I understand the “size market” argument … that could justify no linux version
BUT here is my point.
I was using DXO PRO 9 on a Yosemite Mac mini .
I have bougth a 2800 $ macbook pro running High Sierra ( 64 bit bla bla bla ) because my company was working on macs.
First : i was unable to re-install DXO-pro 9 on it … it crashes every time … never runs …
Second : the GPU capabilities are very poor (intel hd graphics with only 1 giga byte of video RAM)
Imagine the kind of desktop computer i could have build with 2800 $
Having AMD VEGA GPU with 8 giga of RAM … intel i7 , with 32 giga of ram and 1 TO of SSD …and so on … and so on …
But i would definitively have install linux UBUNTU 18.4 on it …
Stable and reliable, you can install it directly with a bootable dvd …
It has quiet the same Graphical User Interface than mac os …
Even the NASA uses Linux because it is more Stable…
And finally … i am a software engineer, and developer, i like free stuffs but i am DEFINITIVELY ready to buy Dxo photolab 2 and i believe it would be a killer APP and a maxi winner against (Darktable or RawTherappee) on linux and Even a Lightroom killer on Mac osx, because it is so much ergonomics and beautifully designed.
People are buying macs because they believe it is quality … but actually they aren’t any more !
Why wouldn’t they pay also for a good software such as photolab on an even better computer = (a powerful hardware managed by linux) ??
I can tell you i will …
My next computer is going to be a linux one … i and i will pray for photolab being on it ! 