There’s still a lack of professional software for music, photography and video production. It’s not just a matter of there being a good tool; you want a good tool that’s established and widely used in the industry. If some of the makers of professional software in these fields were to port their stuff to Linux, Linux’s market share would grow and the momentum would prompt more software companies to do the same. But getting that ball rolling has proven hard for decades. Maybe as Windows becomes more and more frustrating, more ordinary users who don’t need these particular tools will migrate and increase Linux’s market share, causing software companies to take note. But people are quite used to putting up with a lot of nonsense on Windows.
I’d consider these niche use cases though. If you’re working in a particular industry where you need to use a specific tool then you’re stuck with whatever platform the tool’s available on. However, apps that most people use day to day definitely exist. Personally, I’d also prefer it if Linux ecosystem wasn’t primarily reliant on companies. I’d love to see polished open source software become the foundation, and commercial tools to be the exception for niche use cases.
There’s still a lack of professional software for music, photography and video production. It’s not just a matter of there being a good tool; you want a good tool that’s established and widely used in the industry. If some of the makers of professional software in these fields were to port their stuff to Linux, Linux’s market share would grow and the momentum would prompt more software companies to do the same. But getting that ball rolling has proven hard for decades. Maybe as Windows becomes more and more frustrating, more ordinary users who don’t need these particular tools will migrate and increase Linux’s market share, causing software companies to take note. But people are quite used to putting up with a lot of nonsense on Windows.
I’d consider these niche use cases though. If you’re working in a particular industry where you need to use a specific tool then you’re stuck with whatever platform the tool’s available on. However, apps that most people use day to day definitely exist. Personally, I’d also prefer it if Linux ecosystem wasn’t primarily reliant on companies. I’d love to see polished open source software become the foundation, and commercial tools to be the exception for niche use cases.