Add Linux Support
It would be great if the Adobe Apps were fully cross-platform compatible. We already have Mac support so the precedent further *Nix OS support seems reasonable. This would help me immensely as this barrier is the ONLY thing that keeps me tied to both Mac OS and Windows in addition to Ubuntu. Currently I have to deal with either:
1. A shoddy WINE installation of the aging CS6 apps
2. A windows VM which is painful for the type of development work I do around Illustrator
This would also lead to some further cost / performance benefits with the systems I work on too, as those are currently locked to Windows enviros which are costly in-and-of themselves.
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JesseRobot01 commented
I prefer Linux over windows because of its privacy and speed, but I have to use Premier pro and Photoshop regularly for school and hobby projects. I need to keep switching systems when I want to use it, and it is a pain. Sometimes I am thinking of alternatives because of it, and I know I am not alone.
I happen to know a lot of people who does not have creative cloud, because they are on Linux, but are prepared to but it once it gets supported. -
Spookers commented
I use Substance painter on a daily, and i can't stand where microsoft is going nowadays. as someone who uses blender, and Unity, i need this program in between and tried every possible way i could to run substance alongside the other programs, which are natively supported while i tried to be on linux. it would be revolutionary for artists worldwide if this were a possibility to just have it be capable of running, let it be photoshop, substance, illustrator, etc. the whole cloud even. this would open doors for many people.
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Aprosule commented
I'm going to have to agree with Kelly O'Brien, I'd have Windows off both my wife's and my computers if we didn't need it to access Adobe.
Heck, get a deal with Steam going and sell and ship the Adobe suite across Steam and the new Steambox. Get into the linux market with another company pushing in the same direction.
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Kelly O'Brien commented
I would drop Windows and Mac OS in a heartbeat if I could get Adobe on Linux. PLEASE, I so want to drop those OSs. The only reason you don't have more people on Linux is because of issues like this.
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j d commented
Adobe bought Substance painter which had Full Linux support, and decided to kill it. That's the kind of company we're dealing with.
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Luigi Cammuca commented
We need adobe on linux as soon as possible!
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jack w commented
The fact that its ported to run in XNU/MacOs means 95% of the work is done and to me feels like a direct affront to those who either use a Linux distribution as a choice or those who are too poor to make any other; and thanks to distribution agnostic package management options like Appimage or flatpak Adobe doesn't even need to fight against package name divergence or dependency aliasing to support nearly every flavour of linux available.
Maybe I'm a cynic, but this is an intentional and malicious choice on the part of Adobe.
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Jürgen Haubenreich commented
Hi, I switched to Linux Fedora and can only recommend Affinity. There are plenty of workflows for installing it on Linux, even though it's not officially available for Linux. And the coolest thing is that it's been free to get and use since around November 1st, 2025. The only thing that costs money is the AI function, but it's worth the money.
I'm curious to see how long Adobe will continue to ignore Linux.
The same goes for Autodesk and 3ds Max; they're now pinning their hopes on Maya (which works on Linux) because otherwise Blender (great software) will attract many users.
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Connor Scully
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The Adobe Suite is the only thing keeping me on Windows anymore. As Windows 10 becomes deprecated, I will have to Adobe with Windows, and I don't want to drop Adobe. I will be moving to Linux regardless but it would be nice to take my workflow and apps I appreciate from Adobe with me.
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Michael Mattanza commented
please, adobe needs to get on Linux. I'm using linux as a software developer but i'm using a partition of windows just to use adobe creative cloud. I'd love to keep linux only system. It could be a good things for linux and adobe. The firts one get good software and more linux enthusiast, while adobe get more subscriptions.
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Fellipe Weno commented
It is hard to justify the position of Adobe on this matter in a technical point of view. At this point to not support Linux is harmful for all. Microsoft can't have this, and Adobe can't push its user to Apple-land.
Give us native Linux applications, this is the best for all and is good to force Microsoft to actually work on Windows to make it better. -
Bradley Smith commented
Me too. Once Adobe is available on Ubuntu/Linux, it’s goodbye to Windows. Doing this would allow enterprise systems to perform much better and enable remote workers to operate without actually retaining any of the software locally.
If we had that option, it would also let us use hardware from around 2015–2019.
I fear Adobe is moving toward a cloud-only model, which would be both good and bad. Bad, because we’d lose access to stable, locally installed software. Good, because it would most likely run everywhere.
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Capricornus007
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I also request and entreat to increase the support of this software for Linux (including those distributions based on packages such as dpkg rpm pacman flatpak and etc.). Much thanks.
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Maxime Keutgen De Greef commented
Please add support to Linux.
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Abdulkarim commented
They are not supporting Linux due to political issues. They would do it if they are allowed to do. But in reality, the US government is preventing them so Windows will not end. Don't not forget that Windows/Microsoft are a major income to the US economy.
Following years may things change since the OS is not any more making money is it used to be.
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Eray Zeşen commented
We can't use Linux because there is no adobe support. Adobe can't support Linux because we're not in there. It just a paradox. Please support Linux!
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Matt Asterix commented
With more and workloads being now available in the browser, and mopst browsers being cross-platform, they de-facto become OS agnostic. As a Linux user, the only thing preventing me to discard a clunky Win11 machine is the Adobe suite. Even the whole Microsoft suite or powerful tools like Figma are fully web-based.
This is now CRITICAL as Adobe products are the LAST ones on my list that need to be available for Linux.
Another big advantage of switching to Linux OS is its much more efficient use of hardware sources compared to Windows. This will result in significant performance improvement for self-made PC users (like me) who choose high spec components. -
Hua Spec commented
Using two machines, primarily Linux and Windows (incurring extra cost just to use Adobe). Now, I want to boycott Microsoft due to their shameless support to the apartheid state of Israel, so I need to boycott Adobe as a result.
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RokeJulianLockhart
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If you can support Mac, you already support POSIX fairly well. I'd literally purchase a subscription forever if I had a native version for Linux. Who would use Inkscape if Illustrator were available?!
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Jürgen Haubenreich commented
The year is 2023 and even Microsoft has been developing for Linux platforms and has been concerned with the further development of Linux. It would be a leap into the future if Adobe would also rely on Linux. And with all the Creative Cloud, we would also move from Autodesk 3D software to Adobe to have an all-in-one package with Linux Debian or Fedora.