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As written in the above posting, Flatpack is a great solution to quickly get programs - commercial programs are are also distributed with it. Flatpack can be used with a total of 41 distros. Affinity programs could be distributed and used with it since in-app activation of licensing using your Affinity Store’s Affinity ID could be done with it. People flock to the Distro on which the programs they want to use will work. Developers who don´t know which Linux distro is used in a professional setting like for example Studios which work on VFX shots,they could give a look at the reports from the VFXplatform (made by the VISUAL EFFECTS SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.) https://www.vesglobal.org/about/ https://vfxplatform.com/linux/ 2024 VFX/Animation Studio Workstation Linux Report https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QWJS1PTvDGr6AliP4ejMzFTZ2WVEl0e-/view EDIT ; I don´t know about other industries Linux Distro usage percentage but I know that the Reference Platform hosted by the vfxplatform plays an important part in keeping programs useful for bigger pipelines. Other devs try their best to adhere to the agreed upon standards. (Serif does so too like for example with updating OCIO)

Hello @Stef71 your card is formally DirectX 12 capable (the number important for marketing speech) but misses one of the "smaller" but needed DirectX level line upgrades which the Affinity suite makes usage of. As an Example: the RTX 3090 is also DirectX 12 capable but hardware wise forever stuck at 12_1 When a program makes exclusive usage of 12_2 features (and above), I will face the same issues like you are doing.

The Nvidia GT 710 is from 2014. As others wrote, it is below spec. Affinity Photo/Designer/Publisher Requires a Direct3D level 12.0-capable card https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/full-feature-list/ your hardware only supports DirectX 12 (11_0) https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-gt-710.c1990 One of the earlier cards back from 2014 like the GTX 970 could be technically within spec but that was a horrible card due to its abysmally slow last 512mb, it feels broken so avoid that card. I would also suggest to save up some money and purchase anything better/newer. In my region(Germany), a RTX 3060 with 12 GB could be purchased for as low as €273.89 with warranty from a shop. Or a tad bit lower, a RTX 3050 whit 6GB for €179,89 with warranty.

https://github.com/casualsnek/cassowary/issues/83 Even thou it is interesting as a whole different Wine/Proton alternative when you have a windows system laying around, it has in its initial setup an issue with GPU Passthrough. Not good when you want to make usage of OpenCL compute acceleration which the Affinity Productline uses. https://github.com/casualsnek/cassowary/blob/main/docs/1-virt-manager.md But seems like they found multiple different non on their page in-detail documented (usage of other virtualization software and/or usage of physical dummy DP/HDMI plugs + installaiton of nvidia drivers and so on) ways to circumvent this issue which further complicates the endeavour. Maybe someone can try out if the officially from Nvidia released Remote Desktop OpenGL Accelerator(nvidiaopenglrdp.exe) is also working for VMs? https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-opengl-rdp

If you work with PSD files and want to save over, you could give this a shot; Under Edit > Settings... you could activate Enable "Save" over imported PSD Files I agree with you on this topic because even the above setting is often not enough.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/just-blows-their-mind-canva-in-no-rush-to-ipo-after-23bn-share-sale-beats-expectations/news-story/39429f9837baf979dbf8fab3f826dd6e?amp https://accessipos.com/canva-stock-ipo/ https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/canva-cofounder-disses-australian-investors.html EDIT; it is still vague enough for plausible deniability but the purchases and positioning are clear enough for those which saw other companies do an IPO.

This here is the closest I have come so far with using the Dodge and Burn feature for Masking inside current Affinity. EDIT; The post is not meant to minimize that crucial point/feature request. The macro stuff doesn´t come close and having Dodge and Burn properly available while Masking would indeed be helpful.

Just two examples of my List should be enough to know those are Filmstudios/VFX companies and not Linus Distros. Two examples; Pixar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pixar_films Weta fx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wētā_FX Those companies already answered a still ongoing Linux Survey. Once concluded, software developers which use the surveys results as a guide* will know what Linux Distro is majorly used this year in the VFX industry. Some of the other VFX plattforms decisions and publications have a ripple effect like OpenColorIO v2 which Canva/Serif included in the Affinity suite. *we have the enthusiastic support of all of the major application providers for the visual effects and animation industry, including Autodesk, Foundry and Side Effects Software. https://vfxplatform.com/FAQ/ Please dear Chills, do not further derail this Thread with your constant replies with lacks of backing it up while not reading and comprehending what others write about. I wrote with the intention to give hints to Canva/Serif or other developers on where and when to look for clear answers about which Linux Distro is important for creatives.

