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I would never "support" a company just because they are the underdog. These are not charities or institutions helping change the world for the better, they are companies trying to make money, lots of money, by hopefully selling a product that lots of people will buy. I purchased all 3 because I was curious and the applications are cheap and it allows me to see what options are out there and to learn why I could or could not move away from Adobe. I could care less about who came to market first with what feature, just what is best for me at the end of the day. That company gets my money, for no other reason than they offer me the service and software I deem best for my uses. I am not donating money to any for profit companies. 

3D DCCs, where a good 90% of the software available has Linux support in some shape, form, or fashion. It's also has small, but decent amount of video editors available for it too.

I had a hunch Valve’s new Proton stuff would handle that eventually. Looks like the Experimental version added support for Vulkan child windows today. I wonder if you could set it up to run with Proton through Steam.
I haven’t tried it yet.
 

I have a feeling the Google Chromebooks may well kick into the Windows 11 market. People really don't need Windows to do most domestic stuff these days. I mean, when the internet first became affordable on dial-up everyone needed a Windows 9* machine and a modem to connect. To connect to the internet now, you can do it on a phone or tablet. Office 365 still has legs for business and educational licensing plus for domestic users, there are great family subscription deals with generous cloud storage and access to the most full-fat versions of the hand-held device Office apps (as well as full-blown desktop installs). But the need to buy new hardware to run Windows 11 at home is going to be a hard sell. People have been asking for years now, "do we really need a 'home computer'?" as hand-held devices offer 90+% of their needs. I keep telling a friend who regularly calls me with problems from his 2 Windows 10 laptops to sack the laptops and buy an iPad Pro or a MacBook Pro. I'd never suggest Linux as it would confuse the issue more for him and his wife, but they are ideal candidates for Apple OS' - especially as they both do photography as a hobby.
I still think Linux is a hard sell to mainstream consumers but the recent pushes into gaming could tip the balance. We could see a world-wide revolution of millions of teenagers building their own Linux machines as gaming digs in. This would really be a kick in the balls for M$ and their home market and especially OEM licensing on pre-built high-end gaming machines. If the world-wide OS usage stats take a distinct turn for Linux then it's going to be an opportunity for software developers.

+1 it would be a great thing to port them to Linux! I haven't used Windows for years, and my Affinity licenses don't help me ...

The problem with Inskape is that is SVG oriented and lately even SVG standard has become unstable (they've postponed or removed meshes...).
If it needs EPS, must be able to reverse engineer it and support the similar feature forth and back.
Otherwise, for me, it's pretty capable as it is now.
Photoshop/Photo have no match, IMHO.

We're not suing, we're using!
https://snapcraft.io/sosumi

Hi @Ramon56,
I'm not part of the development team - so I unfortunately cannot confirm if there will be any Windows 11 specific changes to the Affinity app, however it should certainly be compatible on the Windows 11 platform!
In fact, you can find a thread below where users have already tried the Windows 11 previews and Affinity -
I hope this helps

I confirm the same by running it in Steam with Proton 6.3.

I believe that there's a way to see what API calls a WINE program is making through the terminal. I haven't done it myself, but it'd be something to look into if you're really interested in getting it running.

Good shout on the SoftMaker FreeOffice - thanks! I only use Word and Excel on a daily basis and this does both quite beautifully, at least for my simple needs at home and at work.
I’m looking at buying Insynch for my cloud access as it covers both OneDrive and Google Drive. ODrive is another great cross-platform multi-cloud (selective) sync application, but the monthly rental is too steep for my liking. 

For compatibility with MS Office you have to use SoftMaker FreeOffice (or their paid version) or OnlyOffice. Both are available for Linux as well.
The main reason for incompatibility are the different file formats ODF (LibreOffice) and OOXML (MS Office), or rather the double conversion.

It's just a shame that the 'internet' view of Linux users seems to default back to being people who want everything on the platform as free. This inaccurate reputation is going to put off the likes of Affinity from developing for the platform which is sad.
I love Affinity's non-subscription software model and I'd happily pay for significant upgrades rather than go back to Adobe.
I'd happily pay for Codeweavers' CrossOver but sadly, Affinity products don't run successfully so far (in line with the Wine experience). It does appear to run Office 365 successfully enough for most people who have no choice but to collaborate using MS Office documents.
Perhaps there's hope in a movement who are willing to pay not to use Windows or Mac desktops. Perhaps then software companies will see mileage in the dev work to port for use with robust Linux distros.

