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A perfect example are front-end developers. It can be tough for anyone to make a living in that line of work without being able to edit/open photoshop and illus

by twog 14y ago

A perfect example are front-end developers. It can be tough for anyone to make a living in that line of work without being able to edit/open photoshop and illustrated without having to configure wine. I truly believe Adobe holding back their products is one of the largest roadblocks linux has to get widespread adoption amongst the design/developer community.

iron_ball 14y ago
I love Linux for general hacking, but not having Adobe tools is a huge blow when it comes to working on a design. It's almost insurmountable.
jiggy2011 14y ago
I'd be surprised if Adobe isn't at least looking into this, especially considering their sometimes sour relationship without Apple. A lot of the more "arty" people I know would consider giving them a Windows computer to use as a personal insult and would probably be more open to switching to Linux than Windows. Getting arty people to use desktop Linux could be a huge net positive if they decide to help "pretty" the place up a bit.
- Kerrick 14y ago
  It's certainly nice when UI/UX people run GNU/Linux distributions. Daniel Foré is in charge of Elementary OS [1]. Because he's a designer, the project already has a proper set of Human Interface Guidelines [2], a set of uniquely designed (and easy to use) core applications [3], and a beautifully coherent look to the entire OS and website. [1]: http://elementaryos.org/ http://elementaryos.org/ [2]: http://elementaryos.org/docs/human-interface-guidelines http://elementaryos.org/docs/human-interface-guidelines [3]: http://elementaryos.org/discover http://elementaryos.org/discover
felixthehat 14y ago
Exactly this, I'm a designer, and I like the look of ubuntu, but it's no macOS, it's hard to see an advantage that linux has over macs apart from the price - but designers need fast (expensive) machines anyway. No Adobe is the reason I can't even contemplate a switch. I love blender though, my 3D tool of choice so at least 3D artists are well catered for.

by twog 14y ago

iron_ball 14y ago

I love Linux for general hacking, but not having Adobe tools is a huge blow when it comes to working on a design. It's almost insurmountable.

jiggy2011 14y ago

I'd be surprised if Adobe isn't at least looking into this, especially considering their sometimes sour relationship without Apple. A lot of the more "arty" people I know would consider giving them a Windows computer to use as a personal insult and would probably be more open to switching to Linux than Windows. Getting arty people to use desktop Linux could be a huge net positive if they decide to help "pretty" the place up a bit.

Kerrick 14y ago
It's certainly nice when UI/UX people run GNU/Linux distributions. Daniel Foré is in charge of Elementary OS [1]. Because he's a designer, the project already has a proper set of Human Interface Guidelines [2], a set of uniquely designed (and easy to use) core applications [3], and a beautifully coherent look to the entire OS and website. [1]: http://elementaryos.org/ http://elementaryos.org/ [2]: http://elementaryos.org/docs/human-interface-guidelines http://elementaryos.org/docs/human-interface-guidelines [3]: http://elementaryos.org/discover http://elementaryos.org/discover

felixthehat 14y ago

Exactly this, I'm a designer, and I like the look of ubuntu, but it's no macOS, it's hard to see an advantage that linux has over macs apart from the price - but designers need fast (expensive) machines anyway. No Adobe is the reason I can't even contemplate a switch. I love blender though, my 3D tool of choice so at least 3D artists are well catered for.