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That means people need to have another excuse for not using GNU/Linux even though they complain 24/7/365 about Windows.
People have very good reasons for not switching to Linux. Not everyone is a computer/software enthusiast. Most people dont want to deal with the different for the heck of it, especially when the current solution works well enough (which windows does no matter how much we like to shit on it for fair reasons.)
No, it means I can install Photoshop and InDesign for the couple times a year I need to edit a file in my line of work, and I no longer need to boot into Windows twice a year just to use them.
This is amazing news!
if you are doing such light work, krita and inkscape might be right up your alley.
not that it matters anymore now that adobe stuff is supposed to work better.
They are up my alley, I use them personally.
I receive the Adobe files and I modify them slightly and send them back.
Try https://www.photopea.com/
FWIW .psd support in GIMP is getting pretty good. Not sure what your use case is but it might be worth checking out if you haven't used it for a while.
Still no autocad on Linux. Freecad works, but importing dwg files from autocad, which almost everyone uses, is always messy.
I need NX. If we could get that working, and if IT let me have Linux on my work PC, I would be so happy. My CAD station runs considerably worse on Win11, and the drivers for my favorite spaceball don't work on it.
gimme after effects on linux and ill be happy