Affinity Photo on Raspberry Pi

[Charles Shepard]

I’m wondering if this has been given additional consideration. I have seen that previous posts say that you are not considering it. However, given that Raspberry Pi OS is becoming more and more used and that it is U.K. based and was created to support education of children in the U.K. as well as being a nonprofit organization which is recognized in the U?S. as well as other countries, might it not be possible to support open source products not only within the U.K., but also within the greater open source community?

That being said, the suggestion is not that Affinity become open source with the full understanding that Affinity products were not created to be such in the first place. The argument would be put forward that making Affinity operable for the Raspberry Pi within the greater community of creative individuals will open Affinity to use for those who move through their creative lives from individual experiences to that of the greater creative community.

Without any question, I believe that you would find more than adequate support within the Raspberry Pi community as well as the support from the Raspberry Pi organization.

Please note that I currently have purchased all three products for the iPad as well as the Windows platform. Also, please understand that I have been in IT for over 30 years. I understand that the “ask” is not one of minimal effort, however I believe that the return on your investment will be well rewarded.

Best Regards,

Shepard

[fde101]

The essence of what you are requesting is a Linux version compiled for ARM, which is a highly duplicated request, so you really should have posted this in an existing thread on the subject rather than creating a new one.

Serif has already indicated a few times that a Linux version is unlikely to happen in the near future, though many have requested it.

If they did decide to support a Linux version, adding one compiled for ARM would likely be relatively trivial.

Porting to Linux, not so much.

 

However, there is a third piece to this.  Last I checked, PI OS was still 32-bit even though the newer PI hardware is fully capable of 64-bit.  Serif is unlikely to release a version of their products compiled for 32-bit.  If I have missed something and PI OS has switched to 64-bit, this is not an issue.  If they are still 32-bit, you would almost certainly need to use an alternative Linux version that runs on the PI to host the Affinity products, even if they did decide to port to Linux and build for ARM.

[Charles Shepard]

There are several OS which run on the PI which are 64 bit. The Raspberry Pi 64 bit OS has been available for quite some time on the Raspberry Pi 4 and 400. It will be available on the Pi 5. Other Linux OS for the Pi are Ubuntu, Manjaro and Gentoo.

Lest you miss the point of the original post, the suggestion is to increase market share of Affinity products, which are fantastic, to include hardware architecture used in less affluent communities to capture a younger generation of creators.

I will be more discerning in where I post in the future, although I haven’t ever posted before.