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This isn't tech support, but the apps only show checkerboards instead of images, and palettes/swatches have been replaced with dots.

Ugh. I quite literally only use Windows because of the Affinity suite and Capture One. I made the mistake of upgrading to Windows 11, and now I can't use the suite. 😢
I would greatly welcome Linux versions. Would gladly pay for them again.

It's the rumored up and coming Mac Pro that I'd keep my eye out on. As is, the M1 Max is performing roughly in the same ballpark as a mobile Ryzen 5900 and 3070M. While not as mind-meltingly amazing as some people claim, it's still sporting some solid performance, and the fact that it's doing it at, what, a 3rd of the TDP as the aforementioned is incredibly impressive.
An M1 designed to run in situations where cooling and power efficiency aren't as much of a concern could be a beast of a machine.

I think you've got too much time on your hands.
Bug-squashing and development are both of far higher importance than icon aesthetics.

Certainly a lot less, not sure it's a "tiny part of 1%", but yeah it's probably around 1%-ish.
Still, there's several hundred commercial programs that are profitable on the OS.
No reason why the Affinity suite couldn't be among those.
 
Developing just for Linux? Yeah, that's dumb.
Porting to Linux and doing what's needed to gt it working? It works for a lot of the companies that have  tried it.

I've got a bunch of games that are't on that list, so it's definitely not even close to comprehensive.

yea, it does. if I can list one by chance before you even mentioned it, in a list of 2 on an unrelated note, then chances are there's a f*ck ton more not listed in a clearly not very comprehensive list. I could make a list of 100 or so random proprietary software for windows too, do you think it can be used as an argument to say that windows only has 100 proprietary softwares? Or do you think maybe I should have done my research and it'd be a stupid attempt at confirming a bias I may have?

I fully agree with you and I am also not one of those 'must only be free to use and must only be able to read the source code' minority zealots (they do speak loudly though). I am fully in favour of paid applications being available on the Linux platform and I'm happy to pay for good software like Pixeluvo and SoftMaker Office, for example. While I cannot buy free software, I do contribute to projects like Gimp so that improvements can be made and in both cases the motivation is the same because developers should be rewarded for the work that they put in to provide us with useful software.
Things are getting better all the while and we now have the Figma and Lunacy graphic editors and I have used Canva for a number of projects. Indeed, it is possible that we might get Adobe's Photoshop and Illustrator as online apps some time in the future and that would be very welcome. In your case right now, why not try out PhotoLine with Wine?
I do think though that Serif Affinity are doing exactly the right thing by making an iOS app because iPads are used for a lot of professional design work and that's bringing in quite a lot of money for Serif Affinity that in turn feeds into further improvements.
 

Don't think Serif has ever said they "can't do it". They have chosen for the moment to not do it. That is their business decision, right or wrong. 

I think it would be really helpful here if many of us Linux users took part in these beta trials for Photoshop and Illustrator to help to ensure that the online web-based versions of these two softwares worked well with different Linux distributions and to provide bug reports so that issues could be fixed before the final online products are launched.

I didn’t know about Wise Acre Frozen Treats until I looked it up just now. A cautionary tale!

I will add that I think the big lesson here for people who are doing app development is to plan ahead from the very beginning to not write software that will only work in one operating system. The tools to make fully cross-platform apps have been around for years.

That is actually one of the futures I imagined, since it's the reason why we use Figma for most of our work. Web and software development is very cross-disciplinary, so we need something that developers can also use, and not have arbitrary boundaries get in the way. If it's performant enough we don't care that it's in a browser. We do care if we have to have a second computer or dual-boot just to open a file. It's the worst kind of task switching we have to do when we use Affinity products. We don't have that problem with Figma, so we don't use Affinity as part of that pipeline.
The problem companies are experiencing is that there's no perfect set of software with OS compatibility for technology-oriented businesses. We can't use Apple for everything because it's under-powered for 3D rendering and content creation. We can't use Windows for everything because of how poorly it works with backend development. Linux works great for 3D, content, and development. So why not have everyone just specialize then? We don't want to create silos, and our success depends on multidisciplinary teams; that's just how things are now nowadays. We consolidate our tools as much as we can to have everyone on the same page. It's easier to deploy, onboard, and support. The whole team uses one IDE, one Git client, one VM, one project management system, one modeling and animation app, one video editor, and it's great. But when it comes to the vector and print design it's a mess. The apps that have stuck around that everyone uses are Figma and DaVinci because they work everywhere we need them to.
At this point I see one of two things happening that will solve the problems that companies are facing with regards to software and OS support for teams that need to do everything smoothly. Microsoft will improve their OS and WSL so that backend development is just as good as it is in Linux, or someone is going to create a cross-platform design suite (web-based or otherwise) to make it universal. At this point, I think it's more likely that Microsoft will fix the problems it has with software development. They've been putting a lot of effort into that and it's almost there. That means Windows can become a universal operating system. If that doesn't happen first (and it might not happen due to limitations inherent in Windows), I imagine that Adobe will create cross-platform apps, since they probably have a better understanding of what companies are struggling with.
But that's just from the business side of things. I'm also concerned about students and the millions of people who are in that in-between space of being a solopreneur that are not part of a big company. Even if Adobe releases cross platform solutions, I don't see Adobe looking out for them. Maybe Serif might?