I tried to ignore Linux by trying Mac. Nice walled garden, but too restrictive, so I went back to Windows.
Then I got rid of Adobe and went to Affinity because their products work on both iPad and Windows.
Now I have just thrown Linux Peppermint on a 2009 laptop with 8Gb of RAM in it which wouldn't upgrade to Windows 10. I love it and can't wait to show another disc in my desktop and put Linux on modern hardware.
I've been working in IT support for over 20 years now and my gut feeling is, Linux is going to become a serious player in productivity applications. I am now looking for commercial software which will run on distros and sure enough, they're out there.
As a consumer who is prepared to spend money on software I really want to use, Affinity really need to rethink their stance on Linux and join the revolution.

I use Linux every day as a programmer and web designer. I have already bought all Affinity products, but unfortunately I have to boot the Windows partition in order to be able to use them. So far I have failed with wine, I could still install vmware or virtualbox, but that is somehow not very satisfactory. In short, I'm already a paying customer and I use Linux 99% of the time. I would be very happy if Affinity products would run on Linux.

As a work-around for opening Affinity files on Chromebooks / Android, visit PhotoPea in your browser, and load the Affinity file.
https://www.photopea.com/
It does not export Affinity files, however, and must be saved as PSD. But it may be a way for you to work on stuff on both platforms.

Whether you have paid or not is not really relevant. Each platform (Windows, Mac, iPad) requires a separate license and thus a separate purchase. The same would apply to an Android version if one existed.
In other words, a Mac user cannot simply use their purchased Mac version on an iPad; it is a separate application that needs a new purchase. Thus, the current situation is fair.

Thanks!
This worked for me!
Regards,
Gerry

Or click the Open button in the Affinity Preferences

You can download the dictionary from here:
In case you're using Windows, place the dictionary here: C:\ProgramData\Affinity\Common\1.0\Dictionaries.
Since the ProgramData folder is by default invisible, make sure that Windows' hidden files and folders are visible (Open File Explorer from the taskbar. Select View > Options > Change folder and search options. Select the View tab and, in Advanced settings, select Show hidden files, folders, and drives and OK.)
Once you're done, restart the app.

Hello @Monika Dul,
welcome to the forum.
You can find a guide on how to add your own dictionaries over here:
I hope this works for you.
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Hallo liebe Community,
Auf langer Sicht möchte ich komplett auf open Source für die Arbeit umsteigen. Also Linux mit Libre Office, Libre CAD... Als Architekt möchte ich Auf Affinity jedoch auf keinen fall verzichten.
Daher meine frage: Ist eine LinuxVariante geplant? Was wäre nötig? ...
Linux ist in den Letzten Jahren mit seinen diversen Distriubutionen eine gute und teilweise bessere Alternative als Windows und MacOs.
Als privater Anwender wäre ich bereit etwas mehr als den aktuellen Preis für Affinity zu bezahlen, wenn dadurch Linux Standardmäßig unterstützt würde.
Lösungen wie es über auf eine Virtualle Maschine laufen zu lassen kommen nicht in Frage.
Als Endnutzer will ich es einfach haben zu installieren, updaten und starten.
Ich bin neugierig auf Ihre Antwort und bitte auf Deutsch.
Mit freundlcihen Grüßen

Thanks for porting these awesome products over to work with the M1 using the Universal Binary.I am wondering if you have plans of releasing a Mac Silicon version. I notice those apps tend to launch even faster. When you look at the System Profile of apps it lists them as Intel, Universal, or Silicon. That is why I noticed and that they tend to take a long time to launch in comparison. 
 
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They are indeed interesting statistics and now all the world's 500 top supercomputers run on Linux which displaced assorted Unix variants such as IBM AIX, etc (OS X, BSD and Windows were just not contenders there).
For us, the really important figure is the desktop market share and last summer Netmarketshare (they have now stopped collecting data) was reporting the Linux figure as 3.6% desktop market compared with 9.2% for macOS and 86.7% for Windows and that relatively low Linux market share is why many general commercial software providers are reluctant to make their software products available for Linux. That said, l hope that at some stage the Serif Affinity product range can become available on Linux via Wine/Crossover.
Finally, Linux has gone where macOS and Windows cannot go and Linux can be now be found on two planets since the Ingenuity helicopter that's been flying on Mars has a Linux operating system:
 
 

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