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If someone can get DXO PureRaw and Lightroom to work on Linux, I'll switch immediately and won't look back.
Just to put it out there: There are some excellent options for a linux-native photography stack which also work on windows and mac if you're interested in trying those out before switching. Darktable and Rawtherapee are both excellent raw developers and Digikam for library management and light editing. You should find that you can pass files between each for a seamless workflow. If you did switch to Linux you would also get Geeqie which is blazing fast for inspecting, culling and rating raw files and is also interoperable with the above apps.
A really good resource for FOSS and Linux photography is pixls.us
Sweet, thanks for the recs! Man if there's a program out there that can cut down on culling time that would be amazing! It's consistently the most painful part of the process...
No probs :) You will love Geeqie then! Learn (or set) the basic shortcuts and a progressive marking/rating workflow and you'll be flying. I used to absolutely hate culling but now it's my favourite part of the process!
have you tried it? adobe programs usually work, it was the installer that was broken.
i never tried lightroom though, i'm a bit curious if it'd work well.
I haven't tried to be honest, I haven't had much time to tinker around. I have a spare laptop that my work gave to me that was functioning fine but they were going to toss. Haven't done anything with it yet so I may give it a try when I have more time on my hands.