Are you waiting–patiently or not–for one application finally to be ported to Linux to make your life easier? Novell wants to know what it is.
A couple of weeks ago, Novell’s Cool Solutions on-line users community site posted a survey asking people what Windows-only applications they are using that prevent them from switching to Linux. The survey also asks current Linux users what Windows-only applications they would like to see ported to Linux. Novell’s end goal is to take the survey results to the vendors and ask them to work with Novell on making Linux ports available.
On an individual basis, many Linux users for years have been requesting a Linux port of QuickBooks or Photoshop, to no avail. The standard response from developers and vendors has been “there isn’t enough of a user base to make Linux ports worthwhile”. With this survey Novell is hoping that many voices united finally will motivate the application vendors.
Last week, Cool Solutions shared the first round of survey results. So far, the top-three application port requests are QuickBooks, AutoCAD and Photoshop, respectively. Overall, most of the requests are for financial and multimedia application ports.
To get your voice heard and your application needs counted, take part in the Cool Solutions survey now.
Heather Mead is the Web Editor of LinuxJournal.com and TUXMagazine.com.
