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How is Photoshop performance on WinApps? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago by TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world
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I spent much of today trying to get WinApps running on NixOS. The VM performance is meh after following all the setup steps in the documentation, and I can't get the RDP part working. I'm not asking for help, which would probably take lots of back and forth commenting. but if I should even try to continue. The steps don't even mention Nix, only how to install dependencies via package managers.

I tried finding videos of Photoshop in WinApps but didn't find any, to see what performance actually looks like. Would it even be decent, or should I just suck it up and do GPU passthrough? Ideally I'd like Photoshop a window part of my linux desktop instead of switching back and forth between OSes. Making something work has been a PITA so far.

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[–] jonno@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think it really depends on which version of photoshop you are trying to run. Older versions should run better afaik. I’m not sure the current version even runs with all the cloud dependencies. You probably just need to try it out and compare directly. I moved my photo editing to photopea so I can’t really tell you more.

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

This applies to Wine, not VMs where it should run almost as well as native if done with GPU Passthrough, which WinApps does not and thus runs worse than an old version of PS on Wine.