No, they don't - too many companies have folded because they equated success with growth.  Serif took a risk by switching from their legacy products to Affinity and it appears to have payed off.  Changing their plans because it might give them a strategic advantage in an untapped but also unproven market strikes me as a bridge too far.

Well, it was anyway. Those new M1 chips are ridiculous.

@MattyWS 
It's very inspiring to see such enthusiasm! I personally have nothing against Linux and would gladly support Serif on this platform even if prices will be higher.
More to say, I have a couple of Linux machines at home and these systems are simply wonderful and stable. Distributions are improving and becoming better and better.
Just maybe my views are a bit more pragmatic when it comes for estimating business expenses and analyzing the risks. We should understand, that:
But anyway, bringing Affinity suite to Linux would be very great.

How many PC manufacturers are shipping models, especially ones you'll find in retail stores, that come with Linux?
How  many elementary and secondary schools are supplying computers to their students and staff that run Linux?
Most home users aren't going to buy a computer that came with Windows or MacOS and then replace it with Linux. If they don't find a Linux box in the store the day they go to make a purchase, they probably will just stick with the OS they bought. If parents buy a computer for their kids, and the kids have been using Windows or MacOS at school, they'll probably buy them a computer with the same OS. Or if they're buying one for home to support kids who use one at school, they'll probably buy the same OS for home use, too.
There are many different factors that need to be considered.

I believe Serif is just not interested currently in doing Linux versions of their products.
Two simple reasons: very narrow target audience and low potential profit.
In most cases, when someone makes a decision of switching to/starting using Linux he/she is doing that intentionally and mostly this intention led by desire to have something for free. Most of the people who’re using Linux want freedom. At least here, on their machines. Where they’re in most cases not tied to subscriptions, proprietary paid software and etc. Call it a movement, call it a philosophy. It is a choice. And I do appreciate that choice.
Now let’s talk about some numbers.
How many people in the world are using Linux on their personal computers? 1-2%? Or less?
How many of these 1-2% are not programmers or tech geeks or just some parents with Ubuntu (set it and forget it) and are actually represent the potential target audience for Serif products? 
Percents of percents, fractions of fractions.
Graphic designers, creatives of all sorts who intentionally use Linux are rare and seem to be a very narrow target audience.
I believe that people at Serif already did some caluclations internally. And they know the numbers.
Serif made the Windows version because there are billions of potential customers. And Mac version is here by the same reason: millions and millions of potential customers.
Building software costs money. Supporting software costs money. Add here an insane fragmentation of Linux world where we have hundreds of distributions and configurations of all sorts, various package managers and formats and all other little and not so little things that many of the developers are crying and ranting about every day.
And all of that just because a couple of hundreds (even thousands) of people would be glad to use Affinity suite on their Ubuntu or Fedora? Not going to happen, sorry.
So the Serif’s statement about having no plans for Linux versions of their products is very obvious and seems practical.
At the same time I strongly believe that proper crowdfunding campaign is one of the ways to show Serif that they’re wrong and there’s much more people who will kindly support this initiative and are actually waiting for Affinity to come to the Linux systems.
And if there’s no interest to this campaign it will just prove my above words and overall Serif's position in regards of too narrow target audience.
 

Serif Europe does not want to end up like Wise Acre Frozen Treats so not likely to happen.

Amen! There is already a long list of 'feature requests' and 'bug fixes' for Affinity to dig their teeth into. And they have posted more than once they would like to hire some more developers. It would be waste to divert those developers to building software on a tiny tiny possible market segment. 

My only real concern is that there are already many, longstanding, bugs that have not been fixed and numerous improvement requests that have not been implemented. I really don't want Serif to spread themselves even thinner on developing their apps on another platform! 

It does affect them if Serif's limited resources are diverted to producing three apps for another OS, rather than improving the existing three apps, already available on three platforms!
It's also expecting a huge investment from Serif, on the basis of "maybe the Linux market share will suddenly (after years!) grow exponentially, then maybe a large number of those users will have a requirement for the Affinity apps. and decide to buy them." 

I think the math is wrong here, should discuss numbers rather than percentages, because, even though 90% of the machines run Windows, not every of these would need some specific software.
Windows 11 may contribute to balance change due to its hardware requirements, btw.

I think one of the problems is that Linux users often refer to how widespread the use of Linux is, ignoring the fact that it is the number of users who are likely to buy a product that is important, not the number of computers (including servers etc) on which it is installed. If you look at the number of users of Linux on desktop and laptop machines they still only account for something around 2.5% of the market. The question then is, how many of this small number of users are likely to want to purchase the Affinity apps! 

It's much like Photopea I suppose, though I really *really* don't want to have to use photoshop in web browser just because adobe and affinity are being equally stubborn about supporting only 2/3 of the major OS's. It's sad that affinity doesn't even work through wine... 

I do have a question for the affinity staff though, what would it take for you guys to be convinced that Linux is a good platform for affinity suite?