Hacker News is not the best crowd for something like this. Everyone here most likely already has their own optimized workflow for something like this, including me.
This is probably best suited for digital creative types who use Windows and Mac and aren't comfortable with the terminal. Animators, illustrators, video editors, 3d artists, music producers, youtubers, streamers, etc.
It's not clear to me that that second group wants something like this. To be fair, from your marketing I have no idea what your software does and I doubt that group would either. I get that you're trying to communicate this is a "universal" file experience but what does that mean in concrete terms? Users shouldn't have to install your software to understand what it does. I also don't see them caring that this is open source or works on Linux.
At this stage I would totally refresh the marketing and optimize it for that second group. Work with a PR person or marketing expert that understands how to concretely and efficiently communicate the value of what you are building to that second group. I would also take down the source repos and discontinue the Linux version (or keep it private for now, until there is demand) to save your team effort at this super early stage.
This is probably best suited for digital creative types who use Windows and Mac and aren't comfortable with the terminal. Animators, illustrators, video editors, 3d artists, music producers, youtubers, streamers, etc.
It's not clear to me that that second group wants something like this. To be fair, from your marketing I have no idea what your software does and I doubt that group would either. I get that you're trying to communicate this is a "universal" file experience but what does that mean in concrete terms? Users shouldn't have to install your software to understand what it does. I also don't see them caring that this is open source or works on Linux.
At this stage I would totally refresh the marketing and optimize it for that second group. Work with a PR person or marketing expert that understands how to concretely and efficiently communicate the value of what you are building to that second group. I would also take down the source repos and discontinue the Linux version (or keep it private for now, until there is demand) to save your team effort at this super early stage.
Good luck