Professional webdesigning on Ubuntu?

[CodyJarrett]

Hi,

I'm a professional freelance webdesigner, and I've recently made the switch to Ubuntu. I've been wanting to do it for a long time, because I love open source, but I've been hesitant because I wasn't sure I could live without all the Macromedia/Adobe stuff I've been do dependent on.

So far things are looking bright though. I'm getting familiar with Gimp, and all my hardware has been supported so far.

However, I guess I'll have to buy a copy of Crossover Office to get Flash up and running. I don't mind, as long as it performs good, though.

I would love to hear from some webdesigners who are using Ubuntu to do their work.

What are your experiences - which applications are you using?
Are you dual-booting to use Flash mx, or does Crossover do the job?
Do you feel that Ubuntu overall is up to the task?

Thanks in advance!

[tikal26]

I am not too much of a proffesional web designer but use alot of their products and I can tell you that flash is really the only thing that was needed everything else you can get similart or better programs if you are buying a copy of crossover you might as well use photshop because the gimp is just doesn't have all the features. you can look at nvu, bluefish and quanta for editors.

[benplaut]

macromedia mx (not mx 2004) works greta with cxoffice 4.1, 4.2, and i assume 5.0... i've used it for months, and hardly found any problems

[CodyJarrett]

sounds good, I'll get me Crossover then. :)

I thought Gimp was almost as good as Photoshop - in which way is it lacking?

[tikal26]

i don't know if it really matter to you but I do arcitectural vizulaization and I can get dome formats to work propely in the gimp. I mean the lack of 6 bit or higher. but that probably does not matter too much if you are only doing web design. I mean it lackng on higher end stuff but now that I think about it it is more than enough for webdesigning issues.

[Cyril]

Why not try wine? I do not know if all the windows apps you need work in wine but I know at least photoshop does.

[benplaut]

i tested it with the trial today, and all the Suite MX apps work great in cxoffice 5, considerably faster than 4.x (i mean alot)