What do you use for designing on SoluOS

decembre-dhiver

Hello, dear Solus users and lovers!

I'm beginning my journey into UI-design and have found out that Figma doesn't provide an official app for Linux. So I decided to ask here a couple of questions:

How do you use Figma on Linux? (Yes, it is possible to work from browser, but how do you separate it from other tabs? And I just would like to get some general advice - anything).
What other design apps are there on Linux? What do you use?
What do you think about Lunacy? How it is familiar to Figma, and are there any problems when one person uses Lunacy and the rest of his team works on Figma?
If you know any free educational resource or content for UI/UX designers (especially for beginners), please share. I will greatly appreciate it!

Thanks

BuzzPCSOS

decembre-dhiver Here are some answers that you might have overlooked, I hope they help.
Linux can use Wine (in the Solus repository) which allows some Windows programs to run seamlessly from your Linux GUI. It might be worth trying this option. There are mentions of Figma issues at the WineHQ database but they are dated 2023 so hopefully everything is working now.
You can also run Windows as a Virtual Computer from within Solus using Oracle VirtualBox (also in the Solus repository) which will allow you to run Windows applications and hardware that do not have Linux compatibility.

pomon

@decembre-dhiver
Ad 1. Figma on Linux, which runs on Electron, will open as a standalone application. You don’t need to use a browser. You can use AppImage.

Ad 3. Lunacy works well with Figma files — it can open, edit, and export .fig and .svg files. It is often used as an alternative to Figma. It has many tools compatible with Figma, such as a similar interface, support for components, layers, etc.

Are there any issues when one person uses Lunacy and the rest of the team uses Figma?

Lack of full online synchronization: Figma is primarily a cloud-based tool with live team collaboration and version history. Lunacy works mainly locally, so syncing and sharing files requires export/import.
Differences in features: Some Figma features (e.g., online prototyping, cloud comments, real-time collaboration) do not work in Lunacy.
Potential compatibility issues: Not all effects, styles, or components may be perfectly reflected in Lunacy and vice versa.
Workflow: In a team, you need to ensure files are regularly exported and exchanged because Lunacy does not use Figma’s cloud.