Canva is considering porting Affinity to Linux(techcentral.co.za)
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Canva is considering porting Affinity to Linux
https://techcentral.co.za/affinity-for-linux-canvas-next-big-move-could-reshape-the-desktop-software-market/274861/
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We seeing exciting movement for Linux in the audio industry too.
With Reaper, Bitwig and now Studio One (although beta), serious DAWs exist for Linux.
Although the major subscription and phone home based plugin manufacturers, like Waves or UA are not offering for Linux, which is maybe a good thing, also serious high quality vst audio plugins are now available for Linux. Just to name some of them: DDMF, Toonboosters, U-he, TAL, etc.
Also with RME and others, there are professional audio converters available. And with ADAT, MADI, Dante, etc. you can run basically every professional converter.
And the newer Linux audio subsystem Pipewire has real time and low latency out of the box.
I am producing successfully, stable and with fun since 2 years on Linux!
After a long period of pain with Windows.
linux is getting the love since microsoft decided to move ahead with ai crap.
For those wondering what Affinity is: it's now a package of 3 programs (Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher) combined into one tool. These are alternatives to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Photo handles raster image editing, Designer is for vectors, and Publisher for desktop publishing (layouts for books, magazines, brochures, etc.).
All these tools are real competition to Adobe. They're roughly at the same level of functionality, and in some cases even better.
All these tools are real competition to Adobe. They're roughly at the same level of functionality, and in some cases even better.
well i have used photoshop on windows and on 11 it hangs like hell with even 16gb ram itself. With linux things will be better. as it will run more snappy.
What is Affinity's tech stack? I'm curious what porting involves.
Affinity I believe is C++ with C# used for the front end on Windows.
The code doesn’t have nearly the legacy of Adobe’s code, so the result is that Affinity already runs very well in WINE thanks to some passionate fans that really want to see this use case.
The code doesn’t have nearly the legacy of Adobe’s code, so the result is that Affinity already runs very well in WINE thanks to some passionate fans that really want to see this use case.
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rnicrosoft won't allow this