Programming in Linux

[Paul King]

Wine is just a set of libraries used to emulate the Microsoft Windows 
environment. So, not being an actual program, "WINE is not an emulator" (that's 
what WINE stands for). Wine is not the most stable set of libraries to use. It 
is always better to use the native Linux libraries, preferably its own static 
libraries, so that your program won't choke on a system upgrade. I recall that 
this was done successfully with WordPerfect 6 and 8, which seems to install on 
any Linux without trouble.

I have two programs that require WINE: WordPerfect Office 2000 for Linux, and 
Borland Kylix 3.0 (parallel to Delphi 7 on Windows). Thus, its widest 
acceptance are among software makers who perhaps don't have the manpower or 
budget to do a full port of their software to Linux. But unfortunately, there 
is a price to pay in loss of stability.

Paul King

From:           	"StreetSmart" <street_smart-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
To:             	<tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
Subject:        	RE: [TLUG]: Programming in Linux
Date sent:      	Sat, 28 Feb 2004 15:18:15 -0500
Send reply to:  	tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org

> I'm reading allot of stuff on a program called "Wine" which supposedly
> allows you to run windows on top of Linux, sort of like an emulator would
> emulate a game. What can this sort of program be used for and what is the
> best available for Linux.
> 
> StreetSmart
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug at ss.org]On Behalf Of Paul King
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 1:44 PM
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Programming in Linux
> 
> 
> In general, you will stand a chance of getting most of this (except vb) if
> you
> install Linux as a "developer" workstation in most distros such as Mandrake. You
> will get a ton of other languages besides.
> 
>     VB - Forget it (although I thought there was some kind of attempt to
>     do this by someone).
> 
>     C++ - gpp (You don't have to go to any trouble to install this. It's
>     usually there.)
> 
>     java - The compile and doc tools are usually there if you choose to
>     install "developer tools" or something to that effect in whatever
>     distro. Otherwise you only get the runtime libraries to run other
>     people's stuff (not too helpful)
> 
> Paul King
> 
> From:           	"StreetSmart" <street_smart-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
> To:             	"Tlug" <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
> Subject:        	[TLUG]: Programming in Linux
> Date sent:      	Sat, 28 Feb 2004 11:55:13 -0500
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> 
> > Are there free programs available in Linux to write VB, c++, or java
> > programs?
> >
> > StreetSmart
> >
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