[[But there is a learning curve especially for substitute programs for video and photo editing programs that don’t have the same level of support and documentation as their Windows counterparts.]]
No learning curve needed- dual boot- I run both windows 10 and windows 7 in a triple boot scenario- both my windows are very very rarely allowed access to internet- and are mostly just for running windows only programs or games- I get all my internet stuff done on linux- then at end of evening i reboot into windows, do my photoshop work (I do photography and psot process them) and then right before bed reboot back into linux and suspend for evening-
For the windows programs i want to use without the minor hassel of rebootign to windows, I run them in virtual machines running windows- (I even have phtooshop in a VM just so i don’t have to keep rebooting whenever I mgiht want to do photoshop work quickly)
My computer works far less hard when running linux- the fans very seldom ramp up and sound like they are abotu to explode- but when i boot to windows 7- oh my word- the machine just sounds like it wants to explode- windows 10 is better- but still works the computer a lot harder than the linux system does for some reason-
Anyway- I tried gimp in linux- nope- not for me- photoshop is still king- so i had to find solution- triple boot was the answer- as was virtualbox for quick photoshop work-
Thanks for the input. I tried Photoshop in a virtual environment previously and did not have great results, but I may not have set up the environment as well as I should have. I will give it another try. I do hope someone comes up with a good Linux solution for my little Nextbook Flex10. There is suppose to be some progress being made according to the forums.