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On other hand, support codewaevers can increase plugin for figma that is use in web development for develope sites and web apps UI on corporate Linux Front-end and web developers machines.

I have brought that up in the past. I run Windows as a VM on my intel iMac as well as M1 Max MacBook Pro, they run great. I was under the impression that VM's in Linux were not as efficient and did not run as well as they do on the Mac side of things. 

It is a complete contrast with the developers at PhotoLine who make the effort to ensure that their software works well with Wine so that Linux users are not left out.

Hi, well, that’s true, nomacs exists too, but it doesn’t seem to be maintained anymore. I usually use ImageMagick or XnConvert instead. I also found Krita an absolutely powerful tool to do almost anything with a photo and it generates WebP.

I just wanted to share my experience. Perhaps it is helpful to someone who is more experienced with wine.

Hi, after a lot of fiddling around, i -almost- got affinity photo 1.10 running. I'm on Linux Mint 20, used Lutris and the Affinity Designer 1.7.3 install script, but choosed the affinity photo setup file. It installs without any problems.
After starting the program, the window is black, except the elements the mouse cursor focuses. I added some screenshots to show the problem. So theoretically the program itself could work, it just has a rendering issue.

Until such time as that capability does arrive in the Affinity software range, Nomacs is your new zero cost friend:
https://nomacs.org/

@zuzi
I found PackZview that do separation preview and more on PDF like Acrobat pro. It still free but for how long because it's so good. A separation Preview in Publisher is a good idea for preflight BUT it's often the export to PDF that mess the thing. You have to keep the same color profil along every file you use or import in your publisher. Then in export keep the same profil. If you change your profil at export your color will be "destroyed"  I also use PDFX 3 and 4 to keep my black "BLACK" and Pantone when needed. Having 100% black in Affinity suite is a nightmare and should always be checked when going on offset press.

Yes, PLEASE, install a SEPARATION VIEW in Preflight Mode in Publisher! This is sooo important to get away from adobe's Acrobat Pro, which is sooo expensive! A real Alternative to Acobats "Output Preview" will push Affinity to a REAL Alternative to Adobe! We NEED it!!

Because it's cheaper to let everyone else do their work for them. It's already worked wonders for AMD.

Guys... you know what...
I just realized that the Affinity Suite doesn't have Non-Destructive Envelope Warp.... ENVELOPE WARP!!!! BASIC!!!!!! They've been asking for it since 2015, and they said it was on the road map, but they haven't implemented it... And many people have been asking and waiting for it.
This makes me realise... if they haven't even included this very basic essential feature... TO HELL with a "Linux" version.
I threw in the towel... I just had to install Affinity on a Windows.... It was a sad day... but in some ways... inevitable...
If they so happen to release a Linux Version... I'll be there... but I'm not holding my breathe for it anymore.... 

It's possible that the unexplored potentialities of the GPL might scare away a few developers, though generally speaking, it's not much of a concern. Proprietary software isn't exactly rare on Linux, open sourced software and APIs are common on proprietary platforms, and lawsuits are pretty few and far between.
If we go by history, the only time the Software Freedom Conservancy goes after someone is when they directly alter GPLed code for their own use, and release it commercially without offering up said altered code for free download on request.

Commercial software on Linux doesn't risk running afoul of the GPL. So long as no one take any open sourced code licensed under such to use in their software, the two can pretty much exist side by side.

Well, let's stop making allegations. For instance, I don't buy the argument that claims Affinty would put at risk its current customers while making Linux versions while ignoring the Windows/Apple/Android implementations. I'd give more credit to Affinity. If you don't trust they are serious about tit, why buying their products? Let's stick with our OS of choice. As Linux users we didn't come here saying "Stop making Windows (or whatever OS) apps!". I think nobody would risk his living for an OS. We can use Linux reliably and this won't change until we decide to. It's also obvious that we are proficient with Linux, so there is no need to explain us it's not (well... there were rather statements than proofs, but as long as we use Linux, we know the issues and how to circumvent them).
Sorry if I've upset somebody.
 
 

Actually we came here to ask for a Linux version. It's our right to ask. You are here just to discourage those people. Linux has advanced in those 5 years, although it was just reliable then as it is now. You may say what you want, this won't change the facts.
A question: why nVidia open-sourced its drivers? Try imagine the implications of this.

I have to ask this. Do you do anything other than malignant, toxic negativity? After all, you are not obliged or required by law to post in this thread.
To be fair, Corel does provide both .deb and .rpm files for AfterShot Pro 3. Go to the link below, click on the green Download Trial bar and the files will appear.
https://www.aftershotpro.com/en/free-trials/
I have successfully used Alien in the past to convert between .deb/.rpm files and it worked just fine.
I have also used AfterShot Pro and I think it's a very good alternative to Adobe's perma-rental Lightroom. I should add that we have plenty of choice on Linux when it comes to RAW editing/cataloguing software including, but not limited to, LightZone, Darktable, RawTherapee, ART, etc.

I have just purchases the entire suite for desktop and would do the same with the entire suite for Android if ink it would ever be developed.

