How to use Photoshop in a VM on Ubuntu • Hacker News Board

Re: How to use Photoshop in a VM on Ubuntu

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Post by rjzzleep » Thu, Jan 24, 2013, 2:37 AM UTC

timdorr wrote: post #46

Is anyone running the opposite setup? That is, Windows as the primary OS and Linux in a VM. I'm looking to upgrade my laptop soon and don't want to pay Apple's high prices, so I'm looking at 1080p Windows laptops. I'm considering Windows as the base OS and a Linux VM for development stuff. I do web development, including design work, so I would need the ability to run Photoshop and other tools. But for running my rub…

i wish power management was better in linux, and optimus was supported in xen. because then I would run xen on an optimus laptop, and then just start the right vm whenever I need it.

my ultramobile cpu actually supports vt-d, but so far it's completely useless

Re: How to use Photoshop in a VM on Ubuntu

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Post by contingencies » Thu, Jan 24, 2013, 4:49 AM UTC

tsahyt wrote: post #25

The requirement of 100% stable is somewhat irritating. As far as I know Photoshop isn't even 100% stable under Windows.

On the 100% meme, VirtualBox is apparently regarded as 'tainted crap' by kernel developers, re: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTk5M...

Re: How to use Photoshop in a VM on Ubuntu

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Post by boonaru » Thu, Jan 24, 2013, 5:43 AM UTC

If you don't mind using Photoshop CS2, you can get it from here for free.

http://www.techspot.com/downloads/3689-adobe-photoshop-cs2.h...

CS2 runs perfectly with Wine (as far as I've seen).

Re: How to use Photoshop in a VM on Ubuntu

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Post by Raydric » Thu, Jan 24, 2013, 2:24 PM UTC

doublerebel wrote: post #50

Raydric wrote: post #22

I was doing something similar but end it up ditching the whole thing since I'm running CS6 on Wine without any problems (except a buggy lasso tool): https://gist.github.com/4610671 It checks for the VM state and waits the system to be ready, so you can turn off the vm if you want. Feel free to adapt to your needs.

Do you have tablet pressure in CS6? Photoshop has run under Wine for years, although tablet pressure hasn't worked since CS2 AFAIK.

I don't own a drawing tablet, sorry. And yeah I know: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application...

Re: How to use Photoshop in a VM on Ubuntu

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Post by mikegioia » Thu, Jan 24, 2013, 3:06 PM UTC

carpo wrote: post #48

mikegioia wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I think turning off mouse integration in virtualbox helps with the tablet issues. I use virtual box for Photoshop and light wave 3d, and the mouse integration feature always upset how the program read the cursors coordinates. You just have to remember to use the keyboard shortcut to turn it on again before trying to move your mouse back to a host program.

Hey thanks, carpo. I'm gonna give this a shot next time.

Re: How to use Photoshop in a VM on Ubuntu

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Post by tsahyt » Thu, Jan 24, 2013, 8:21 PM UTC

contingencies wrote: post #72

tsahyt wrote: post #25

The requirement of 100% stable is somewhat irritating. As far as I know Photoshop isn't even 100% stable under Windows.

On the 100% meme, VirtualBox is apparently regarded as 'tainted crap' by kernel developers, re: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTk5M...

Personally I'm a big fan of KVM. However it has flaws too, unfortunately.