Thanks. I tend to forget about dual boot.
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/19/2010 12:36 PM, Scott Gomez wrote:
> Hi Chuck,
>
> I don't run Photoshop under Linux, but it appears it is possible. Manuel's
> suggestion is one way, and WINE is another. Here's information regarding
> WINE:
>
> http://wiki.winehq.org/AdobePhotoshop
>
> For myself, running the GIMP was sufficient. There are operational
> differences between the two, of course, and there are lots of Photoshop
> extras that GIMP doesn't possess, but I've so far been able to accomplish
> everything I've needed, including sending color-controlled files for
> printing elsewhere. The biggest thing lacking in GIMP that is present in
> Photoshop is CMYK separation capability, and, as I'm not trying to produce
> separations for offset printing, I don't miss that at all.
>
> Fernando also has a good suggestion, which is to dual-boot the machine. I
> would however, recommend installing Windows first, vice Linux, as Windows
> tends to try to control the boot sector of the drive, and often overwrites
> the Linux bootloader.
>
> ---
> Scott Gomez
>
> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 5:33 AM, Chuck Norcutt<
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Anyone here run PhotoShop on Windows running under Linux?
>>
>> I'd consider running Linux except for the fact that I'm totally wedded
>> to PhotoShop. I believe that one can run Windows under Linux in a
>> virtual machine but have no knowledge about how well this might work.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
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