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[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Affinity works using WINE. I think there also exists a repo where they packaged it into .appimage

[–] sunbeam60@feddit.uk 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

In theory yes. Not in practice though; unstable and slow.

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I imagine if you play MSFS you have a beefy PC to handle Affinity through WINE

[–] sunbeam60@feddit.uk 1 points 4 days ago

Sure, but that doesn’t fix the many crashes and hangs. Most of the GPU effects in the adjustment layers grinds everything to a halt. It’s not really all that usable in practice, IMHO.