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I wonder how much would Adobe benefit from porting its suite to Linux for example. Do a Steam move and pick a fave distro, use some translation layer and bam. I

by juusto 2y ago

I wonder how much would Adobe benefit from porting its suite to Linux for example. Do a Steam move and pick a fave distro, use some translation layer and bam. I vote for the unholy matrimony of Adobe+Steam to break the stronghold of MS+Apple. That is pretty much the chicken and egg problem of Linux in regards to Apps and Games.

gjsman-1000 2y ago
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- seszett 2y ago
  > and then pirate the software to top it all off. Why would you think that though? I'm pretty sure software piracy is less common on Linux than on Windows.
  - mh- 2y ago
    Of course it is. Because the software people want to pirate isn't available on Linux for all the reasons parent commenter outlined.
    - capitainenemo 2y ago
      Well, there's at least a bit of evidence from past that linux users are more likely to spend money on software than windows or osx. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/08/linux-users-pay-more-humble-indie-bundle-3 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/08/linux-users-pay-more-hum...
  - meowster 2y ago
    I don't know why the parent comment was flagged dead, but I was typing this reply when it happened: I'm willing to pay, but I rarely use it, so the price I'm willing to pay has to reflect that, and Adobe is not going to come down that low. So I will continue to keep an old Windows laptop around with the sole purpose to run Adobe CS6 the maybe 8 times a year when I need it.
- LargoLasskhyfv 2y ago
  They could opensource the crap, so 'ze community' could 'gimp' the porting, while management still get their snorting of coke/crack. Just use the right license.
snapetom 2y ago
That would require the Year of Linux on the Desktop first :)
- atonse 2y ago
  Hey haven’t you heard, it’s just around the corner!
  - dialup_sounds 2y ago
    Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, we may soon see the first images of that corner.
layer8 2y ago
> I vote for the unholy matrimony of Adobe+Steam to break the stronghold of MS+Apple. It’s hard to feel sympathetic towards Adobe with their expensive subscription model.
- dmix 2y ago
  I get why subscriptions are a thing but it's insane how much Lightroom costs if you're just a casual photographer. Especially the blatant push for yearly commitments and hoop jumping to cancel the trial. I guess Adobe only wants professionals and very serious amateurs to use their products these days.
  - cj 2y ago
    > I guess Adobe only wants professionals and very serious amateurs to use their products these days. To be fair, OS-native (and free 3rd party) apps are very good for the average amateur photographer, unlike 15 years ago. I think the market size of that segment has shrunk as a result.
  - FireBeyond 2y ago
    > but it's insane how much Lightroom costs if you're just a casual photographer I'm not overly a fan of subscription software, but $9.99/mo for Photoshop and Lightroom is 1 1/2 coffees a month. If you're enough of a photographer that you lay out probably $700+ on a camera rather than your iPhone, then...
marcodiego 2y ago
Many years I asked a very wise person: "what would happen if adobe port photoshop to Linux?" The answer was "nothing". I asked why; the answers was: "no Photoshop user will migrate for Linux because of it, no gimp user will migrate to Photoshop". Also, I've read in HN once: that are more people using Linux on the desktop than there are Photoshop users. People overestimate photoshop as a killer app.

by juusto 2y ago

gjsman-1000 2y ago

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seszett 2y ago
> and then pirate the software to top it all off. Why would you think that though? I'm pretty sure software piracy is less common on Linux than on Windows.
- mh- 2y ago
  Of course it is. Because the software people want to pirate isn't available on Linux for all the reasons parent commenter outlined.
  - capitainenemo 2y ago
    Well, there's at least a bit of evidence from past that linux users are more likely to spend money on software than windows or osx. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/08/linux-users-pay-more-humble-indie-bundle-3 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/08/linux-users-pay-more-hum...
- meowster 2y ago
  I don't know why the parent comment was flagged dead, but I was typing this reply when it happened: I'm willing to pay, but I rarely use it, so the price I'm willing to pay has to reflect that, and Adobe is not going to come down that low. So I will continue to keep an old Windows laptop around with the sole purpose to run Adobe CS6 the maybe 8 times a year when I need it.
LargoLasskhyfv 2y ago
They could opensource the crap, so 'ze community' could 'gimp' the porting, while management still get their snorting of coke/crack. Just use the right license.

snapetom 2y ago

That would require the Year of Linux on the Desktop first :)

atonse 2y ago
Hey haven’t you heard, it’s just around the corner!
- dialup_sounds 2y ago
  Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, we may soon see the first images of that corner.

layer8 2y ago

> I vote for the unholy matrimony of Adobe+Steam to break the stronghold of MS+Apple. It’s hard to feel sympathetic towards Adobe with their expensive subscription model.

dmix 2y ago
I get why subscriptions are a thing but it's insane how much Lightroom costs if you're just a casual photographer. Especially the blatant push for yearly commitments and hoop jumping to cancel the trial. I guess Adobe only wants professionals and very serious amateurs to use their products these days.
- cj 2y ago
  > I guess Adobe only wants professionals and very serious amateurs to use their products these days. To be fair, OS-native (and free 3rd party) apps are very good for the average amateur photographer, unlike 15 years ago. I think the market size of that segment has shrunk as a result.
- FireBeyond 2y ago
  > but it's insane how much Lightroom costs if you're just a casual photographer I'm not overly a fan of subscription software, but $9.99/mo for Photoshop and Lightroom is 1 1/2 coffees a month. If you're enough of a photographer that you lay out probably $700+ on a camera rather than your iPhone, then...

marcodiego 2y ago

Many years I asked a very wise person: "what would happen if adobe port photoshop to Linux?" The answer was "nothing". I asked why; the answers was: "no Photoshop user will migrate for Linux because of it, no gimp user will migrate to Photoshop". Also, I've read in HN once: that are more people using Linux on the desktop than there are Photoshop users. People overestimate photoshop as a killer app.