How To Run Artweaver (A Photoshop Alternative) on Linux - A 5-Step Guide
By Angsuman Chakraborty, Gaea News NetworkMonday, October 27, 2008
I first saw Artweaver in one of my friends’ house. He is still fond of that bug-prone and stubborn Windows. But I am not. But nonetheless I was impressed with Artweaver. So coming home when I tried to search for Artweaver, I saw it was a Windows software only. Too bad. However I tried to run the software my way from Linux and got succeeded.
Guide
1. First install Wine from here. The download page has instructions for different operating systems like Fedora, ubuntu, Suse etc. If you ever have a problem with downloads, tell me.
Basically anyone using Fedora core repository can install it as simply as,
yum install wine
2. As you have installed Wine (and hopefully with no problems), download the portable version of Artweaver from here.
3. You will get a Zip file (of 11.2 MB most probably). Unzip all files to a separate folder.
4. Find out Artweaver.exe from there. Right click on it. and choose to open with Wine.
5. The software will start running. You are done!
To know more about Artweaver, read my article on Artweaver- A Comprehensive Review. For any problem write to us.
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December 7, 2008: 10:20 pm
maybe as free Photoshop alternative for Linux, you can consider using GimPhoto for Linux, that is native Linux apps and compatible with all Linux distro. actually GimPhoto is GIMP 2.4 modification using new PS menu layout and PS shortcuts, packed with many great plugins, such as: CMYK separation, Save for Web, Batch Process, Noise Removal and Photography Filters, and also improved with new brushset, new gradientset, every aspect is tweaked to improve user usability. |
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