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I've said it many times and I'll say it again, the only way Linux will reach a rapid turning point is the day Adobe port over Creative Suite and or Creative Cloud to Linux. Lack of Fireworks and Photoshop are the only two things preventing me from switching to Linux completely, I know many others in the same situation as I am. I currently run Linux in a VM which is fine, but not ideal.

So to me, lack of commercial and popular applications like Photoshop are the reason people don't use Linux. While there are tonnes of open-source alternatives, lets not kid ourselves, we all know Photoshop as well other applications have no decent open-source alternative that makes the switch worthwhile: especially not a decent Fireworks alternative which is a must-have tool for me.

Unless something dramatically changes, PC will always have the games followed by Mac.

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To give another point of view, I've never heard of Creative Suite or Creative Cloud and there are many many software devs like me, so if they got ported to Linux it wouldn't make any difference to me or the others like me; are there really enough of you that this port would herald the great consumer OS shift?

That might have been true in the past, but with Adobe's recent moves and the chasing away of amateurs and hobbyists, I doubt Creative Cloud coming to Linux will make much of a difference.

I am curious about this "chasing away" statement.

Specifically with regard to cost, it would appear that Adobe's recent migration to a monthly license[1] puts the suite much closer to consumer reach than ever?

[1] http://www.adobe.com/ca/products/creativecloud/buying-guide....

Adobe is one of the main reasons we want Linux to win. So we don't have to...sorry had to update Acrobat reader...so we don't have to put up with those guys.

How large percentage of PC users are active users of Adobe Creative Suite?

There needs to be more commercial software on linux to make it easier to switch. Games, apps, whatever...

No user is going to relearn something unless there is a compelling reason to do so - productivity gains, costs, etc.

BTW, Fireworks will never go on Linux - Adobe killed it.

With Adobe's planned move to a web based suite, this point seems moot.

Where did you hear this?

Photoshop I can understand, but Fireworks? Really?

Why not? I like Fireworks - it is really easy to use for simple tasks.

I have not used it in years, but yes.

There's gimp as a Photoshop alternative, and an open source alternative for Fireworks would be great, remember that Adobe is killing the product.

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