Petition: Bring the Affinity Suite to Linux - #AffinityOnLinux

Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Novocirab@feddit.org⁩ to ⁨technology@beehaw.org⁩

https://www.change.org/p/bring-the-affinity-suite-to-linux-affinityonlinux

We are currently seeing a huge spike in people considering to install Linux. Among them are many people who rely on creative software by Adobe or other companies, for which there is no comparable alternative with Linux support. If we can convince Affinity to provide Linux support for their programs (Designer, Photo, Publisher), a lot more people will likely ditch Windows, and a lot of people who are already using Linux will get easy access to powerful (one-time payment) creative software.

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space_iio@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Just use gimp?

Pathetic to simp for closed software like that

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- Novocirab@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  People with your attitude are a significant reason why people decide against Linux. It’s doing Microsoft a service.
  
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  - space_iio@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    and people like me are why Linux has even gotten to where it’s at today.
    
    Consumers don’t make software, developers do.
    
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- Kichae@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Remember, boys and girls, Steam bringing its monopoly to Linux is a victory, but wanting literally any other closed source software is “pathetic”.
  
  Yet another reminder that the worst thing about Linux is its users.
  
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- dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I tried again and again to do the things I need to do with gimp but it still lacks many features zthe ones it does have are hard to use. Sometimes it’s not about ideology but about needing to get shit done.
  
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  - IceFoxX@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Tried Gimp 3.0?
    
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- Radiant_sir_radiant@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You know, downcasting and/or insulting people just because they don’t live up to your personal standards is a pretty shitty thing to do.
  
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  - renard_roux@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Also, guessing their standard is pretty low if Gimp does the job — at least from a professional standard. There’s not much of a comparison.
    
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- Prandom_returns@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Gimp is a pile of garbage, please don’t recommend people use it.
  
  It needs a full rewrite (preferably by others) for it to function like a modern digital image editor.
  
  The name is just a nugget on the shitpile.
  
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Midnitte@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This plus Fusion would be amazing.

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ArkyonVeil@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Sigh, it would be nice to have this petition before Affinity sold their soul to Canva. Oh well.

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- shirro@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yep. This is a waste of time. Canva are just another US VC backed SaaS company despite their Australian origins. An affinity suite port would have been interesting under the previous UK ownership.
  
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along_the_road@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That would be lovely. One of the things holding up back linux is lack of good creative software. For example things like video editing or image post processing.

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- dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  For video editing I would highly recommend DaVinci Resolve. So far I’ve only used it on Windows because I haven’t had any need for it since my switch but it’s available for Linux as well.
  
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  - renard_roux@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Seconded.
    
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  - shirro@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    An additional benefit is DaVinci Resolve is Aussie owned (Blackmagic Design from Melbourne Australia) which is great for people outside the US looking to decrease their dependence on US owned products and services.
    
    I am more than happy with kdenlive for my video editing needs but I don’t edit video professionally.
    
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Ignatz@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I used to use Adobe applications and have found decent alternatives for Photoshop (GIMP), Illustrator (Inkscape), and Premiere Pro (KdenLive) that run on Ubuntu.

Among those, Kdenlive probably measures up the worst to its Adobe counterpart. I am happy with it as an NLE, but I can’t deny that Premiere Pro is quite a bit more useable and powerful. The new interfaces do take some getting used to, but they are all excellent tools in their own rights.

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- Ignatz@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I also like Darkroom for photo editing
  
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irvinefantasyno@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Oh, hell yes!

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jarfil@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

one-time payment

Is Canva going to keep that? In the purchase announcement, they stated that their plan was to add the features of Affinity to Canva, which only has a subscription option.

rely on creative software by Adobe or other companies, for which there is no comparable alternative with Linux support

Corel has comparable features with a single purchase option. Too bad they removed the Linux version.

As for alternatives, Krita, Inkscape, or Blender, are not a 1:1 equivalent, but include features that Adobe is missing. When I used to do visual stuff, they were a good set of tools to complement an Adobe subscription.

How does Affinity compare to that?

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