▲ 625 ▼ Please support this! As graphic designers we should be able to use a open source OS. (www.change.org) submitted 1 year ago by Mrn1c3n1c3@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml 136 comments fedilink hide all child comments Help support. Please make Affinity possible on Linux!
[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 132 points 1 year ago (2 children) Affinity is not affiliated with Adobe. And presumably because Affinity is higher quality than it's open source alternatives. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] piratekaiser@lemm.ee 62 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) It's not just about quality, there's a lot missing or honestly plain worse in gimp for example, compared to affinity photo. I'm as big a proponent of OSS as any, it's just that software isn't there yet. What's more, the target audience for that product are usually people who've had their chance encounter with programming and have decided against doing it. My anecdotal experience obviously. Edit: I mean it's unlikely they will contribute to features permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 year ago* (2 children) it's just that software isn't there yet. I put about 2000 hours of work into $open_source_project. After a huge release 10xing the quality, we had about 1000x as many users. The existing user base was ecstatic- for many of them, it was all they ever wanted and more. But we had 1000x new people saying "it just isn't there yet" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] piratekaiser@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago Yes, because everyone has different needs. Even blender, which has gone far and beyond most graphical software, would be a no-go for someone because of one or two specifics. Again, I firmly believe in OSS, but I don't see how porting more professional software hurts the community or freedom effort, when our biggest hurdle is adoption. Missing things people need is a barriers of entry. Missing things a workplace needs is an automatic loss. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LeFantome@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago That happens to the commercial folks too. It is just the nature of the adoption curve. It is the same with price. A few will say that your product is already worth 10x the price. Most will say it’s too expensive. If you drop the price, a few more will see the value. Lots won’t. More users is more users though. It is not something to get discouraged about. The advantage with Open Source is that, as long as it is useful to some, we have almost an infinite amount of time to expand it to new audiences. Baby steps pay off for Open Source. permalink fedilink source parent [+] 737@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) That makes absolutely no sense permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] 737@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago Windows is fucking miserable and Affinity is not. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] piratekaiser@lemm.ee 62 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) It's not just about quality, there's a lot missing or honestly plain worse in gimp for example, compared to affinity photo. I'm as big a proponent of OSS as any, it's just that software isn't there yet. What's more, the target audience for that product are usually people who've had their chance encounter with programming and have decided against doing it. My anecdotal experience obviously. Edit: I mean it's unlikely they will contribute to features permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 year ago* (2 children) it's just that software isn't there yet. I put about 2000 hours of work into $open_source_project. After a huge release 10xing the quality, we had about 1000x as many users. The existing user base was ecstatic- for many of them, it was all they ever wanted and more. But we had 1000x new people saying "it just isn't there yet" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] piratekaiser@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago Yes, because everyone has different needs. Even blender, which has gone far and beyond most graphical software, would be a no-go for someone because of one or two specifics. Again, I firmly believe in OSS, but I don't see how porting more professional software hurts the community or freedom effort, when our biggest hurdle is adoption. Missing things people need is a barriers of entry. Missing things a workplace needs is an automatic loss. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LeFantome@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago That happens to the commercial folks too. It is just the nature of the adoption curve. It is the same with price. A few will say that your product is already worth 10x the price. Most will say it’s too expensive. If you drop the price, a few more will see the value. Lots won’t. More users is more users though. It is not something to get discouraged about. The advantage with Open Source is that, as long as it is useful to some, we have almost an infinite amount of time to expand it to new audiences. Baby steps pay off for Open Source. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 year ago* (2 children) it's just that software isn't there yet. I put about 2000 hours of work into $open_source_project. After a huge release 10xing the quality, we had about 1000x as many users. The existing user base was ecstatic- for many of them, it was all they ever wanted and more. But we had 1000x new people saying "it just isn't there yet" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] piratekaiser@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago Yes, because everyone has different needs. Even blender, which has gone far and beyond most graphical software, would be a no-go for someone because of one or two specifics. Again, I firmly believe in OSS, but I don't see how porting more professional software hurts the community or freedom effort, when our biggest hurdle is adoption. Missing things people need is a barriers of entry. Missing things a workplace needs is an automatic loss. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LeFantome@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago That happens to the commercial folks too. It is just the nature of the adoption curve. It is the same with price. A few will say that your product is already worth 10x the price. Most will say it’s too expensive. If you drop the price, a few more will see the value. Lots won’t. More users is more users though. It is not something to get discouraged about. The advantage with Open Source is that, as long as it is useful to some, we have almost an infinite amount of time to expand it to new audiences. Baby steps pay off for Open Source. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] piratekaiser@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago Yes, because everyone has different needs. Even blender, which has gone far and beyond most graphical software, would be a no-go for someone because of one or two specifics. Again, I firmly believe in OSS, but I don't see how porting more professional software hurts the community or freedom effort, when our biggest hurdle is adoption. Missing things people need is a barriers of entry. Missing things a workplace needs is an automatic loss. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago That happens to the commercial folks too. It is just the nature of the adoption curve. It is the same with price. A few will say that your product is already worth 10x the price. Most will say it’s too expensive. If you drop the price, a few more will see the value. Lots won’t. More users is more users though. It is not something to get discouraged about. The advantage with Open Source is that, as long as it is useful to some, we have almost an infinite amount of time to expand it to new audiences. Baby steps pay off for Open Source. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] 737@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) That makes absolutely no sense permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] 737@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago Windows is fucking miserable and Affinity is not. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) That makes absolutely no sense permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] 737@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago Windows is fucking miserable and Affinity is not. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] 737@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago Windows is fucking miserable and Affinity is not. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago Windows is fucking miserable and Affinity is not. permalink fedilink source parent