Hey Art, I would recommend starting with Mint Linux, because I find it to be the most user friendly desktop distro.
Once you install that, you'll want to install VMWare workstation so that you can VM windows to run photoshop and Microsoft office, because those two programs don't have native apps for linux. You could also use Virtualbox, but I prefer VMware personally. For modern laptop and desktops, VM'ing a single copy of windows isn't a heavy lift and you shouldn't notice any difference in performance. If you just always leave Windows running on your second desktop in full screen mode, then you can always to windows with CTRL+ALT+Right, and when you want to go back, CTRL+ALT+Left. (Requires multiple desktops to be enabled). I hope that helps! TK On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 3:00 AM, crossvillegoogler <[email protected]> wrote: > I was wondering what distro of Linux you would recommend for someone who > is computer savvy, but pretty new to Linux. > > What is the best way to run products like Photoshop on Linux. I know > there's Gimp and Open Office, but I teach MS Office and Photoshop so I need > access to them. > > Please respond to [email protected] or on this forum ( > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nlug-talk) > > Thank you in advance for your help. > > Art Shady > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
