D3d3Xt3r·Oct 5, 2026
Affinity works fine on Linux using this: https://github.com/ryzendew/Linux-Affinity-Installer
Yes, even hardware acceleration works.
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Linux-Affinity-Installer
A repository that helps users get affinity software working on GNU/Linux 🐧
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A repository that helps users get affinity software working on GNU/Linux 🐧
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6 sources> mainstream apps (e.g. Microsoft Excel, Adobe Photoshop) then Linux is completely off the table
Not at all. First of all, the vast majority of people who use the Office suite use only basic features, for whom, LibreOffice or OnlyOffice are more than capable replacements. Second, classic versioned releases of MS Office (eg Office 2016, 2019 etc) also mostly work fine under stock Wine. Third, now even M365 versions of Office also have started to work via Bottles[1], so advanced users who need it can still install it on Linux if none of the alternatives suit them.
As for Photoshop, it's a similar situation to the above. Vast majority of the users don't even use all the fancy features of Photoshop, so GIMP (with optionally, the PhotoGIMP[2] mod), Krita and Photopea can already satisfy most needs. Advanced users can use alternatives like Affi
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nity, which actually works really well under Linux[3]. Also keep in mind that Affinity is also becoming an increasingly de-facto option for even people on other platforms, as people are fed up with Adobe's shenanigans and are leaving in droves. Finally, if for some reason you still really need Photoshop, you can either run the classic versions just fine under stock Wine (up to CS6-ish, maybe newer) or even the latest CC versions via thirdparty script[4].
[1] https://itsfoss.com/news/bottles-microsoft-365-early-look/
[2] https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP
[3] https://github.com/ryzendew/Linux-Affinity-Installer
[4] https://github.com/bpawnzZ/photoshopCClinux-lightroom
Speaking of "Content Creation", I'd also like to add the Affinity Suite. I don't particularly like it after being bought by Canva, but it works almost flawlessly on Linux.
You can even download a ready-to-run AppImage (no need to tinker with Wine settings) from here: https://github.com/ryzendew/Linux-Affinity-Installer/release...
I just wish Affinity would release a native port, but in the meantime, this works really good.
In Microsoft forced me to switch to LinuxLinux-Affinity-Installer: Run Affinity on Linux
2 points · Open discussionI've been running Affinity Photo on Fedora for a while by running this installation script[1]. Works flawlessly and they recently upgraded the script to install Affinity 3.0. I haven't encountered/solved your second use-case, but I'm /sure/ someone has.
[1] https://github.com/ryzendew/AffinityOnLinux
In Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal foldersseems like it https://github.com/ryzendew/AffinityOnLinux
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