I am going to try the VB, it looks like the perfect solution.
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I have heard this from others using photoshop professionally. Nothing else seems to fill the bill.
That would allow you to run both windows and mate at the same time. I am not a windows user, but I do run mate in virtualbox and find it runs ok on 2gig of ram and two core processor (I found one core processor to be a bit sluggish).
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Excellent, I have 8GB with a two core processor, so I should be in good shape. I would rather not use Windows at all, but until someone develops a comparable creative suite I have to.
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Iām hear that Gimpshop did just thatā¦ 
; too bad it was, apparently, sabatoshed a few years back.
It was still Gimp; but a respin - with the couple of crucial extras which Photoshop users are, evidently, wholly reliant on 
. An equally huge deal about Gimpshop, was the fact that the interface - including icons/text-terms, were an uncanny clone of Photoshop.
Virtualbox, without a doubt. Wine is very very flaky. I have windows on virtualbox for precisely the reason of Photoshop. Or, at least, I did, As time has gone on, I have managed to more or less fully wean myself off Photoshop.
However, I fully understand your wifeās need for the comfort blanket of knowing she has Photoshop there whenever she wants it. I was exactly the same when I first came to Linux.
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Hi Steve, this post is akin to another which you and my wife are communicating on: A twofold query regarding our 'UUMATE' respin?
Thanks tremendously for chiming in on this; having input from you, to whatever degree, should prove fruitful - I have seen the follow through you have exhibited on other posts. But what a bonus, that you also work copiously with graphics software 
I have told my wife about your response, so I suspect she is giving Ubuntu Studio a look over, before getting back with you. 
Running Photoshop CS6 (Ubuntu 15.10) on Wine only gets a āBronze ratingā!:
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=25607
That community sanctioned Ubuntu MATE respin (UUMATE) has everything @randalicia_lisa is going to need, including preinstalled Wine and VB . The problem is, she cannot get the Wine to work with the Photoshop - even after spending half a day on the attempt 
.
It would be great for her to get Wine to open PS; for she has a project almost due - which she did not want to have to reinstall Windows for 
.
+1 for Virtualbox, itās the closest way to run the Photoshop on Windows (which version, by the way?) alongside Ubuntu MATE with least problems later.
Wine, while great for many applications and games, Photoshop is one that will only cause glitches in the long run (not good for graphics artists who need it to work) from what Iāve heard.
When installing Windows in Virtualbox, consider enabling 3D/2D acceleration and give plenty of RAM so Photoshop runs smoothly.
You can also enable a āseamlessā integration feature so the Photoshop window āblendsā with the Linux desktop, and enable both drag-and-drop and shared clipboard to make both worlds closer together. 
I believe Adobe have a web version of Photoshop with their subscription based software, but I never looked into it.
If you also find the time, chime in to discussions on Adobeās forums demanding Linux supportā¦ theyāre either really stubborn, greedy, inexperienced, lazy or some evil corporation is paying them to not port this popular software to Linuxā¦? (Conspiracy, that may not be trueā¦ 
)
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I agree with others above that installing Windows in Virtualbox is a way to go, especially if you donāt have much time to learn new software.
I would say it was the same when you first try Linux based distribution like Ubuntu MATE and for first few weeks your itching to go do something on Windows when you are short on time, but eventually you learn new way and donāt feel the need to go check other out.
Same was with Gimp when I first start it out, it isnāt easy but I found it best to just search how to do something on youtube or other places and also got some courses that teach you how to use Gimp, I think one was even how to design professional book cover, but I havenāt got trough it all yet, so donāt know if it covers everything. I also recently be able to use some Photoshop brushes in Gimp with no problems at all 
but havenāt checked many that I have on other PC. There sometimes seems to be a few more steps needed when you wanna get same effect you would get in PS and I miss easy layer styles, but I think I will rather learn how to do more stuff in Gimp and other graphical programs that work on Linux rather then PS which sadly doesnāt.
