Originally posted by orgeeizm
when i get a new pc built, itll be linux of course! i had maya for linux before and it ran great, i could tweak the system the way i wanted it. but i need photoshop and all that other web design apps! gotta keep this machine wxp 
Photoshop - You can run it with Wine (A Windows Emulator for Linux, basically) OR you can download and learn GIMP, which is basically a free Photoshop for Linux.
Web Design - Once again, you can run Macromedia Dreamweaver/Flash MX with Wine, OR you can download the program Quanta for KDE, which I've heard is really nice. You can also try Bluefish, which does not have a WYSIWYG like Dreamweaver, but is still excellent.
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