Testing Capture One on Linux via WinBoat
In order to use Linux full-time, I'll need to find a feasible workflow for my photography hobby. Weeks working with Darktable hasn't converted me. I still prefer both Lightroom (Classic) and Capture One for editing photos.
I see people mentioning WinBoat as a possible option, so I installed it, along with Windows and Capture One. It works! Well, technically it works, but is it usable?
See that app in the upper right? That's Capture One, running in KDE via WinBoat
Brief testing has made me think that it is not usable for me, at least on the little Beelink mini desktop.
It's fine that it takes 20 seconds to launch. And with the window at a reasonably small size, it's almost responsive enough to work with. It gets worse when the window is maximized and, for some reason, I am unable to resize the window consistently. It feels janky on my machine. Too janky.
The latest version of WinBoat is supposed to support USB Pass-through, but I couldn't get it to work.
Having to buy a Windows license would be gross, but if it solved my problem I'd jump on it. I'm not sure it solves the problem, yet, though.
Still, the bear dances! Maybe a higher-spec machine and the final 1.0 release of WinBoat will make it happen.