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Is it pointless to buy the Affinity Suite and try get it running on Linux? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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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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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

This is just an idea, but bazzite could possibly work for affinity. It's designed around steam and proton compatibility layer, and it can play almost all games made for Windows out of the box.

So perhaps you could use the proton compatibility layer instead of wine. You could even add the exe to steam as a "non-steam-game" to make starting the program super simple.

I am no expert here, it's just a thought.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The Affinity suite is notoriously difficult to get working properly in WINE and/or Proton

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I just thought perhaps there is already a lot of the necessary components there since bazzite is so well-tailored to running windows games. But of course I have no idea what I'm talking about. I hope I made that at least somewhat clear in my comment.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It was a good assumption. These days most games will work flawlessly in WINE/Proton, but the same can't be said for other Windows software, sadly.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    This is exactly why it took me so long to nuke my dual boot windows drive. One program, Fruity Loops, I couldn't ever get to run well enough to be usable in an unfrustrating manner. Just recently got it chugging away in bottles, there's a community made bottle for it, but I found that doesn't actually work. At least not for me. Took 3 weeks of tweaking things to get it going, but I got there in the end.

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