(stupid question) but do you think photoshop will be in ubuntu soon?

[powell]

Definably not, it's sad though, I used to you it on my XP.

[zmjjmz]

It's very unlikely that they'll make a truly native version, seeing as it would be much easier for them to make a winelib one.

[Keyper7]

Well Pixel is almost as good, better then GIMP and is only sixty bucks yet no one will buy it.

You're missing the point. Pixel might be good, but it's still a change from what professionals are used to. Every now and then I hear "No, I don't want an alternative, I want Photoshop. If Linux does not have Photoshop, I can't migrate." But I never heard anything even remotely like "What? Linux does not have my favorite CD burning software? I can't migrate!"

Commercial software will always be ignored or pirated by some, but if it's good enough, professionals and companies who need it will buy it.

Why not have more distro independent stuff like I would like to use Firefox 3 on some older distros? Linux has been very resistant to static stuff.

What "Linux" is resistant against is not relevant, because the company is free to compile and release their products like they want. For example, Windows does not include a Java VM by default, so some companies who sell Java software work around this by including a small, standalone JVM in the package.

There's no higher authority in Canonical, Red Hat or the Linux Foundation that can forbid them from doing so. That's why the Linux port of the Flash plugin is still going strong, despite the complaints of free software purists.

[Half-Left]

Adobe does not feel Photoshop is worth the problems.

1. Linux users complain about having to buy anything. See Nero.
2 Linux changes every six months would require constant updates.
3. Too many different desktops. libraries and package systems.

1. Since when do windows users buy photoshop, most of them torrent it
2. Since when do apps break because of kernel updates?
3. Choose a toolkit, make a rpm or deb, done, yes we expect apps to be upto date and not left to rot.

[Skripka]

1. Since when do windows users buy photoshop, most of them torrent it
2. Since when do apps break because of kernel updates?
3. Choose a toolkit, make a rpm or deb, done, yes we expect apps to be upto date and not left to rot.

One of the many fundamental problems with Linux is there is barely any color managing to be found-this pretty much means anyone serious and professionally using Photoshop will not use a Linux port of it.