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If adobe would be willing to port its creative suite to linux that number would increment faster
Personally I don't want people to switch to linux without caring about software freedom. I mean it might be nice to run adobe software in linux but I will not use it, and such softwares have same problems like "windows" which we are switching away from. They are proprietary programs from corporations which doesn't even satisfy freedom 0.
I started caring about foss software only after i switched to linux
I mean If you have all thoose proprietary apps availiable in linux, you probably wouldnt be introduced to foss apps. You probably keep on using the proprietary software you used in windows