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by two2two 1559 days ago
It's difficult to replace all of Adobe's software. Your needs are varied enough to make it a bit more difficult. Mostly due to your need for animation software and Linux. I completely moved over to the combination of the following software and only rarely come across an edge case scenario where Adobe CC could do something that my configuration could not.

- Affinity Designer (one-time <$60usd) (replaced Illustrator)

- Affinity Photo (one-time <$60usd) (replaced Photoshop)

- Affinity Publisher (one-time <$60usd) (replaced InDesign)

- Photo Mechanic Plus (one0time >$100) (replaced Lightroom and Apple Photos)

- DaVinci Resolve (free and I love this software) (replaced Premiere)

There might be some smaller supplemental softwares I have accumulated over time to add more to my tools, but I don't think they're necessary.

It's so nice to not have CC, the subscription, the bloatware etc. Truly, I advocate against Adobe products to anyone I know who can actually perform professionally with the above substitutes. This is from someone who used to publish tutorials for Adobe's software in the many years past.