wine users - Jan 2009 - Really want to dump microsoft....but have to run Photoshop

I am a rank newb at this and I appologize, I would have dumped MS long ago but I
am not any kind of a coder, so having to write scripts and such is out for me.

I really want to dump everything microsoft.....but I have to be able to run
Adobe Photoshop 7 and CS4......why do I keep PS7...because I can't get a lot
of the plug-ins I use for any thing above 7 and a lot of the ones I can I have
to re-purchase as there was no real upgrading.

    :?:Will W.I.N.E. allow me to run photoshop CS4 on Linux?

 [Question] Which type of Linux is the best for this?

A great deal of THANX in advance for any answers!!!!

For information on other Peoples experiences with Photoshop on Wine see.
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=17


PHOTOG wrote:
> 
>  [Question] Which type of Linux is the best for this?
> 

Ubuntuhttp://www.ubuntu.com/  is used by the majority of people submitting test
reports to the Wine AppDB.

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:53:26AM -0600, PHOTOG wrote:
> I am a rank newb at this and I appologize, I would have dumped MS long
> ago but I am not any kind of a coder, so having to write scripts and
> such is out for me.
> 
> I really want to dump everything microsoft.....but I have to be able
> to run Adobe Photoshop 7 and CS4......why do I keep PS7...because I
> can't get a lot of the plug-ins I use for any thing above 7 and a lot
> of the ones I can I have to re-purchase as there was no real
> upgrading.
Not that this has anything to do with Wine, but have you considered
trying PSPI (PhotoShop Plugin Interface) with GIMP?

http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/pspi.html
 

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* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *

THANX to both NN and David Gerard for the info.....will how easy it will be for
non techy type to install and run.......brand new machine so it has not been
corrupted by M$ ..............................yet.

> 
> Not that this has anything to do with Wine, but have you considered
> trying PSPI (PhotoShop Plugin Interface) with GIMP?
> 
> http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/pspi.html
> 
> 
> -- 
> * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *

i am not too worried about my PS7+ ~3k in plug ins.....they can stay on my old
PC....it is a licensed Win XP box........
I am looking more to run CS4 + LR2 on the new machine and not wanting to have to
pay M$ more licensing fees  ........

I just a post on another forum that stated CS4 might run well with Ubuntu and
wine v.1.1.10 ..... but I asked for confirmation and it has been 4 wks since the
poster said he was about to give it a good testing and last night I bumped the
thread with the question if any new news was available.

This is a more configured wine:

http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=8