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The Most Desired Linux Ports

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the show-of-hands dept.

zenboomerang writes "It looks like Novell is trying to hit the hammer on the top of software developers heads and try and get them to port their applications directly to Linux. With help from the public they will try to pursuade the management of the most popular programs picked to get into the 21st Century and do some Linux testing. It seems to me to be a good idea and all it needs is a little help from the community."

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  1. Port photoshop by baryon351 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Convince Adobe to bring Photoshop to Linux and I know dozens of people who'll switch in an eyeblink.

    1. Re:Port photoshop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful
      1. Linux is the most comfortable for me (To all you Linux-is-not-ready-for-the-desktop whiners, stfu. Don't tell me what I should like)
      2. Macs aren't cheap (and while OS X is pretty, it's still not Linux)
      3. Windows is a fucking annoying, retarded OS. Don't tell me to use it
      4. I happen to like Photoshop.
      Good enough for you?
  2. Interesting by MBCook · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Most of that list doesn't surprise me too much. I thought Photoshop would be first, but Quickbooks does make sense, as does Autocad. I'm a bit surprised to see Act! on the list (I haven't heard about that software in years).

    That said, I don't think you'd ever see iTunes for Linux (and I was amazed it was on the list, I would have never guessed it).

    And then there is Visio. That will never be ported either. If Visio is there, why isn't Office? That said, I've never met someone who liked Visio in the two years or so I've been exposed to it. What Visio needs first is a good Windows port. OmniGraffle is much better. How about a Linux port of that?

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  3. WTF? No Half Life 2?!?! by elasticwings · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Oh, come on. There have got to be a ton of other people that want their CS:S fix without having to keep around a Windows box. And don't start with that Cedega crap. I want it a real Linux installer.