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Now I know its not as simple as asking for Adobe to support their design software on Ubuntu, but is there a way for the community and Canonical to make known to Adobe the rapidly growing amount of Linux users, and their desire for this great set of tools OFFICIALLY?

I know that many of the answers I receive might be of the fashion "Its not going to happen", "use the free tools provided" or "Who knows it might happen in the near future", but this IS not what I am looking for. I have noticed, on sites like www.OmgUbuntu.com, there are links to pages where people can "like" the idea. Is there a way to try and get the whole community on board with this one, even Canonical, and as stated above, put forward this proposal to Adobe. The current requests for an Adobe CS, for Linux, are in dribs and drabs scattered all of the internet. Now is the best time to come up with productive solutions on how we can best gather statistics on the amount of people willing to buy the Adobe CS. These are the words of an Adobe employee:

"I have forwarded this feedback on to the appropriate team who will consider it for future releases of Adobe software."

The larger amount of people we have unified in the ONE community proposal, the greater chance we have of getting the software. How can we make this happen?

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+1 Great question. I feel Adobe wont take this seriously unless at least one big linux vendor commits to making this happen. It would be a big win for Ubuntu / Canonical to be able to say "We made that happen". – Richard Holloway Nov 12 '10 at 9:56
*facepalm*it is omgubuntu.co.uk – akshatj Nov 12 '10 at 22:22
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Adobe software is not open source, the majority of Linux users will NOT support most off it. They will support their inferior Open Source counter parts to help them improve. This is what we have ALWAYS been about. Asking for Adobe to support their design software for that is Open Source is fine with me. How could Canonical make this happen they don't pay people to port software to Linux. – stevehendo34 Nov 14 '10 at 6:20
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@stevehendo34 I do not agree... it's nice to have Open Source software, but if there is no other option, using proprietary programs is OK. I would LOVE to buy and use Photoshop on my Ubuntu. Adobe may release their soft for Ubuntu, but they definetly won't release its source code. – Paweł Karpiński Nov 15 '10 at 12:12

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Vote for this here: http://getsatisfaction.com/adobe/topics/produce_creative_suite_for_linux It also has a reply from an Adobe employee.

And read this too: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/hey-adobe-bring-creative-suite-for-ubuntu/

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These are the exact links I was referring to in the question. My question has more got to do with, is there a way of advertising this vote and/or bringing canonical in to help with this proposal. An "OFFICIAL" proposal. I'm talking about advertising the vote, making all Ubuntu(and Linux in general) users aware of this vote and possibly having Canonical step in and help with this cause. If so how? How can we make this big? How can we take this to the top (to coin a corny phrase). – Sixthlaw Nov 12 '10 at 5:01
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The links I gave you actually pint to Adobe's Official GetSatisfaction Support Portal. – User Nov 12 '10 at 9:37
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I propose a prominent member of the Ubuntu Community and/or a Canonical employee approach Adobe with the request and perhaps some statistics. I believe it will take negotiations from a company (not just a community) to get Adobe to even consider porting Creative Suite.

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I think this is a good idea also, but one of the main factors in Adobes argument against porting Adobe creative suit to Ubuntu is that the people that use Ubuntu would be unwilling to pay for professional software. That person would have to have the facts, maybe if the community did a vote on whether they would pay for professional software and so on. – Sixthlaw Nov 12 '10 at 8:24
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Still it comes down to the community letting Adobe know how many of us would buy its software. And then maybe Canonical presenting those facts. – Sixthlaw Nov 12 '10 at 8:26
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Before we ask adobe for anything, let us be honest and ask the question- true CS is awesome and well worth the money, but how many of us will really be willing to pay for a native linux version? Having used The GIMP and the likes, I am too used to Free and Open Source Software to even consider paying for any software.

