> Is the problem that users won't know how to get Photoshop running on > Linux with WINE? It seems like "I use photoshop" is no longer a hard- > stop barrier to switching to Linux, so maybe this path is worth taking > with other apps.
Sorry, perhaps I over sold Wine there for a minute. Photoshop ran under Wine, but Adobe added a fairly severe DRM to Photoshop CS and CS2, so modern versions of Photoshop no longer run under Wine. That's a reality with Wine - a lot of things are tantalizing close, but the cigars are more rare. (And yes, they did that knowing full well it would break Wine, but the value they saw in piracy control and digital management was greater than their perceived value of the Linux market). > > The customers might not pay as they did in the Photoshop case, but the > Linux distribution vendors might see some return on investing there. Perhaps. There are a lot of projects that clamor for love from the distribution vendors, and I think there is a real scarcity of dollars to invest on the desktop side of the Linux world. And, of course, all of us project guys think that our project is the one true Important Project. (But Wine *is* <grin>). My main goal is education; Wine has come a very long ways, and should not be discarded out of hand. It's certainly not always the best solution, but Wine + elbow grease is increasingly becoming a powerful tool. The point of that, I hope, will be to demolish the 'applications barrier to entry'. I don't expect the whole world to switch their desktops to Linux (or Mac OS, or BSD, or Solaris), but I want them to *feel* that it's *possible*. Of course, I don't bang my head against the wall much, just because it's possible; someone else has to make it fun/interesting/valuable to run a Linux desktop. Cheers, Jeremy _______________________________________________ Desktop_architects mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects
