Juhele

Regarding some already working commercial paid linux apps: Autodesk Eagle https://www.autodesk.com/products/eagle/free-download?plc=F360&term=1-YEAR&support=ADVANCED&quantity=1 says for linux requirements: and (just tried) you get *.tar.gz - no particular distribution specified... My colleague is using it on linux machine so could possibly tell me more... SoftMaker Office - for Windows, Mac and Linux https://www.softmaker.com/en/softmaker-office-download Lightworks https://www.lwks.com I am also using paid VueScan scanning software in linux and was quite satisfied with Kolor Autopano Giga photo stitching app (unfortunately discontinued and later acquired by GoPro as I remember) So I would say that paying users expect you to manage compatibility for mainstream 64bit distributions - DEB packages for Ubuntu and its flavors / Debian and RPM packages for OpenSUSE / Fedora. There is no need to worry about usability in every obscure distribution. If you want to have a multimedia linux workstation then you choose mainstream. PS: hope the links above are not considered advertising as the mentioned apps have quite different field of use than Affinity apps

Definitely. Affinity Designer on linux would be probably the biggest event for the linux users. There are several raster graphics editors but there is a big gap in vector graphics. Yeah, there is Inkscape but unfortunately is has issues and suffering lags even on powerful PCs... And just to add when people here compare Affinity with Adobe - one of the big advantages at least for small companies and home users in that you still have "normal" license and not subscription. It is often not problem to get money to buy software but just as one-time payment and subscription is not possible for formal reasons. I know several (Windows) users dropping Adobe and replacing it with Affinity because Adobe being too expensive with the subscription. I think there would be much more new users with Linux version available.

So, It took a lot of time but at least for me it does not work. I was able to install all the needed things for Lutris, then also the .NET packages etc. for Affinity and finally to run the Designer 1.7.3. installer which successfully finished. The problem started with the License Agreement window which was complete black first and somehow I was able to "uncover" some parts and half blindly to check the agreement box and the button to accept. I also got the splashcreen of the Designer but nothing else... I did not restart my PC yet so I will retry next time again to see if anything changed. 😞

just trying to install Designer 1.7.3 trial in Kubuntu 19.10 via Lutris: https://lutris.net/games/af/ will see... 🤔

I think the Ubuntu / Debian base is a most universal way to go. I had Kolor AutoPano Giga commercial software running natively on my Kubuntu machine and it cost more than single Affinity products cost and I also have commercial office suite SoftMaker Office (because I have problems with huge datasets in LibreOffice Calc). LightWorks video editing software is also paid and also available for linux - the offer DEB or RPM packages - I suppose Debian/Ubuntu or at least Red Hat Enterprise (RHEL)/ CentOS support. E.g. these linux distributions used by big studios etc. - Mac might be fine, but with RHEL/CentOS you can have tailor built workstations based on your needs but still with rock-solid reliable operation system. Autodeskk Maya 3D software is also available for linux - Autodesk has RPM package and some sort of installer, Houdini by SideFX is also for linux and they support also other distros like Fedora or Mint. And in addition there is definitely a way to get a same GUI solution in all platforms. Second, if you do not use any exotic libraries etc. then the "Debian/Ubuntu" version should also run in Mint, Zorin and other derivate distributions - even though you do not list them under "officially supported". I recently managed a virtual machine with Windows 7 but the performance itself is not much impressive and I am afraid Affinity programs will not be usable there. :-( With vector editors almost limited to Inkscape having Affinity Designer for linux would be much appreciated IMHO. ;-)

I do not think it is necessary to complicate things at the beginning. Some time I bought AutoPano Giga from Kolor which is advanced panorama stitching tool. It was also available for linux but as I know nobody of the commercial companies cares about some "exotic" distros and most users would probably have some mainstream distros. It is common to support 64bit linux systems using DEB packages (e.g. Debian / Ubuntu) and RPM ones (Red Hat Enterprise / CentOS / Suse / OpenSuse) which are also use in companies / institutions / studios - you can check how for example Microsoft does it with Skype or SoftMaker with Softmaker Office for linux. Besides, there are also the universal package solutions and things like appimage (Avidemux uses it for example).

Hi, some years ago I tried Photo Plus and Draw Plus and now I am back to Serif again as working with Inkscape seems to be really terrible (mainly because it is "lazy" and sometimes even freezing although the machine has plenty of power ). Adobe is not a solution because of subscription plans, and pro version of Gravit is apparently the same problem. However, I am also a linux user and I am definitely not going to have that terrible Windows 10 on my PC installed. I read this thread and it looks it should be possible to run Affinity Designer in VBOX running W7. Currently, I do not have Windows 7 installed in Virtualbox so I am rather asking before buying Designer, preparing the virtual environment etc... Does anybody here use Designer in VM running Windows 7? I know there will probably be some loss of performance but have no idea if it is still usable. My hardware is Core i5-4570, 16GB RAM, Intel HD 4600 graphics, SSD + HDD, running 64bit Kubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo. thanks PS: I still think there are potential users who would like to throw away Windows 10 from their workstations and replace it with some rock-stable OS like Debian Stable which would be much more reliable for commercial use - if there was some Adobe alternative for linux (especially as Adobe switched to subscription only and increases the fees)