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To be honest, I remember I made it start in wine but there were some missing dx11 apis in dxvk that caused crash when creating new file. Haven't had enough time to hack around and I don't use this type of SW on daily basis, so not much motivation either.

None. Just make sure it works with wine and don't support it officially or in case you want official support, wrap it around as appimage.
Haven't tried it but it should be doable.
https://github.com/RazZziel/PortableLinuxGames/wiki/Creating-appimages-from-windows-applications

Hey guys,
it seems it's finally possible to run affinity products under linux.
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/94180-running-affinity-on-linux-finally-works/
I will try that later tonight and might end up producing script or flatpak with builtin dependencies.
 
Relevant previous discussion:
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/65310-an-attempt-to-run-affinity-designer-on-linux-via-wine/&page=2&tab=comments#comment-467010

Webdesign and slices in photoshop? What is it, 2007? I'm front end dev and that's not how the web apps are made today. There are tools like Sketch or Figma that cope with ui design trillion times better than anything from Adobe (even Adobe got xd for this purpose).

EDIT: I started this as a new thread here in hopes of it getting noticed by more people..
 
Here's an amazing idea. Let's crowdfund Affinity Designer and Photo for Linux!
This is a huge "what if" scenario. What if Serif were interested in developing a linux version if they already knew that a sufficient amount of users would buy it? Then why not crowdfund it?.. If thousands of linux "nerds" who only use the computer for hacking and coding and never designing (irony intended) would pledge the needed amount, Serif could just wait until the goal is met and then start developing? If not, all backers can get their money back, nothing lost, nothing gained. 
I'd be willing to pay and I'm sure others would too. If there aren't enough linux nerds, the goal won't be met, if there are, who needs graphs showing estimated numbers, we would have facts and money to back it up. Serif could even do it as a test without any promises. Backers can promise money if they decide to go for it but should they choose not to, no hard feelings. As long as they are clear with their intentions. I can say right now that I'd be willing to pay quite a bit more for a linux version than for the mac and windows version if that's what it takes.
If you think this is a good idea, please "heart" the post or quote it or whatever so that we can be noticed =) 
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As far as I know, affinity products run on Windows 7 as well. This means, they don't use UWP.
They use 64bit .net though (this one creates the issues). I've seen some bugfix in wine changelog related to affinity designer like a month ago. 

Just want to add my 2 cents.

I've been using linux for at least 10 years. I can't recall any moment where I would end up with any kind of  "complex" problem in recent years. There used to be issues 10 years ago, but linux desktop have come a long way. Today, most of hardware is supported out of box and the probability of having the wrong one is really low. More than that I have an experience of buying a ssd that didn't work in macOS, but did in linux on the same macbook pro. These things about non working hardware and problematic setup are more of a myth nowadays.
 
Another myth is non paying linux user. I have more than 200 games on steam. No, it's not just indie games, but mostly AAA titles. I have macbook pro and want to buy another one. I have 2 legal copies of Win 10 Pro in my main desktop (one is just for games and the other is unused as I cba rebooting only for PS). It's not about not having money for windows lol. It's about workflow and tools. I'm stuck with using Photoshop and Illustrator CC in wine (same on mac for now). My SO is in simillar situation (except on windows as she's not developer, but designer only).
 
I'd like to escape from adobe and find a suitable solution. Affinity package seems to be the one. They don't have to support every distribution, one is pretty sufficient. When they release ubuntu version, every other distro can repack it. Or even easier approach is to release an appimage which is supported by every distribution I believe. That would prevent getting into dependency hell. Web developers and designers would appreciate such tool. We want to pay and we will pay if there's an opportunity.

Or you could make it easy to run in wine if there's no other option. I know it's hard, but comon if the PS can run pretty solid why Affinity wouldn't.

I want to buy your apps (and probably will anyway), but (at least) I want you to know that I want them on linux. 
 

Just want to add my 2 cents.

I've been using linux for at least 10 years. I can't recall any moment where I would end up with any kind of  "complex" problem in recent years. There used to be issues 10 years ago, but linux desktop have come a long way. Today, most of hardware is supported out of box and the probability of having the wrong one is really low. More than that I have an experience of buying a ssd that didn't work in macOS, but did in linux on the same macbook pro. These things about non working hardware and problematic setup are more of a myth nowadays.
 
Another myth is non paying linux user. I have more than 200 games on steam. No, it's not just indie games, but mostly AAA titles. I have macbook pro and want to buy another one. I have 2 legal copies of Win 10 Pro in my main desktop (one is just for games and the other is unused as I cba rebooting only for PS). It's not about not having money for windows lol. It's about workflow and tools. I'm stuck with using Photoshop and Illustrator CC in wine (same on mac for now). My SO is in simillar situation (except on windows as she's not developer, but designer only).
 
I'd like to escape from adobe and find a suitable solution. Affinity package seems to be the one. They don't have to support every distribution, one is pretty sufficient. When they release ubuntu version, every other distro can repack it. Or even easier approach is to release an appimage which is supported by every distribution I believe. That would prevent getting into dependency hell. Web developers and designers would appreciate such tool. We want to pay and we will pay if there's an opportunity.

Or you could make it easy to run in wine if there's no other option. I know it's hard, but comon if the PS can run pretty solid why Affinity wouldn't.

I want to buy your apps (and probably will anyway), but (at least) I want you to know that I want them on linux.