Anyone doing it? I am thinking of moving away from Windows.
Kubuntu? Why/why not?
What Linux and its add-ons are required to get this thing to work?
Nvidia graphics cards... I read that Linux likes Radeon. Experience? I have Nvidia and do not want to buy another card.
Honestly, I am just a geek who wants to dick with Linux. My Nephew who just graduated with a Masters in comp sci tells me I will get big performance gains with Linux and I am always for more performance... and you?
Linus Tech Tips (LTT) is currently running an experiment moving to Linux for gaming and it does not look good... his perspective is from being a non-supertech... someone very techy but no Linux expert... such as what I consider myself.
I would appreciate learning what he means by performance gains.
Most of the Adobe core graphics operations strike me as very fast. I presume the critical sections of Adobe code are written in C++ and optimized for the separate Windows/macOS platforms.
I have read online opinions that Adobe is not aggressive enough in taking advantage of newer computing features, processors, graphics cards, etc. Then again, their software has to be backwards compatible, so that might affect their decisions.
I also presume that they have tried porting to other platforms, since they are serious players.
The more I read up on this, I understand the futility of running Adobe products under Linux.... Wine (a compatibility layer) is about the only way to do it... and I really have not found anyone trying LightRoom.
Oh well.
Head to head, Linux is a way faster operating system than Windows... butt... your applications really need to be written for it.
FWIW, Blackmagic's Davinci Resolve video editor runs on Linux, and version 21, now in public beta, adds support for editing still images. I haven't tried it yet (waiting for the non-beta release).
vbnut wrote:
FWIW, Blackmagic's Davinci Resolve video editor runs on Linux, and version 21, now in public beta, adds support for editing still images. I haven't tried it yet (waiting for the non-beta release).
Thanx for that.
I am surprised that given the superiority of Linux, software companies whose products have high processing demands haven't focused on Linux. In commercial applications, assuming staff sit all day working in these apps, what the operating system is should not matter. PCs become an appliance... a box dedicated to a continuous work task. The operating system should not matter to the business or user. Turn it on, and work all day in the app.
From what I can find, Adobe uses Linux servers for their server-based implementations of Creative Cloud applications - for the many reasons that Linux is widely adopted for high-performance multi-user server deployments. In that respect, we could say that Linux is "superior".
Could you explain how it would be superior for single-user desktop applications ?
Awhile back, I went down this rabbit hole. I first tried this with CrossOver on my Ubuntu install, and it worked with an old version of Lightroom I had. Then I eventually abandoned it for darktable, which was a much nicer experience. However, I felt too accustomed to Lightroom and ended up having a computer dedicated for just photo editing, and overall, I am a lot happier with this setup.
The only practical way to run Lightroom on Linux is using the web version through a browser. Using an emulator or VM is the only way to run a local Lr instance.
If you move to Linux, you'll need to move to another editing app like Darktable. I've tried a couple times but keep hitting roadblocks that keep my running a Windows box for Lr and Ps.
Kubuntu versus ubuntu is mostly personal preference. You may need to give both a try. Kubuntu is really designed to provide a Windows-ish experience to make transitioning easier. Ubuntu isn't as flashy but offers more stability. Any hardware that's running Windows 11 can easily handle Kubuntu. Ubuntu is ideal for lightweight VM's or outdated hardware that won't run Win11.
Kenneth Lee wrote: ...given the superiority of Linux..."
From what I can find, Adobe uses Linux servers for their server-based implementations of Creative Cloud applications - for the many reasons that Linux is widely adopted for high-performance multi-user server deployments. In that respect, we could say that Linux is "superior".
Could you explain how it would be superior for single-user desktop applications ?
I have no direct experience with Linux... I am taking feedback from knowledgeable people in the industry and my personal relationships... I have been in IT my whole career... I started as a developer writing tons of code for years, then moved into consulting... I am now retired. I started back when IT was called Data Processing. My experience with Microsoft goes back to when I purchased the first release of the IBM PC... used for home use and then developing directly on the platform for work... using (and wrestling with) Microsoft products over my career and hobbies has left me with... well... I'm kinda worn out by it all... and have admired Linux from the sidelines.
Linux is faster with memory management, files management and other machine-level tasks. If an application is written for Linux, it will run faster than if it was written for windows. The problem of course, an application can not just be ported over from Windows to Linux to gain a speed advantage... to do this, you need software to go between the windows-written app and Linux to make it work... or re-write the base code of the app to work directly on Linux. BTW, no senior executive of any company wants to hear the words "re-write"... a career-limiting statement. Linus Tech Tips is running an experiment right now porting games over to Linux... again an effort to get the boost from Linux... you can go over there and watch his videos and see how they are doing... spoiler: it ain't easy. His efforts prompted me to dump the question of LR on Linux here.
I was just being hopeful that maybe LightRoom was "close enough" to Linux or the translation layers are mature enough to work. I never met a developer or worked with a software vendor who didn't want faster environments. Performance is one of the most ever-present challenges to developers.
Bruce,
Nearly all servers in the world run on Linux. Not just Adobe's.
Linux Mint with Cinnamon is said to be the friendliest Linux for ex Windows users.
Zorin OS is said to be the most Windows-like Linux up front, especially if you pay the us$39 for the optional software pack.
On YouTube some posts by a mob called Hardware Details seem to be very helpful for those of us contemplating the OS switch, though not about LrC.
LrC is just not Linux friendly. It's not even very Windows friendly, being based on an old software core. I forget the details, but that's partly why they can't speed it up in a big way except by using faster hardware.
A lot of games can now run well on Linux with the Valve Steam add-on but the non-Valve biggies do not.
I'll be trying Zorin OS very soon but I'm not in the right head space atm.
When I do, I'll be using a dual boot system with separate swappable 2.5" SATA SSDs for each system (Windows 11 and Linux) to keep them as independent as possible. I've been doing that for years anyway to clone my Windows system drive externally. It's a nuisance but the near instant full system recovery has been very helpful far more often than should have been necessary. My data backups have been separate from OS backups but my main backup system, Macrium Reflect, is not Linux compatible so I'll have some serious adjustments to make.
