ubuntu now and it is definitely better. I just ditched adobe’s tools altogether. My use of them was rare enough. Not everyone can do that.

mantoto 7y ago

You should use an example which actually needs a *nix OS. Adobe CC is Definitely not a good example

wishinghand 7y ago
Ok fine, Adobe CC works on other OS's, but deploying for iOS doesn't, and neither does Sketch.
- Joeri 7y ago
  On windows check out icons8 lunacy for a free sketch alternative. It is not as good, but it might be enough.
tomduncalf 7y ago
I assumed the OP was saying they both need a -nix OS, and need Adobe CC (e.g. if you do front end web development, although with the move away from Adobe stuff for web design (such as Sketch) and the availability of web based tools like Figma and Zeplin, this is a bit less of an issue than it was). Of course, Windows now offers WSL - not sure how good it is but it does mean both platforms can offer -nix Terminal while running all the software you need.
- rpastuszak 7y ago
  Precisely—I switch between front-end, mobile, backend (Java, Mono, Haskell, etc...), I dabble in game dev and photography—so I depend on quick access to these tools/flexibility quite a lot. I love making my computer mine, but that doesn't mean that I'm happy to drop my work and fix something that should just work. I've gone the hackintosh and/or dual boot route so many times that I finally gave up and I'm generally happy with my current setup. However, I'm sitting here with 2 macs (both hi-spec even in Apple terms), one with a broken keyboard, another one with a neurotic trackpad. I guess the bottomline is: if we want to switch, we need to make sacrifices/change our habits.
Aperocky 7y ago
As a cli dweller, none Unix OS is simply unbearable. The only time I want to get a windows is so I can play old win games.

llampx 7y ago

Windows and windows subsystem for Linux

goatinaboat 7y ago
On a Surface. Top quality hardware and a 3:2 aspect ratio screen.

Joeri 7y ago

If you’re doing iOS dev at all you need a mac, period. The only thing you could consider is having two machines, with the mac used for iOS dev. As far as Adobe CC, you’ll need macOS or Windows. On linux that would mean going the windows in a vm route. I wouldn’t try getting CC to run in wine, it is unlikely to work well and likely to break even if it does. Windows with wsl is an option, but the shell is never as smoothly integrated as in macOS or linux. I went the wsl way for a few years, and it was fine, but I’m on ubuntu now and it is definitely better. I just ditched adobe’s tools altogether. My use of them was rare enough. Not everyone can do that.