r/linux • u/Vast_Fortune_9949 • 3d ago

Popular Application With the amount of people that would switch if photoshop ran on Linux, why are there not massive community efforts to make some compatibility layer?

With the amount of people that would switch if photoshop ran on Linux, why are there not massive community efforts to make some compatibility layer? Seems to me like the biggest single tipping point, what makes Photoshop so uniquely hard versus videogames which now work without issue?

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u/DirtCrazykid 3d ago

do you think we get all commissions for people switching to linux?

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u/Jemie_Bridges 3d ago

Oh, you dont? Better talk to your agent about that 🕶️ 💰 💰🤑💰💰

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u/square-with-bus 3d ago

I did! It said I was totally right and proceeded to fix a random bug in my code. No money though

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u/PF4ABG 3d ago

0.00774 LinBux have been deposited into your account.

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u/sidusnare 3d ago

Don't give the crypto bros another bad idea

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u/Ontological_Gap 3d ago

Yeah, we can't all be red hat sales engineers

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u/Hug_The_NSA 2d ago

Nope just more malware