[Affinity products for Linux]

26 minutes ago, MattyWS said:

A +1 here for the Linux crowd. I Main POP!_OS and the only image manipulation applications worthy are Krita and Gimp... A proper package like the affinity line would be a hit IMO. Linux is no longer for the one or two nerds in the crowd, it's becoming more and more mainstream. 

If the developers need a reason, I would like to use Affinity as an example. Windows is the current King, so why use Linux? Photoshop is the current King, so why use Affinity Photo? The similarities are great IMO. A solid alternative OS deserves a solid alternative photo editing package. And just look at how professional this OS is, and how lovely Affinity would look on this! (screenshot from my pc)

So yea, I think there's a market for it and a hefty gap that Affinity could jump into as well. Substance Designer/Painter, Blender, Unity engine, Maya, Unreal engine etc etc they all have native linux versions.
 

Wish I could “like” this a hundred times!

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1 hour ago, msdobrescu said:

GIMP+Inkscape would suffice for general software developers, but there are so many other fields that would benefit from Affinity products: games development for Linux of FX. I bet the ones having a Linux farm or simply few computers would use them.

I think it would, but would also pay.

I think the FOSS extremists are not in question here, they don't ask for Linux versions here anyway and don't work in the fields in discussion for sure.

Indeed, those are very trendy now, despite they depend a lot on the OS too binaries, would not be a problem.

I know from experience that the GIMP workflow is about three times slower by comparison to Photoshop/Affinity, so I would pay for any of those under Linux.

Steam Deck is something to see in the next year... I hope will be as advertised and more, but I'm a desktop guy.

But Microsoft did an interesting move: they drop IE, so Adobe needs to move it's authentication away from it in their CC. What should that be? Edge? There's an Edge for Linux in beta. Chrome? That would be more cross platform as it already exists under MacOS. Their own? Either way, they may have an accessible solution soon and it's know that the latest PS runs fine under Wine, all it's stopping us is the IE integration. This niche may close soon.

MS is also on the cusp of another interesting move: Windows 365 Cloud PC (not to be confused with Microsoft 365, which is the new MSOffice), which will allow ANY computer with an internet browser to run a cloud-based windows desktop. So the new solution for Linux users: install Affinity Photo/Designer/Publisher on your browser-accessible Windows desktop! (Instead of a CC sub, now you’ll need a Windows 365 Cloud sub.)

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Just adding my voice to the request: would LOVE to see Affinity products native on Linux!!!