The wise thing is to wait till this years VfX /Animation Studio Linux Survey is finished and its results publicized. https://vfxplatform.com/linux/ List of studios that have responded to this years 2024 survey already: Aardman Animations ANTARUXA Assembly Atomic Cartoons Azimuth Post Production BigHugFX BIND Studio Blizzard Animation BOT VFX Carbon Company 3 (Method Studios, SDFX Studios, Powerhouse VFX) Digital Domain DNEG DreamWorks Animation DupeVFX East Side FX Fortiche Framestore Freefolk Ghost VFX Herne Hill Media ILM Image Engine Important Looking Pirates Juno FX Kevin VFX Laika LUG Animation NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Netflix Feature Animation Netflix Studios Paramount Animation Pixar Pixomondo Psyop Raynault VFX SHED Sinking Ship Entertaiment Skydance Animation Soho VFX Sony Pictures Imageworks Squeeze Animation Studio Stellar Creative Lab Swiss International Trixter Walt Disney Animation Studios Wētā fx Zoic Studios If those studios where to mention your named Distro, it would make sense but I doubt it.

Which is totally fine. That´s a bold claim, It would be nice if you could back your statements up with links. Maybe you got confused by a specific release or something else entirely? (Hint it was probably CentOS) Maybe you will read the listed compatible distributions when it comes from Microsoft? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/centos/centos-end-of-life When you read comments from the community Team on the Rocky Linux Forum; https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-9-end-of-life/12665/2 Rocky Linux 9 EOL is 2032, just like RHEL9. Point releases are no longer supported when a new one appears. That means 9.1 is no longer supported, when 9.2 was released. Now 9.3 is released neither 9.0, 9.1 or 9.2 are supported. https://rockylinux.org/news/rocky-linux-9-0-ga-release Prior I wrote and gave an example of one big Company for the VFX industry which is catering to Linux users and is in the process of moving its Linux build towards Rocky Linux.

Not Canva/Serif staff here but as anohter user; If you bought it on https://store.serif.com you can redownload via logging into your account. (for me, since I am logged in, the icon is now green next to the shopping bag; clicking on view Licence, you then get download links;

According to this Post Affinity is mainly written in C++; Other bigger projects like Blender is also mainly written in C++. Blender is making usage of the Cross compiling tool CMake. Other Projects (which I even could compile) make usage of Scons. Scons and Cmake allow the addition of platform dependent flags so some code bits can be set per OS.

you can add Mari to the List too, so you get some variation on professional programs running on anything other than Microsoft or Apple systems. A bit pricey if you are not a longtime customer but unmatched when it comes to catering to the needs of Linux users + its feature set speaks for itself. https://www.foundry.com/products/mari#editions Davinci Resolve is still regularly available as a dongle (and right now in usage here), obtainable for ~€299.- with applicable tax. That´s what the mentioning of Rocky/RHEL 9 was meant to do, giving a big hint on what other professional products are build and optimized for.

I wholeheartedly admit, I don´t care about nor use Apple products and hopefully will never have to do so ever again. Last time was while being forced upon such a device to create works with Flash. The catering to consumer needs is different and thankfully you (as well as I ) don´t do decisions for Canva/Serif. I can just write that some of the professional tools which happen to be in usage in my sector are only available on Windows and Linux. Don´t be mad, I am not here for discussions with you about Linux, your viewpoint have been read. I as well as the company are here to just declare the wish for a Linux build of every Affinity program.

The Affinity Product palette is supporting quite a lot of macOS variations; A real example I have from a company which next to Windows builds also provides Linux builds for their products; They are building and checking their programs for Rocky/RHEL 9 and other big companies which provide Linux builds are also providing builds for that. https://rockylinux.org/ Which boils down to; Everything is easily solved with Tech Specs or System requirements recommendations.