To be fair, Corel's AfterShot is still available for Linux

As someone once said about Krita over at Digital Photography Review, "It is photoeditor hidden in paint application..."
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4105149
In terms of equivalents to Affinity Publisher, there are some alternatives on Linux, the most widely known of which is Scribus:
https://www.scribus.net/
However, it is not the only one and PageStream is one alternative although it does have an old school interface:
https://pagestream.org/
Lucidpress is an online equivalent so it is available to Linux users:
https://www.lucidpress.com/pages/
The alternative that has impressed me the most though is VivaDesigner that has a Linux version:
https://www.viva.us/en/products/desktop-publishing/vivadesigner-desktop-version

You want to be a showoff, huh? Well, fine then. I'll play your game!

I'm on a tree kick at the moment. Shudup.

Since 15 years I try to switch my primary OS to Linux. Every time limited by a good Design Suite, GPU performance and Games. GPU Acceleration came with driver support. The breakthrough in games came with Steam using reliable GPU Acceleration. Now my design workflow is the last limiting part.
I know, that there are multiple solutions for different parts of my profession, but none of them is streamlined enough. If you would publish your Software on Linux, I could finally hop my complete workflow to Debian. I would buy your app again, even though I have already bought every application from Serif for my Windows, and MacOS Machines.
Maybe you could test if there would be a suitable marked for Serif, by developing just one app for Linux. Starting progressive with only the limited core functionality as a beta demo.
I am a freelance graphic designer from Germany, and studied visual communication.

As someone once said about Krita over at Digital Photography Review, "It is photoeditor hidden in paint application..."
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4105149
In terms of equivalents to Affinity Publisher, there are some alternatives on Linux, the most widely known of which is Scribus:
https://www.scribus.net/
However, it is not the only one and PageStream is one alternative although it does have an old school interface:
https://pagestream.org/
Lucidpress is an online equivalent so it is available to Linux users:
https://www.lucidpress.com/pages/
The alternative that has impressed me the most though is VivaDesigner that has a Linux version:
https://www.viva.us/en/products/desktop-publishing/vivadesigner-desktop-version

I've only just noticed this thread.
A little background.  I was first introduced to Unix back when SCO and Xenix were a thing.  I remember the frustration with my first version of Linux, which was Open SUSE, back when you had to manually start up the X Server.  Since that time I have dabbled with Linux, but 99% of the time, I used Windows.  My reason for never making the switch to Linux full time was the woeful driver support and lack of applications.  Everyone says, look at GIMP, but I look at it and its interface makes Scribus look good.
Anyway, recently I tried out Clear Linux from Intel.  Very impressed, but in the end, I set up a dual boot with Windows 10 and Fedora 36 running KDE, which I am using to type this note on my laptop.  My baseunit in the other room is where the grunt of my work gets done, and it is there (as well as on this laptop) that I use my Affinity applications.  For me, in terms of priority, it's Publisher, Designer and then Photo.  Publisher is missing features and so is Designer.  But why am I telling you all this.
 
On my laptop, I have installed Microsoft Office as a web app (PWA) (as I have a 365 subscription).  This lets me run some of the office applications as though they were 'real' apps as opposed to web pages in a wrapper that can be used offline.  Now my understanding is that PWAs are generally written in Javascript.  I don't know what langauge Affinity-Serif use for their in-house coding, but it would be lovely to see the applications released in the form of WebApps as it would let me use the Affinity software in a platform agnostic situation.   This way, I could ditch Windows alltogether and make the full time leap to Linux.  Wishful thinking I am sure, but it would be nice if Affinity were to consider this as a viable option.
 
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Agreed on most counts. As far as Apple and System76 goes, You take the bad parts about Apple and throw them in the dumpster and you have System76(No hardware restrictions, you can change anything about it, install the software on anything you want, etc.) That being said I might be biased, I use Pop!_OS, love it, and recommend it to everyone.
Photopea is a great option for simple projects, It has performance issues the more complicated it gets, if you don't use a tablet with pressure support as part of your workflow,  and there is no perpetual license of the software without ads, without a subscription.
For my use case at least, I think Krita is the best photo editor on Linux. Which is hilarious because they don't claim to be one, but they are a fork of GIMP, so their is at least an older GIMP instance under the hood without the majority UI/UX issues of GIMP with better UI/UX, CYMK, non-destructive work, effect layers etc.  I think Krita is comparable to Affinity Photo, with a better painting experience, but the photo editing tools aren't well advertised and almost as good, the UI/UX is slightly worse because photo editing isn't the forefront, and their font tool has a weird popup interface to place text.

Most people don't use windows because it's good, they use it because it's the default on most computers when they buy them and that is the only reason software developers develop for windows first. It has the marketshare because microsoft has the money to make it the default. Anything else is basically Apple.

This is *slowly* changing now as Razer, Dell, Minisforum and system76 sell computers with linux on, albeit very few (apart from system76 which is the apple of linux). I'm 100% on linux now as a 3D artist and you know what the #1 issue is? it's lack of a decent photo editor. It's not that linux is bad. it's not unfriendly to users, it's not a bad UX. Applications work fine on linux *when they're developed for linux* and thankfully a lot of the time even if it wasn't developed for linux it may still work (like world machine for example, no linux version yet runs perfectly on linux).

I think Valve are doing a great job also, they're going all in on gaming on linux and it's bringing more and more people to linux with the steamdeck. The thing linux needs the most is for people to just use it.

Anyways photopea is pretty decent on linux and it now has a flatpak (which is effectively a web app but still awesome)