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[–] d3Xt3r 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any plans on gaming on Linux? If so, I'd recommend Nobara instead (which is based on Fedora, but optimized for gaming).

[–] sortofblue 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm very much a casual (half-assed) gamer. I'm just as happy with a nice-looking Freecell as whatever Steam feels like sharing. I'll probably spend more time tinkering with WINE to see if I can get Affinity running on it so I don't have to boot into windows except for work.

[–] d3Xt3r 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Affinity has a garbage rating on WineHQ unfortunately. But maybe GIMP + PhotoGIMP, Photopea, or even Photoshop could be an option.

What work stuff are you using Windows for?

[–] sortofblue 2 points 1 year ago

Affinity has Pantone support built in and can switch between publisher and photo mode flawlessly so the workflow is better than inDesign/Photoshop. As for work stuff, I'm stuck with Adobe products so it's more or less non-negotiable. Most of what I do is done in inDesign so I think Scribus would be the closest alternative, but I'll be trying everything I think. It's probably 5 years since I last used linux as a daily driver so I'm keen to see how far the software has come.