Anyone tried DEVONthink + Linux on a virtual machine?

Posted by Larry_in_Bangkok
Oct 28, 2021 at 06:27 AM

The ball-and-chain around my work flow is DEVONthink, because it runs only on Mac.

I don’t love DEVONthink, but it has some powerful document search features that I’ve not been able to find in any other software.
Features that are critical to my work flow.
So I’m locked in.

I’m ready to buy a new computer.
New MacBook Pro models just appeared: very tempting.
But I don’t like what I see happening at the Apple company and I don’t want to spend my money in their direction—so I’m wondering about moving to Linux.

What about using virtual machine software to run DEVONthink on Linux?
Would it work?
Has anyone here actually done that?
After setting it up, do you still have your sanity?

And I’m thinking about hiring someone with Linux expertise as a consultant to attempt this.
“Spin up an instance” of VM on Linux, and then try DEVONthink on that.

Using DEVONthink is so essential to me that I’m willing to pay someone to try this.
Interested?