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?

  • DannyBoyEnglish
    51·
    3 days ago

    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.

    • CarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.ml
      2·
      2 days ago

      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.

    • biofaust@lemmy.worldOP
      5·
      2 days ago

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