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How is Photoshop performance on WinApps? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev
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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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[–] snowe@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

I struggled with WinApps as well. wasn't ever able to get gpu passthrough working either, and trying to do so really destabilized my computer. I pretty much gave up. That's not to say that WinApps doesn't work. It does, it's just not near native for me. There's definitely slowness, at least with Lightroom, I haven't tested with PS yet, though I have installed it.