Indeed, I've noted that both programs are resource hogs no matter what version is used. That is one of the reasons I'm likely going to use a separate machine to introduce her to Linux.
I've done the same with other people in the past, and noted that either a dual boot system works (if additional hardware isn't available) well, since they can use both.
As a test, I'll try running XP as a VM on my laptop, and see whether Photoshop runs reasonably well for her. I think that, given the relative speed of her computer at work, and increase in speed will be greatly welcomed. If she's happy with the speed, then I'll give it a go on a more powerful system.
Septymus Spyder
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On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 08:30:12PM +0000, Septymus Spyder wrote:
>
> My girlfriend currently runs Windows Vista on her laptop and XP at work, both of which allow her to run Photoshop and Illustrator, as they are required for her job in graphic design.
>
> I've given some thought to the set up of using a VM running Windows in Kubuntu 10.10 for her, as she is interested enough in using Linux to give it a try.
>
As both Illustrator and Photoshop are pretty resource intensive, I
wouldn't advise trying to run those in a VM, unless you had hardware
specifically designed for it, with a great deal of RAM.
> However, I've also been thinking that, as we have some free hardware laying about the house, the simplest and easiest route would be to leave her laptop intact and run Kubuntu (or OpenSUSE, which detects all hardware without additional drivers) on the new hardware set up.
>
> All this can be done without damaging her own machine, thereby ensuring if anything happens, it's not a catastrophic failure in some way.
>
Always a good idea--getting a significant other to try something else
means *you* will get the blame the first time something goes wrong.
> I am certain I can run both applications either through Wine or using a VM version of Windows, but I'd rather not put all data on a single machine while she's still learning how the OS works.
See above. Not sure about Photoshop/Illustrator in wine though (I'm not
a graphic designer, and in my last company, where we had some, they used
Macs.) I would vote against using it in a VM though, unless they've
drastically reduced their resource usage in the last couple of years.
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