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The problem is there is no decent software that runs on linux; I'd switch from Mac to linux if I could run Ableton, Adobe_products.* or Affinity_products.* And

The problem is there is no decent software that runs on linux; I'd switch from Mac to linux if I could run Ableton, Adobe_products.* or Affinity_products.* And no, I don't want to hear about the software XYZ that is almost just like any of the above, because they aren't even close. If I just wanted to browse the web, and work in a terminal, then linux is great.

Gordonjcp 4y ago
> If I just wanted to browse the web, and work in a terminal, then linux is great. Or edit video, or make music, or write all the stuff that makes this possible.
twblalock 4y ago
The fragmentation is what scares companies like Adobe away. How many distros would they need to support to make customers happy? At what point does it become a problem of diminishing returns? Windows and macOS are pretty big. How many more customers would Adobe get by adding support for: Ubuntu, Fedora, SUSE, Mint, Arch, Manjaro, MX, Gentoo, Elementary, and so forth? At some point it just gets silly and devolves into Muppet names and other nonsense -- and each one has a smaller amount of users. Plus, real professionals are willing to pay for software. Open source is frankly not relevant for professional image editing, video editing, music production, CAD, etc.