&gt; Can you cite a single widely used software that doesn&#x27;t have a FOSS alternative which works on Linux.<p>Yes. Photoshop and Lightroom.<p>And before you all jump in and slather me with suggestions of Darktable, Shotwell, GIMP, ASP, RAWtherapee et al please know that NONE of these are a true substitute for Lightroom and Photoshop.<p>Individually you can put together a decent work flow with Linux programmes but it&#x27;s slow. Particularly for wedding photography as there&#x27;s just nothing that can offer the same level of speed AND quality that you get from Adobe&#x27;s programmes. Running them on WINE is hit and miss and very slow for me, and the newest CC versions don&#x27;t seem to be supported as far as I could see.<p>I ran Linux Mint for the last year and switched to Windows 10 a few days ago. I absolutely love Linux Mint and would switch back to it immediately (especially as Windows seem a lot more long-winded in terms of &#x27;developer&#x27; stuff so far) if I didn&#x27;t need Lightroom and Photoshop but I just couldn&#x27;t get a fast enough workflow together.<p>I&#x27;m a massive Linux fan, and I&#x27;d literally jump back to it this evening if someone can show me in the comments below a workflow that can match what Lightroom&#x2F;Photoshop offer. But the reality is there are certain types of requirement that Linux just can&#x27;t provide yet and, tough as it is to swallow, that&#x27;s the truth of it.