The inability to use Adobe Creative Cloud on Linux is often cited as a major barrier for many users considering a switch to the platform. But perhaps, just perhaps, there has already been a breakthrough in that direction.
A community developer says they have resolved long-standing Wine compatibility issues that prevented Adobe Creative Cloud installers from completing on Linux, publishing a patchset and prebuilt binaries that they claim enable installation of Photoshop 2021 and Photoshop 2025.
Why is the headline so incredulous of the literal developer who authored the patches?
because journalism never existed in the first place
Maybe people will shut the fuck up about Photoshop not working on Linux now. (Not saying it’s not a valid complaint, I just get tired of hearing it.)
People could use gimp, they do not need adobe crap to cut out background in photos.
But muh AI doing the cutting for me!
Idk what else doesn’t work in Gimp, except for some 64-bit color or somesuch.
“Nooo you shouldn’t have to update apps from terminal. AVERAGE USER is too scared. They will never be able to remember like three letters. AVERAGE USER is dumb you see. They want to be babied by their own computer. AVERAGE USER also doesn’t know how to google for alternatives. It’s just the typical AVERAGE USER.
Anyway, adobe photoshop…”God I get so frustrated when people argue on the behalf of these mythical other people, but you seldom to never actually see anyone arguing this as something they’d like.
Like just say you’d like things to be easier for you to use, it’s a valid statement.
…just Photoshop? Why does this text seem to conflate the words Creative Cloud and Photoshop?
Would like to see some confirmation, but this is probably the #1 thing I see people say is holding them back.
In hindsight, I’m so glad I couldn’t get them working on linux, because it forced me to get my head around Darktable. I couldn’t go back to Lightroom now…
This would have been great like 10 years ago before Adobe fucked a decent product up with a subscription model and AI.
The good news is the old, non-subscription versions do work in Linux.
Honestly, unless you make a shitload of money off it, subscription Adobe products are just too rich for my blood.
Can someone recommend an alternative with similar features to Premiere Pro?
Davinci Resolve maybe? They have a native Linux launcher and a free trial
