A photoshop developer named Chris Cox over at Adobe had this to say (Bugmenot Required) about the linux desktop, in response to a user’s request for a linux port:
Is the time approaching when Linux has standards for fonts, color management, printing, etc.?
What’s all this then?
Fonts: Freetype
Color Manaegment: OpenIcc
Printing: CUPS
Is the time approaching when Linux has [...]