cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28905340

Anyone here working on Figma Desktop in Linux? It is the one activity that keeps me from completely shifting to Linux from Windows since it is something I do when I work remotely.

Would something like Bottles help? Or are there even simpler ways that do not involve working from the browser or looking for alternatives?

    • cobwoms@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      6·
      1 年前

      from what i can tell, syncing fonts with your system fonts, faster performance (the web app can sometimes take ages to load a workspace), and maybe better handling of offline files

  • DannyBoy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    51·
    1 年前

    What advantage does running Figma Desktop give over running Figma in the browser? It appears that the Figma Desktop is an Electron app. I’ve only used the web interface so I can’t say for certain but the functionality between a web app and an Electron app is usually pretty close.

    • biofaust@lemmy.worldOP
      5·
      1 年前

      Access to locally installed fonts. Separate memory management. Offline work. And, most importantly, ALL the keyboard shortcuts.

    • CarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.ml
      2·
      1 年前

      And I heard Figma is a heavy adopter of WebAssembly which could be faster when running not in a wrapper like Electron. Since it is WebAssembly one can imagine the so-called “desktop version” has to be also WebAssembly and it has to have a wrapper around it.

      If all these are true, OP just need to find a way to load the fonts into the web version.