this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2026
448 points (98.7% liked)

Linux

61136 readers
1067 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That means people need to have another excuse for not using GNU/Linux even though they complain 24/7/365 about Windows.

[–] CommieKhinkali@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 9 hours ago

gimme after effects on linux and ill be happy

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (3 children)

No, it means I can install Photoshop and InDesign for the couple times a year I need to edit a file in my line of work, and I no longer need to boot into Windows twice a year just to use them.

This is amazing news!

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

if you are doing such light work, krita and inkscape might be right up your alley.

not that it matters anymore now that adobe stuff is supposed to work better.

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago

They are up my alley, I use them personally.

I receive the Adobe files and I modify them slightly and send them back.

[–] oeuf@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 day ago

FWIW .psd support in GIMP is getting pretty good. Not sure what your use case is but it might be worth checking out if you haven't used it for a while.

[–] Markus29@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago

Still no autocad on Linux. Freecad works, but importing dwg files from autocad, which almost everyone uses, is always messy.