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August 16, 2005
LinuxWorld Wrap Up
Well, we've wrapped up our booth at LinuxWorld, and overall I'd have to say it was a great success. The booth staff was kept busy all week, answering questions about why we were there, what LiveCycle is, when Photoshop will be available on Linux... Our next event is the Intel Developer Forum, in San Francisco, in two weeks.
One of the most surprising things for me was the fact that people relate Adobe to Acrobat. Many people came up and said that they were running Adobe 5 or Adobe 6, meaning Acrobat, but at the same time, when they saw a big Adobe booth, they thought that Acrobat was available on Linux. (Its not, though Reader is, and so is the Acrobat SDK for creating plugins in Acrobat and Reader). We had many requests to port the Creative Suite over to Linux, as well as Acrobat, and will report back what was requested.
I didn't get to walk around the show floor too much, but was also impressed with BlackDog, a complete Linux server available on a tiny device that plugs into your USB port.
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Based on the feedback in our booth, the wishlist included (in order of request):
1. Photoshop
2. Acrobat
3. FrameMaker
So, when will Photoshop be available for Linux? ;-)
I'm not surprised that people relate "Adobe" to "Acrobat", especially at a Linux conference given that Acrobat is the only Adobe product available for the platform (I think?).
It would be great to know what plans there are for Linux at Adobe. Let us know!
The LiveCycle software also runs at Linux, though I'm not surprised that most people weren't aware of that (or what the software was), as its relatively unknown (compared to Acrobat or PS at least), and is certainly not targetted at end users.
Unfortunately, we can't comment on what products will be available in the future. But, we will take the feedback from the show and send it back to higher ups, who can use it to plan for Adobe's future.
Lori's right in terms of order of requests. Photoshop (or actually, the entire CS) was the most requested, along with Acrobat.
Mike
For some reason, my trackback attempts are failing, so I'll simply post a link to my thoughts. I'd also like to see acroread support for OpenSolaris (x86).
I think greater support of Linux would be beneficial for many of us. How is the demand for Adobe products on Linux? Is it simply interest or strong demand?
To the Adobe powers that be, thanks for blogs.adobe.com
Agreed about photoshop. Even if it's not a full port, working with the wine/crossover teams to get CS2 running 100% (hell, even 90%) on linux would be a big win for all concerned.
What are the technical difficulties in porting these excellent applications to Linux? My guess is that they are significant,otherwise, Adobe would have done it long ago. Comments?
In response to the request for OpenSolaris, we are are working on the Solaris build of Adobe Reader - hang in there. We typically do the builds based on customer requests and Linux was #1.
I am only keeping Windows XP installed on my machines to run Photoshop CS2. It's a hassle and time-waster to have to boot back and forth between platforms.
I would buy Photoshop for Linux in an instant if it was made available (and completely ported, none of this half-baked Wine business!!)
shouldnt be so picky. i highly doubt that adobe will give a full blown linux version any time soon. years down the road. a port through wine looks like our only option and one i will jump all over.
Porting through wine doesn't make sense to me, because you lost a lot of performance of the machines. As photoshop is on top of all the Linux User wishlist (eg. also the published wishlist of Novell/Suse) I just wonder why there never was an official statement of Adobe concerning a clean Linux version.
I don't really understand the problem. Do they fear that nobody wants it? Is it a kind of MS protection thing? With Adobe as first stepper it could be possible to get the final break through for Linux. And also Linux users would be ready to pay for it. Why don't they take the money I offer them?
I'm a new linux user and Photoshop is the only reason I'm still completely stuck to windows. I'm just starting to explore GIMP right now and I must say it's not bad. There is also another software package called Pixel which is available for linux and may cause adobe some trouble in the future if the continue to ignore linux. I have not attempted to run it yet though but the reviews are good.
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