[starky]

I made the switch about 1.5 years ago and haven't looked back. The only software I use frequently that doesn't have a good enough equivialent available on Linux is photo editing and CAD. Even for CAD, if it is simple enough, I'll do it in Onshape rather than booting up my Windows VM.

[MrDrMcCoy]

By photo editing, do you mean a RAW editor alternative to Lightroom? Darktable, RAWTherapee, DaVinci Resolve, AfterShot Pro, and the unhelpfully named "Art" [1] are all options for that. For something to replace Photoshop, Affinity can be made to run in Wine, and their CEO is open to the idea of a native port.

[1] https://artraweditor.github.io/

[starky]

I've tried Darktable and RAWtherapee. The problem is that I'm lazy with my photo editing and since I started using DxO PhotoLab I've come to rely on its features that help me get that job done quicker than anything else.

[ozyschmozy]

I'm learning a bit of CAD currently (mostly for 3d printing) and I've been using onshape. It seems pretty powerful so far and I've not found anything I can't do with it. Can you elaborate a bit on what I'm missing from more advanced desktop CAD applications?

[starky]

A good portion of it is just that I'm more comfortable with Solidworks and Creo, so if I'm modeling something complicated I'd rather use those so the tool isn't in my way. Otherwise the main thing is the surfacing tools in other software are more mature and feature filled.

[d3Xt3r]

Have you tried Photopea yet? It's practically a clone of Photoshop, even has content-aware fill and magic erase.