We are currently seeing a huge increase in people considering to install Linux because of the actions of both Microsoft and the autocratic U.S. government. Among these people are many 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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People with your attitude are a significant reason why people decide against Linux. It’s doing Microsoft a service.
and people like me are why Linux has even gotten to where it’s at today.
Consumers don’t make software, developers do.
Developers don’t have to be so arrogant. In fact stuff like this pushes other developers away too.
Not to mention from what I’ve heard GIMP just doesn’t compare to the paid options for professional work.
and people like me are why Linux has even gotten to where it’s at today.
Not true. There are tons of nice developers out there. And I for one wouldn’t want to work in a team where an attitude like yours is prevalent.
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.
If you ever used Affinity/Adobe products and GIMP on any capacity over just trying to crop an image, you’d never say something like this. GIMP, despite its 3.0 release, is still decades behind those other programs.
GIMP feels like it’s made by software engineers for software engineers, trying to play catch up with the other softwares available that were made with designers and artists in mind.
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.
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.
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.
This plus Fusion would be amazing.
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.
Sigh, it would be nice to have this petition before Affinity sold their soul to Canva. Oh well.
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.
I also like Darktable for photo editing and used Audacity over Adobe Audition even when I had an Adobe sub.
Oh, hell yes!
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?
