Visual Studio and Linux 2

[TonyScarpelli]

Does anyone know if it's possible to write programs in Visual Studio, like in VB .NET, that can run on a Linux operating system?

Thanks


Tony Scarpelli
Clinical Engineering Dept.
Maine Medical Center
Portland, Maine 04102

 

[Qik3Coder]

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[SiriusBlackOp]

I would not even think of trying to run a .NET application in Linux. .NET is to far entangled into the MS-OSs and the .NET Runtimes.

There are open source technologies like WINE that allow you to "sort of" run Windows COM applications in Linux, but they are not perfect an you would have a lot of testing ahead of you.
WINE:

http://www.winehq.org

To get a .NET Application running in Linux you would not only have to install the application, but you would also have to install and get running the correct version of the .NET Framework.

Unless someone else here knows different, you should probably just forget it.


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[SiriusBlackOp]

... Found this on winehq.org

Can I install Microsoft .NET or an application that needs it?

Currently .NET apps do not run in Wine mainly due to the fact that .NET itself (1 or 2) will not install in Wine. You can try installing Mono but that only works for a fraction (read <1%) of programs so at the moment you are better off finding an alternative program or waiting until .NET is implemented in Wine one way or another.

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[chrissie1]

I would not even think of trying to run a .NET application in Linux. .NET is to far entangled into the MS-OSs and the .NET Runtimes.

Mono is already on the way and works for .net 1.1. Mono works on linux and Mac.

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[SiriusBlackOp]

Mono is already on the way and works for .net 1.1. Mono works on linux and Mac.

... Scarry. LOL!

I guess that could work, but I'm not sure why you would want to do that. Maybe I'm not that fond of pain. ;o)

I read some more on that here:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-mono/index.html

Cool info chrissie1!

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[TonyScarpelli]

Thanks, everyone. I guess if IBM can do it then it can be done. I'll look into Mono and see what's doing with it.

So let's go the other way.

If I get a Linux computer, what would I be using to develop a Linux application?

And is there a Basic available for Linux?

Thanks.

Tony Scarpelli
Clinical Engineering Dept.
Maine Medical Center
Portland, Maine 04102

 

[chrissie1]

I would go for Java.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

My Blog
"In a system where you can define a factor as part of a third factor, you need another layer to check the main layer in case the second layer is not the base unit." - jrbarnett