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Linux continues to be above 4% on the desktop (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] st3ph3n@midwest.social 26 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Now that gaming is effectively a solved problem thanks to Proton, Adobe Lightroom is just about the only thing keeping my desktop PC on Windows. My laptop is already running Linux. I’ve tried the FOSS alternatives but none of them fits my workflow like Lightroom. This is a me problem more so than a problem with any of these pieces of software.

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Try running those adobe apps on a windows virtual machine. Use KVM with virt-managet instead of virtualbox. If the performance is acceptable for you, now you can use Linux as the primary os and only use the VM for adobe apps. VM boots faster too because you can just hit suspend and resume it again later.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Curious as to why someone would downvote this?

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Probably because the average user is not going to figure out how to spin a VM to run Lightroom lol. It's also a bit clunky compared to just opening it.

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I kinda assumed anyone who know how to install Linux on their laptop wouldn't have too much problem figuring out how VM works

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 months ago

And that is one of the reasons Linux isn't at a higher market share. Linux is actually incredibly easy to install. Even back in 2008 or so, it was easier to install than windows. The live CD would give you a full OS with an install button. If you could install windows 7 you could install Linux.

Asking a user to then install something like virtual box and understand virtual hardware and disk images is a step up from that. Not to mention the clunkiness of it all.

[–] tooLikeTheNope@lemmy.ml 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Adobe Lightroom is just about the only thing keeping my desktop PC on Windows

Have you tried any of these?
https://itsfoss.com/raw-image-tools-linux/

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You can run Windows in a VM just make sure you install the virtio drivers from Fedora

[–] PanArab@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago

It may or may not run in Wine, won’t hurt to try https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=5839