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Hey, I use the Adobe Suite for daily use to build and develop posts and videos for multiple people and can't have my workflow slow down by learning a new application, I've looked into Linux a few times and want to really move over in the future but due to it not having support for Adobe, I'm not sure what to do.

One of the other applications I use is Sync (sync.com), It's an application to sync your files from a folder to the cloud allowing me to switch from my to laptop (what I can't run most things on) and then I can still access the files on the go if I need to send them to someone.

I also play plenty of games on Steam but not all of them have native Linux Instances. I believe Proton is actually helping bring non-native games to Linux which is a plus as really wouldn't want to lose access to playing them.

Any advice on how I can get using Linux without losing these sorts of functions or do I have to wait till Windows annoys enough people making them all move to Linux first?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Unfortunately if you can't afford to take time to learn new programs you're most likely going to have to dual boot. As someone who also does creative work, and had been pretty dependent on Adobe prior to moving to Linux, I can tell you that trying to run any of the Adobe programs on Linux is a fool's errand. Photoshop kind of works in Wine, but the rest are just plain unusable.

There's also winapps, which essentially uses a VM to run Windows programs while integrating them into your regular Desktop in a seamless manner. I've never tried it and it hasn't been updated in 2 years, but you could give it a shot.

If you do decide to try out alternatives though, DaVinci Resolve is good for video editing, Photopea (which is a web app) is pretty goddamn similar to Photoshop, Inkscape is pretty good for vector graphics, and Ardour, Audacity, and Reaper are all good in different ways for audio work.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Daily Linux user for 7 years here. It's pretty easy to load Windows onto a virtual machine, within Linux, for those stubborn programs that won't launch with Wine or Proton.

As for Sync, I'd advise that there are other programs which serve the same purpose. Dropbox supports Linux, and OneDrive has an unofficial Linux client. SyncThing might also serve your purpose - it's not in "the cloud" but instead syncs from all the linked machines to each other when they're online. Warpinator is useful for quick file transfers on the same WiFi network.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

As others have said, dual boot or VM works for Adobe Software. If you go with VMs, you should probably research GPU passthrough.

For syncing, I recommend Syncthing (syncthing.net).

You can play a lot of Steam games with Proton (check out protonDB for what works).

Also have you decided on a distro already?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

As others have stated, Dual boot but with two HDs one OS per Hard Disk. Otherwise Windows will write over the Linux grub (the equivalent yi windows MBR) one day (been there, several times 😭) and then it's a right pain to get it back to normal. For the sync option, there are several options, Dropbox is available as an app on Linux, Also NextCloud works extremely well

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