Google funds Photoshop-on-Linux work (C|Net) [LWN.net]

Google funds Photoshop-on-Linux work (C|Net)

Posted Feb 22, 2008 15:26 UTC (Fri) by mbottrell (guest, #43008)
Parent article: Google funds Photoshop-on-Linux work (C|Net)

Whilst the work is commendable, I have to agree.

Adding features to GIMP would better serve the OSS community.

I actually like the fact that Flash (development not player) now works under WINE (yeah, I
know, but at times it's a necessary evil).  I would prefer to have a native Flash development
app under Linux but until Adobe get off their butt it ain't going to happen.  :(

Dreamweaver is probably the other 'big ticket' item that users would like to see under Linux
natively, other than that ... working under WINE would be great.

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Google funds Photoshop-on-Linux work (C|Net)

Posted Feb 22, 2008 18:20 UTC (Fri) by dberkholz (subscriber, #23346) [Link]

I had Dreamweaver working with wine years ago. Does it no longer work?

Google funds Photoshop-on-Linux work (C|Net)

Posted Feb 22, 2008 22:53 UTC (Fri) by 3vi1 (guest, #39830) [Link]

Like you, I had Dreamweaver working long ago too (with a bit of help from Winetools and such).
I tried installing it again a couple of months back and could not get it to work well enough
to be considered "usable".

First, It hangs after the splash, unless you've also installed IE6 (I got it running by
setting it up to use the same config/files as IEs4Linux).  Second, it will run into all kinds
of errors if you try to define/download a new site.  I beat on it for a day or two then gave
up in frustration.

Kompozer's a nice alternative... but definitely not an equal replacement.  And, if people use
a lot of Dreamweaver templates, "starting over" may be unacceptable when all you want to do is
make small updates.