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Please support this! As graphic designers we should be able to use a open source OS.
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That is a waste of time. I emailed the company a few months ago and they replied that they won't port to Linux. Not that they don't have plans to currently do it, but that they won't. Clear as day.
Indeed, I don't get the post. Does OP genuinely think they could influence Affinity to support linux? Via freaking change.org?? Really, why is the post so well-received by community? Got so many questions.
1 email is not the same as 3819376 signatures
Do you mean 200?
Yeah, I'm sure they'll hire a division dedicated to Linux development, with all the costs that brings, just because of that.
It's also likely that most of these signatures aren't even from graphic designers, just some people from Linux related forums.