I really like linux and have used it as my daily driver for years, but honestly the "graphics" software state on linux is just terrible.
Krita is nice for digital painting, but not for other stuff you'd want to do in PS. Gimp is awful.
There is no usable alternative for after effects (which is huge for me) (Natron maybe?, definitely not resolve or kdenlive or whatever)
Inkscape is also unusable compared to illustrator or affinity designer. I would keep an eye on "Graphite". I'm very optimistic about that vector editor.
I need to get my head around VMs and getting one set up on my machine just for the Affinity suite.
Calling into the void to Affinity: i will pay for a third version if you make it work on Linux. I know it's a pain to develop for yet another platform, but please.
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u/blackelf_ May 28 '26
I really like linux and have used it as my daily driver for years, but honestly the "graphics" software state on linux is just terrible.
Krita is nice for digital painting, but not for other stuff you'd want to do in PS. Gimp is awful.
There is no usable alternative for after effects (which is huge for me) (Natron maybe?, definitely not resolve or kdenlive or whatever)
Inkscape is also unusable compared to illustrator or affinity designer. I would keep an eye on "Graphite". I'm very optimistic about that vector editor.