Re: [Dorset] Visual basic on Linux

I would suggest using either Visual Basic Express 2015, or the same for 2017, if it exists, it's simpler and less bloated. There may be way to stop Windows trying to check for updates every time, or you could just wait for the first update check to finish and then it should, in theory, be quicker

Re: [Dorset] Visual basic on Linux

Hi Tim, > ...my son has been told he needs to download Visual Studio 2017 onto > a Windows PC... > Are there any options other than spending several hundred pounds on > a new PC to run this bloatware for compiling programs. MonoDevelop is probably the closest equivalent to Visual Studio on

[Dorset] Visual basic on Linux

Hi For his school computing course, my son has been told he needs to download Visual Studio 2017 onto a Windows PC, to write some simple programs in vb.net. We don't have any Windows machines, so for starters I installed Windows 10 and VS 2017 under Virtualbox. But it's painfully slow