Niloy Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Can I use Affinity Designer on Chrome OS or Linux? Actually I want to run it on a Chromebook, and you can very easily install Linux on it..so if Affinity Designer works on any of these OSes, I will be able to use it. mysterywolf and Lady Rebeld76 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted March 26, 2018 Staff Share Posted March 26, 2018 Hi Niloy, Welcome to the forums Affinity is only available on Mac and Windows I'm afraid. Thanks C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 You can maybe try Wine on Chrome OS, take a look here and read this ... How to Run Windows Software on a Chromebook Lady Rebeld76 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhussell Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Are there any plans to make Affinity available on a Chrome OS in the near future? Lady Rebeld76 and KeKyKo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Ripper Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Would be nice to get Affinity on Linux / ChromeOS Lady Rebeld76 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duch_suva Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 yeah, definitely thats what I need, too. please consider making a chromeos/linux version KeKyKo and Lady Rebeld76 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeKyKo Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Another vote for Affinity Designer on ChromeOS. PLEASE 😀 Lady Rebeld76 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanSG Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 1 hour ago, KeKyKo said: Another vote for Affinity Designer on ChromeOS. PLEASE 😀 I can't see it happening - Chromebooks are minimally specced while graphics software is notoriously resource hungry. Working with graphics files stored online would be my idea of purgatory! emmrecs01 and KeKyKo 2 Quote AP, AD & APub user, running Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeKyKo Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 12 hours ago, IanSG said: I can't see it happening - Chromebooks are minimally specced while graphics software is notoriously resource hungry. Working with graphics files stored online would be my idea of purgatory! I am using a Pixel Slate i7 w/ 256gb SSD &16gb of RAM. Im sure this could handle it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanSG Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 On 1/20/2021 at 7:05 AM, KeKyKo said: I am using a Pixel Slate i7 w/ 256gb SSD &16gb of RAM. Im sure this could handle it. You're probably right, but the i7 Slate wasn't exactly a typical Chromebook. And there's still the issue of online storage. I think Chromebooks are the right solution to a lot of problems, but running graphics software isn't one of them. KeKyKo 1 Quote AP, AD & APub user, running Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Rebeld76 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 It'll be great if the users of Chrome OS could be use Affinity Designer, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecbatana-Eagleturtle Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Clip Paint Pro/EX offers a chromeOS option ... subscription only, but 1usd/mo or EX for $99usd/year .... i bought affinity so will have to get clip for times when can only tote the chromebook. Too bad! CB lets me be so-o-o-o much more mobile for initial ideas and final polishes on the road, even using my phone for a hotspot ... My windows box is a workhorse, but i gotta be mobile about 50% of the time considering analog-art-atelier and home-based publishing. Learning curve to 2 new softwares gonna be more challenging.... g-a-a-ack! But here goes ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikd3434 Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 On 1/19/2021 at 12:14 PM, IanSG said: I can't see it happening - Chromebooks are minimally specced while graphics software is notoriously resource hungry. Working with graphics files stored online would be my idea of purgatory! I have a very low end chromebook 4 gb of ram and other bad specs but it still run photo editors with little to no problem. they could just reuse the ipad version and use it that way R C-R 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lphilpot Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 4 hours ago, ikd3434 said: I have a very low end chromebook 4 gb of ram and other bad specs but it still run photo editors with little to no problem. they could just reuse the ipad version and use it that way From a development POV, porting an app from iOS to ChromeOS would probably be a case of rewriting from scratch. I'd be surprised if much could actually be ported. emmrecs01 and R C-R 2 Quote Len Affinity Photo 2 | QCAD 3 | FastStone | SpyderX Pro | FOSS: ART darktable XnView RawTherapee Inkscape G'MIC LibreOffice Windows 11 on a 16 GB, Ryzen 5700 8-core laptop with a cheesy little embedded AMD GPU Canon T8i / 850D | Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro | Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM | Rikenon P 50mm f/1.7 ...desperately looking for landscapes in Nolandscapeland https://www.flickr.com/photos/14015058@N07/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 10 hours ago, ikd3434 said: they could just reuse the ipad version and use it that way No, they could not "reuse" the iPad version for any other OS, anymore than they could "reuse" the Mac version for Windows or visa versa. They are completely different operating systems requiring very different API's to do anything. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lphilpot Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Let's see... "Port" Swift to C, plus C++, plus Javascript, plus HTML5 and what else... maybe Python? 🤔 Never mind all the GUI calls... R C-R 1 Quote Len Affinity Photo 2 | QCAD 3 | FastStone | SpyderX Pro | FOSS: ART darktable XnView RawTherapee Inkscape G'MIC LibreOffice Windows 11 on a 16 GB, Ryzen 5700 8-core laptop with a cheesy little embedded AMD GPU Canon T8i / 850D | Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro | Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM | Rikenon P 50mm f/1.7 ...desperately looking for landscapes in Nolandscapeland https://www.flickr.com/photos/14015058@N07/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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