How to use Photoshop in a VM on Ubuntu

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Post by muellerwolfram » Wed, Jan 23, 2013, 3:44 PM UTC

How to use Photoshop in a VM on Ubuntu
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Re: How to use Photoshop in a VM on Ubuntu

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Post by kaolinite » Wed, Jan 23, 2013, 4:20 PM UTC

Is Photoshop really 100% stable on Windows or OS X? Still, very nice guide.

Re: How to use Photoshop in a VM on Ubuntu

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Post by kwanbis » Wed, Jan 23, 2013, 4:32 PM UTC

I thought he was going to tell how to use WINE or something to do it. Installing VirtualBox+Windows is very obvious.

Re: How to use Photoshop in a VM on Ubuntu

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Post by davidcollantes » Wed, Jan 23, 2013, 4:36 PM UTC

It is mainly "How to use VirtualBox on Ubuntu to run Windows, then install Photoshop and use it."

I mean, come on!

Re: How to use Photoshop in a VM on Ubuntu

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Post by pdubs » Wed, Jan 23, 2013, 4:40 PM UTC

davidcollantes wrote: post #4

It is mainly "How to use VirtualBox on Ubuntu to run Windows, then install Photoshop and use it." I mean, come on!

It does provide detailed steps for a solution to a problem. I'm sure many people will appreciate that.

Re: How to use Photoshop in a VM on Ubuntu

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Post by dmix » Wed, Jan 23, 2013, 4:45 PM UTC

kaolinite wrote: post #2

Is Photoshop really 100% stable on Windows or OS X? Still, very nice guide.

I haven't had stability issues with Photoshop on OSX in the last 3 years.

Re: How to use Photoshop in a VM on Ubuntu

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Post by mikegirouard » Wed, Jan 23, 2013, 4:47 PM UTC

This is a great guide. I've invested heavily in MacOS, so I'll probably need to figure out an alternate approach.

One thing struck me as odd: Why make a `photoshop` alias if you're going to have the shell script in `$HOME/bin`?

Re: How to use Photoshop in a VM on Ubuntu

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Post by mikegioia » Wed, Jan 23, 2013, 4:49 PM UTC

davidcollantes wrote: post #4

It is mainly "How to use VirtualBox on Ubuntu to run Windows, then install Photoshop and use it." I mean, come on!

I've been doing it this way for over a year and it's been nearly perfect. It looks and feels like a native app like he says in the article.

However, I've noticed issues with USB peripherals / Virtualbox that make Photoshop nearly impossible to use with a tablet for me.

Re: How to use Photoshop in a VM on Ubuntu

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Post by mdpye » Wed, Jan 23, 2013, 4:50 PM UTC

davidcollantes wrote: post #4

It is mainly "How to use VirtualBox on Ubuntu to run Windows, then install Photoshop and use it." I mean, come on!

Not using a VM on my desktop often, I read is list of requirements and assumed it was impossible. "Seamless mode" in particular I was not aware of.

Re: How to use Photoshop in a VM on Ubuntu

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Post by ykl » Wed, Jan 23, 2013, 5:02 PM UTC

mikegirouard wrote: post #7

This is a great guide. I've invested heavily in MacOS, so I'll probably need to figure out an alternate approach. One thing struck me as odd: Why make a `photoshop` alias if you're going to have the shell script in `$HOME/bin`?

Well, on OSX, there's a much easier approach: just.... run the native version of Photoshop.