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Is it pointless to buy the Affinity Suite and try get it running on Linux? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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For context, I want to teach myself Graphics Design as I had dropped out of college copule years ago for personal reason but still want to learn it.

I have heard from few people online that they have got Affinity running with Bottles or Wine. I really want to use less of Windows whereas possible but I'm unsure how well it performs on Linux and if there are a better alternative from Affinity and Adobe in general.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I use Photopea for Photoshop stuff, GIMP if what I'm doing needs a particular feature or does better (though that's not Very many anymore). Inkscape is surprisingly good once you get accustomed to the interface.

I've heard good things about Krita but I've not messed around with it at all, but it supposedly is much more modern and user friendly than GIMP but suited for digital art and drawing.

I'm hoping affinity comes to Linux, or at least proton/wine pushes hard for it because it's the one area where desktop Linux is really poor at the moment