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So, then I would have to enter my Apple ID into an app on a platform Apple does not control? While Smart TV's are far from hardened devices? While that Apple ID is central and crucial to the security of my Apple devices and services? I think not.


What I would very much like is a program that allows me to run a Windows program like Photoshop on Linux through something like Docker. I know I can run PS for instance with Wine and CS2, but due to professional needs I need CC .. Gimp won't cut it. This would free me up to great extend from Microsoft and Apple.

I understand this is solely for Linux programs?


If you want to run a Windows program on a Linux machine, you'll have to run it through a full copy of Windows in a virtual machine. Docker isn't going to help you here...



So wine can do it? That's pretty sweet.

It seems like it would make sense to combine this with subuser to make sure you keep a known-good version of wine and its configuration. I've known wine compatibility to drift unpleasantly from time to time, or accidentally lost obscure config changes I made once...

(I have fond memories of a time when I could play Supreme Commander on linux in wine... but I've since lost that machine, and I haven't been able to reproduce the dang setup again since :( If subuser had existed back then, I'd probably have a snapshot and I'd be happily playing right now...)


> So wine can do it? That's pretty sweet.

Probably not. Technically, wine was able to run various versions of Photoshop for years. But it was never stable nor complete enough to use it professionally, with wacom tablets and such.


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