Newbie needs help

[viking.jonsson]

Hello,

I'm completely new to this, I work as a graphic designer and I been to VFX for awhile and now I want to take the next step wich for me is to go over to Linux to fit my freelancing company into the big studios.

But I'm getting a bit confused about the software part. As I understand I'll be able to install som old version of Photoshop with WINE.

But my workflow will sometimes need the complete adobe master collection, for graphic designs and Photoshop for 3d designs.

I thinking of installing windows and have a partition for linux as well. Wich feels a bit annoying..

Does anyone know if WINE will solve my problems? And I want Adobe not any other "open source look-a-like"

Really appreciate all help I can get.

Best Regards
Viking

[dimesio]

Some versions of some Adobe products work reasonably well in Wine, but none work perfectly. I wouldn't rely on Wine if your business depends on them. If you don't like dual booting, you could install Windows in a VM.

[viking.jonsson]

Hello,

Thank You for taking time to help me out.

Is VM some kind of virtualbox? I don't have much knowledge about Linux and softwares for Linux jet.

If it is virtual machines Your referring to I have heard that Adobe products doesn't work throughout those.
Do You have other experiences in this matter?


Best Regards
Viking Jonsson

[dimesio]

Yes, "VM" means virtual machine, such as VirtualBox or VMware. I don't use Adobe products myself, but I've never heard of them not working in a VM.

Note that performance will be slower in a VM because of the overhead of running two operating systems.