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Only thing that keeps me off Linux is Lightroom and Photoshop. Nothing even remotely comparable. So it's Mac for me, but I get you.

doublerabbit 1y ago
Use moonlight and stream it locally. I use FreeBSD for my daily driver. I now stream games/Windows apps from a dedicated windows VM. It's impressive technology.
- 4b11b4 1y ago
  That's a great use case for game streaming tech
- crinkly 1y ago
  I have a colour cal 5k display. That’s not streamable in any sensible way. Nor do I want the latency or interface disparity.
- bpye 1y ago
  Looking glass is another option, which uses shared memory [0]. I just have my two monitors hooked up to both my iGPU and dedicated GPU, and switch inputs if I want to use my Windows VM. It means things like colour profiles and VRR work as expected too. [0] - https://looking-glass.io/ https://looking-glass.io/
phkahler 1y ago
>> Only thing that keeps me off Linux is Lightroom and Photoshop. Try Darktable or Ansel instead of Lightroom. I'm not gonna tell you Gimp is a good photoshop replacement though ;-)
- baq 1y ago
  With all due respect Darktable is not a Lightroom replacement, having used Lightroom years ago the recent Darktable releases are maybe sometimes reaching Lightroom UX from back then. I'm sure the technical image processing stuff is best in class, but it's too much for me wanting to make my raw photos look better than what the camera does with jpegs by default. The addition of built in presets is extremely welcome, it should be exposed to newbies way more than it is currently.
- crinkly 1y ago
  I've tried those (and RawTherapee). They are nowhere even near half the way to Lightroom.
- Beijinger 1y ago
  If you need CMYK for production, I would be scared of Gimp.
  - LeFantome 1y ago
    Not arguing. It is getting close though.
- florisuga 1y ago
  Those applications may work for some, but they are no replacements for Lightroom in my opinion. My Lightroom 4 installation from 2012 (I never upgraded after Adobe went all in on subscriptions and cloud) still beats the latest Darktable/Ansel versions, hands down. The only things I'm missing are a CLI for automation and a few features that RawTherapee has, like switching to a view of one color channel with a single key. Other than that, Adobe somehow got it incredibly right in terms of workflow and features back then. Using the software feels like it was made for photographers, rather than software enthusiasts. Still, I'm in the same boat as many who wish they could migrate their decades' worth of photos with all their adjustments to a FOSS alternative. For me too, Lightroom is the last application that keeps me from dumping Windows for good. It already lives in a Windows VM on a Linux host these days.
bpye 1y ago
Running them in a Windows VM with an attached GPU works great, I suspect you could use something like Looking Glass [0] as well - though I’d be nervous about colour profiles. [0] - https://looking-glass.io/ https://looking-glass.io/

doublerabbit 1y ago

Use moonlight and stream it locally. I use FreeBSD for my daily driver. I now stream games/Windows apps from a dedicated windows VM. It's impressive technology.

4b11b4 1y ago
That's a great use case for game streaming tech
crinkly 1y ago
I have a colour cal 5k display. That’s not streamable in any sensible way. Nor do I want the latency or interface disparity.
bpye 1y ago
Looking glass is another option, which uses shared memory [0]. I just have my two monitors hooked up to both my iGPU and dedicated GPU, and switch inputs if I want to use my Windows VM. It means things like colour profiles and VRR work as expected too. [0] - https://looking-glass.io/ https://looking-glass.io/

phkahler 1y ago

>> Only thing that keeps me off Linux is Lightroom and Photoshop. Try Darktable or Ansel instead of Lightroom. I'm not gonna tell you Gimp is a good photoshop replacement though ;-)

baq 1y ago
With all due respect Darktable is not a Lightroom replacement, having used Lightroom years ago the recent Darktable releases are maybe sometimes reaching Lightroom UX from back then. I'm sure the technical image processing stuff is best in class, but it's too much for me wanting to make my raw photos look better than what the camera does with jpegs by default. The addition of built in presets is extremely welcome, it should be exposed to newbies way more than it is currently.
crinkly 1y ago
I've tried those (and RawTherapee). They are nowhere even near half the way to Lightroom.
Beijinger 1y ago
If you need CMYK for production, I would be scared of Gimp.
- LeFantome 1y ago
  Not arguing. It is getting close though.
florisuga 1y ago
Those applications may work for some, but they are no replacements for Lightroom in my opinion. My Lightroom 4 installation from 2012 (I never upgraded after Adobe went all in on subscriptions and cloud) still beats the latest Darktable/Ansel versions, hands down. The only things I'm missing are a CLI for automation and a few features that RawTherapee has, like switching to a view of one color channel with a single key. Other than that, Adobe somehow got it incredibly right in terms of workflow and features back then. Using the software feels like it was made for photographers, rather than software enthusiasts. Still, I'm in the same boat as many who wish they could migrate their decades' worth of photos with all their adjustments to a FOSS alternative. For me too, Lightroom is the last application that keeps me from dumping Windows for good. It already lives in a Windows VM on a Linux host these days.

bpye 1y ago

Running them in a Windows VM with an attached GPU works great, I suspect you could use something like Looking Glass [0] as well - though I’d be nervous about colour profiles. [0] - https://looking-glass.io/ https://looking-glass.io/