Bryan Lund wrote:
Ronald Vogelaar wrote:
In short, the state of RB on Linux perfectly matches the state of
Linux itself?
...looks promising, but (still!) not quite there yet.
Maybe you're using an old distro or something.
Ummm, no.
Let me clarify. I am a UNIX/Linux administrator. As such I must keep up
with many different distributions (Gentoo is my favorite). On the server
side of things, Linux will do just fine for the most part (plenty of
webservers running on Linux just fine).
On the desktop side however, Linux still is lightyears behind OSX or
even Windows(!).
I'm sorry dude, but Linux just doesn't cut it on the desktop in
corporate Europe.
See also this link:
http://osnews.com/story.php/16783/Has-the-Desktop-Linux-Bubble-Burst/
I run REALbasic everyday under multiple distro's. In all cases RB is
running fast and stable (as is the underlying OS). Build times under
Linux are essentially identical to those under Vista on the same machine.
Sure there are a handful of bugs and problems in RB on Linux, but the
same is true on the Windows and MacOS X side. Heck, I've had more
problems with the Windows version than the Linux version in the latest
release.
I'm running RB2006r4 on OSX intensively. I can have RB open and running
and me working with it for days on end without a single crash or problem.
I haven't tried Rb2k6r4 on Windows (or Linux) yet, so I can't compare.
Now, earlier this year RB was not in a great state for Linux. It was
slow, and crash-y. But all that cleared up as the year progressed.
And R4 is certainly solid enough for day to day development.
Well no disrespect but the report I replied to seems to beg to differ.
Ronald Vogelaar
http://www.rovosoft.com
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