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See I think this is one of the biggest problems with part of our community. If the software was there, professionals would pay the price for the industry software, would you not agree? If this software was available it would enlarge the community, get more support, access to better programs and would also introduce more professional people to the OS. One of the biggest problems with Ubuntu is its lack of advertising and design work. If we can get professional software and people to come to this OS, if we give them incentive, we can expect large advancements in the OS. – Sixthlaw Nov 13 '10 at 9:01
I agree with you on most counts there, but we as a community and as linux ( ubuntu) users also have the responsibility to realise that there are open source software which can give the even the most professional of software a run for their money. If we use them and also encourage others, then giants like adobe will be forced to rethink their software strategy. – tinhed Nov 13 '10 at 11:45
Obviously not enough us are willing to pay, including ME. – stevehendo34 Nov 14 '10 at 5:50
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It nearly works in Wine. The easiest way to get Adobe to make a port is to make the port nearly zero effort -- a Wine-based port can do that, and extending Wine just a tiny bit is much easier (and cheaper) than rewriting the entirety of creative suite to be cross-platform.

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I have contacted many gadgets, and IT news websites about this news and many have replied saying they will most probably make an update on the subject. I'm hoping this will cause Linux users to be notified of this vote, and to contribute but also make the wider community of computer users aware of the chance to have the best OS with the best Design Software. I have also emailed many large figures in the Ubuntu community (e.g Mark Shuttleworth) to ask for help in getting polls and votes such as "would you like to see the adobe suite on Ubuntu?" and "would you pay for the Adobe SC?" officially spread around the community. With this data we could then convince Adobe that the want for this software is great and the community ready to pay for it! Are there any others ways that we could efficiently make this more possible?

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While I'm 100% voting for this, I want to see Ubuntu work/look better than it is now, I don't think any professional would consider switching to Linux if it isn't stable/user-friendly enough for him. I know this will sound stupid, but there are many unfinished/unpolished features that we need to worry about BEFORE asking Adobe for anything, one of them is the graphics support(and there isn't just one).

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Many professionals want to move to Ubuntu, but the big problem is they need this Creative Suite. And also I agree about the graphics support, but even thought drivers are a pain in Ubuntu there is still a firm enough base for the program to be founded on. – Sixthlaw Nov 13 '10 at 12:13
Yes, I agree. The OS is very usable, but unlike other OSes, Linux have a lot of options, sometimes this is bad because in windows all you have to do is download a driver from the official site and install it, but in Linux you have open source drivers, proprietary drivers, ALSA, OSS, Pulseaudio, Nouveau... – Reda Lazri Nov 13 '10 at 12:23
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I agree entirely. But if we do manage to get Adobe native to Linux, its a step in the direction you talk about where you can just install one option. – Sixthlaw Nov 14 '10 at 4:39
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Sending people to windows is not a valuable answer. It is what we are already doing. I was unable to use an ubuntu machine to replace a broadcasting radio automation some years ago. I haven't been able to replace many features and usability of various Adobe CS software _I use for work. I love linux, and I use at home and in office environments. But I can't use it in multimedia production without seriously affecting my productivity.

Open source alternatives are good, and they deserve to compete with Adobe CS. Open source and linux are about having options. One option is to buy propietary software when its worth it. We have a wonderful OS, don't close its doors to others, please. I'd love to have all those major industries selling their products for linux.

BTW, ¿what is a Linux professional? ¿A professional who uses linux? (That would be me, and I need Adobe CS and other propietary software for my work) ¿Or is he/she an IT, developer, and so on? If so, ¿does a "linux professional" need Adobe CS? That would justify the lack of interest on your side.

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Go back to Windows where you belong, most Linux professionals don't support proprietary closed software model.

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While everyone is entitled to their opinions, this isn't the forum to voice it. Your answer does not address the original posters question of "how" and furthermore it leans towards the side of flamebait then anything constructive, and is at the very least disrespectful. I recommend reading our FAQ to better acquaint yourself with this site. – Marco Ceppi♦ Nov 15 '10 at 1:57
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Thank you Marco Ceppi. – Sixthlaw Nov 15 '10 at 11:20

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