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Not related to CS6... but has anyone been successful using Photoshop with Linux? I've tried getting it to run through wine before, but never with any luck.

by duck 15y ago

lbotos 15y ago
I never had any luck getting it to work on Linux :( Honestly, If They mac CS for Linux I'd consider leaving the Mac "ecosystem".
- techtalsky 15y ago
  It's hard to imagine it being worth the cost proposition for them to support several flavors of Lunux plus all of the hardware driver support issues that would crop up. It would cost them a tremendous amount in development, upkeep, and support. I'm sure there's a market for it... just not big enough to be worth it.
epikur 15y ago
Here's an answer to that from a couple hours ago. https://twitter.com/#!/dhowe/status/182691163936006146 https://twitter.com/#!/dhowe/status/182691163936006146 David Howe - ‏ @dhowe - Director of Photoshop Engineering @ColinHarrington We have looked at Wine on & off, the last time a few years ago. Not usually a high-enough priority given other demands. 12:52 AM - 22 Mar 12
adrahon 15y ago
I've found CS2 to work with Wine. Wasn't there a story of Google contributing code to Wine to make Photoshop work? CS5 is listed as Gold on http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=17 http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application... I use The Gimp anyway (I know, I know).
- danieldk 15y ago
  Actually, browsing that entry paints a bleaker picture. Of the five most recent testing reports, two are gold, one silver, one bronze, one garbage. According to the bronze report: The text tool causes the entire application to freeze (even with atmlib installed). The paintbrush works only very intermittently. Moving and docking panels was buggy, and the bluish docking indicators instead rendered as black rectangles making it impossible to see. and: What was not tested: Vector manipulations, filters, adjustment layers. It's fine for playing with Photoshop on Linux a bit, but not something you'd want to rely on for your business. I guess a virtual machine with Windows is still the most viable solution.
- duck 15y ago
  I tried Gimp. I really tried because I really wanted that to work... but just couldn't get out of Photoshop "mode" even after a couple months of using it. More power to you for succeeding!
jjcm 15y ago
I've gotten things to work, but even versions that are listed as "platinum" still have things that break here and there. I've found it's better to not try. Linux runs great in a vm. I've taken to using windows or OSX as my host system for my photoshop needs, then just doing everything linuxy over ssh to a vm. Not everyone is comfortable with that workflow, but I've found it's better than trying to run photoshop in wine.
- duck 15y ago
  That is exactly what I'm doing as well. :) The other day though I used another laptop running Ubuntu and I realized how much I missed booting into Linux and realized the only reason I'm using Windows is for Photoshop. I might try flipping it at some point and run Windows in the VM, but last time I tried my machine just wasn't enough to do that.

Not related to CS6... but has anyone been successful using Photoshop with Linux? I've tried getting it to run through wine before, but never with any luck.

by duck 15y ago

Not related to CS6... but has anyone been successful using Photoshop with Linux? I've tried getting it to run through wine before, but never with any luck.

lbotos 15y ago

I never had any luck getting it to work on Linux :( Honestly, If They mac CS for Linux I'd consider leaving the Mac "ecosystem".

techtalsky 15y ago
It's hard to imagine it being worth the cost proposition for them to support several flavors of Lunux plus all of the hardware driver support issues that would crop up. It would cost them a tremendous amount in development, upkeep, and support. I'm sure there's a market for it... just not big enough to be worth it.

epikur 15y ago

Here's an answer to that from a couple hours ago. https://twitter.com/#!/dhowe/status/182691163936006146 https://twitter.com/#!/dhowe/status/182691163936006146 David Howe - ‏ @dhowe - Director of Photoshop Engineering @ColinHarrington We have looked at Wine on & off, the last time a few years ago. Not usually a high-enough priority given other demands. 12:52 AM - 22 Mar 12

adrahon 15y ago

I've found CS2 to work with Wine. Wasn't there a story of Google contributing code to Wine to make Photoshop work? CS5 is listed as Gold on http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=17 http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application... I use The Gimp anyway (I know, I know).

danieldk 15y ago
Actually, browsing that entry paints a bleaker picture. Of the five most recent testing reports, two are gold, one silver, one bronze, one garbage. According to the bronze report: The text tool causes the entire application to freeze (even with atmlib installed). The paintbrush works only very intermittently. Moving and docking panels was buggy, and the bluish docking indicators instead rendered as black rectangles making it impossible to see. and: What was not tested: Vector manipulations, filters, adjustment layers. It's fine for playing with Photoshop on Linux a bit, but not something you'd want to rely on for your business. I guess a virtual machine with Windows is still the most viable solution.
duck 15y ago
I tried Gimp. I really tried because I really wanted that to work... but just couldn't get out of Photoshop "mode" even after a couple months of using it. More power to you for succeeding!

jjcm 15y ago

I've gotten things to work, but even versions that are listed as "platinum" still have things that break here and there. I've found it's better to not try. Linux runs great in a vm. I've taken to using windows or OSX as my host system for my photoshop needs, then just doing everything linuxy over ssh to a vm. Not everyone is comfortable with that workflow, but I've found it's better than trying to run photoshop in wine.

duck 15y ago
That is exactly what I'm doing as well. :) The other day though I used another laptop running Ubuntu and I realized how much I missed booting into Linux and realized the only reason I'm using Windows is for Photoshop. I might try flipping it at some point and run Windows in the VM, but last time I tried my machine just wasn't enough to do that.