• TylerBourbon@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Sadly I use way too many programs that only work on windows or Mac that Linux would handicap me. The free open source versions of yhe apps I use are no where near as capable.

    My only option I can think of would be running a virtual machine of Win10 on a Linux install so I can still use those apps.

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      1 month ago

      Would you mind sharing a couple of the names of the programs that only work on Windows for you? I’m a bit curious.

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        1 month ago

        Not OP, but for another data point: recently I did quite a bit of Linux-related research on the three Adobe apps I use (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, in this order of prominence), and they are all reported as some level of broken via Wine and their Linux alternatives are missing important features and/or a pain in the arse to use :/