How to run most Windows apps on Linux, and why it won't really help - The Linux Experiment

5 months ago by Meldrik to c/linux

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artyom 9 points 5 months ago

tl:dw?

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Cxyz 24 points 5 months ago

The ways of getting Windows only apps like Photoshop to run in Linux (VMs, WinBoat, Wine) are not reliable enough for people whose livelihood depends on those apps, therefore these methods are unlikely to make people switch over to Linux.

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Guzgri 3 points 5 months ago

Thanks for the summary so I don't feel I've missed anything by not watching the video.

I just switched to Linux, and made a list of the about 80 programs I have used on Windows that I still want or need to use, and started listing the replacements I'll use in Linux. Within two days, almost all of them had answers I was happy with.

Now I'm down to only three I don't have a great way to run in Linux yet: Photoshop, MS Visual Studio, and my tax software, though I think at least two of those can probably run in a VM, once I get around to getting that set up. Meanwhile I can terminal in to a remote and/or virtual Windows machine if/when I need to.

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rustbuckett 1 point 5 months ago

Isn't there a Visual Studio for Linux? Or am I just thinking of Visual Studio Code? I'm not going to pretend that GIMP can do everything that Photoshop can do, but it has come a long way.

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parsizzle 2 points 5 months ago

Just VS Code..the closest to Visual Studio are the various JetBrains IDE's

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rustbuckett 1 point 5 months ago

Yeah. I just use Emacs for coding.

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