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I have the same thoughts regarding the evil corp. conspiracy. I have used the Adobe subscription, but had to revert back to older version after the twenty-fifth anniversary update that required 8 GB to run properly. I have since upgraded my PC and switched to Linux OS, but I would prefer not to use the cloud version if at all possible. Thanks for your helpful VB advice, I hope to get it all properly set up later on today.
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If you do install Wine, make sure you also install the package āwinbindā, it is not installed by default I believe?:
sudo apt-get install winbind
Samba is an implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocol for Unix systems, providing support for cross-platform file sharing with Microsoft Windows, OS X, and other Unix systems. Samba can also function as a domain controller or member server in both NT4-style and Active Directory domains.
This package provides winbindd, a daemon which integrates authentication and directory service (user/group lookup) mechanisms from a Windows domain on a Linux system.
Winbind based user/group lookups via /etc/nsswitch.conf can be enabled via the libnss-winbind package. Winbind based Windows domain authentication can be enabled via the libpam-winbind package.
You might want to check that āwinetricksā also installs!:
Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows applications on Linux.
Applications are run at full speed without the need of cpu emulation. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, however it can use native system dll files in place of its own if they are available.
This package includes a shell script that can be used to download and install various redistributable libraries that may be needed for some programs to work in Wine.
I AM NOT SURE IF THE ABOVE WILL HELP ANY BUT IT WONāT HURT?. 
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Thanks for the info, UUMATE is my OS with Wine already installed. Do I need to add the winbind? I am going to use VB for the Adobe software, but I will be using Wine for Powerpoint, I love Libre Office, but Impress is not as full featured as PP as far as design options and I use it to create video advertisements and other promo materials for my clients.
If you are using MS Office then you will need winbind!. Copy the following command and see if it installs, if it says that it is already installed, all is good!:
sudo apt-get install windbind
Thank you for the input Ele, itās not really about learning new software, it is more on the lines of a lack of an integrated software suite for the print and publishing industry. The transition from Windows to Linux was fairly easy, I used Mint, then Ubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, and now I have just installed UUMATE (Ubuntu MATE respin) which is packed with productivity features; however I will need to stay with the Adobe Creative Suite until an enterprising developer creates something equilivent for Linux users that will seemlessly work with the industry standard.
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I will do that. Thanks! 
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Well I donāt have much experience with things for printing and publishing, but Iām currently working on sorting out and then design book that have many photos in it and will try to get it to work with Scribus in Welcome it says that is alternative to Adobe InDesign. I never got into InDesign while using Windows, so it might be easier for me to learn program like that from beginning. Also if you need to create vector graphics there is Inkscape which is alternative to Adobe Illustrator. I have even less experience with it and would need some practice, but you can take a look and see if itās something useful to you. I donāt know what Adobe Creative Suite include, but looking in most popular programs that are in Welcome there is also Blender alternative to Adobe After Effects and Darktable alternative to Adobe Lightroom and thatās about all graphics stuff, while there is also audio/video editor Pitivi which is alternative to Adobe Premiere Elements. Maybe you could take a look at those and see if itās anything useful to you, different programs can do many things maybe also look at some tutorial what other people make out of it. Iām often impressed what is possible with some programs in Linux.
Scribus is very good and easy to use,really more like Microsoft Publisher than InDesign in my opinion, but still viable for page layout, etc.; thereās also Calligra Author that is specifically designed for books, I have not used it but ran upon it in the Ubuntu Software Center. I appreciate your info regarding the other programs, however the issue is not what I use or prefer to use, the issue is compatibility with the software that other designers and the print plants use. We all have to be able to share files seamlessly in order for the job to be completed properly. Thanks again.
@stevecook172001, @wolfman, @anon42388993, @ele
Thanks to everyone for your helpful advice, I was able to get Photoshop to install and work in Virtual Box. I really appreciate all your help. 
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Hi,
Happy New Year 2016.
There is an alternative that works. Install Wine and run Photoshop CS6 Portable edition like I do. Work like charm.
Let me know if you need a temporary link for CS6. Iāll be happy to help out.
Regards,
N
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