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Baruch
Baruch

Reputation: 21514

Windows/Linux portability

I am wondering which of the following two options is more likely to work on Linux:

  1. Native Win32 apps running with WINE
  2. .Net apps running with Mono (assuming only using .Net 2 - including WinForms)

Note 1: By work, I mean will likely have all features implemented and working correctly, so that it can be run using the same binary under Linux.

Note 2: I am only interested in the above 2 options. Answers like "Use QT / Java / WxWidgets / [your favorite framework]" are not what I am looking for.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 149

Answers (1)

konrad.kruczynski
konrad.kruczynski

Reputation: 47611

I am not sure whether you are asking about the planned or existing application. In the first case you should definitely go with Mono, because it is used to build native apps for Linux. Just to mention Banshee, Gnome Do, Tomboy, Plastic SCM etc. Developing (this way) on Windows with Linux as a deploy target (among others) is not so unusual as you may think. Inverse too ;)

On the other hand, if you have some existing application in mind, then involving probability seems to be strange here for me. Given existing application it will work or not - just try it. Or provide more details ;)

Upvotes: 1

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