O2h Linux

[JRS]

Charles,

Even though I have moved my desktop to Linux, I'm still following along with your progress with the compiler under Linux/Wine. So far I have been able to run all the examples you provide.

John


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[Charles Pegge]

I'm glad Wine makes life so easy, but it sorely tempts me to avoid producing a native Linux version of Oxygen

Charles

[JRS]

Running under Wine proves you follow the rules.

O2h will never shine as it should if it doesn't run native.

Windows is like an onion with all the layers you have to deal with. Does having faster processors justify the bloat?

[kryton9]

This week I decided to move all my programming development to a linux based system (ubuntu 10.10).
I hope to also use the same machine to host a web site from my home.

Is wine the only way we can run oxygen on linux at the moment? 

[JRS]

This week I decided to move all my programming development to a linux based system (ubuntu 10.10).
I hope to also use the same machine to host a web site from my home.

Is wine the only way we can run oxygen on linux at the moment? 

Wise move. I have been on Ubuntu 10.10 for over 3 months as my primary desktop and I don't miss Windows one bit. Wine is a great way to bring your favorite Windows apps/tools with you. I recently was able to get VB6 running under Wine and O2h runs (99.7% so far) all of the demos presented here. The only issue I ran into was the dual window OpenGL demo and resizing the parent window. Charles sent me a special version with only one OpenGL window in use and it resized fine. Charles reported the bug to Wine so maybe it will be address even though not something you would see in day to day life.
 

[kryton9]

Thanks for the positive reinforcement, experience and tips.

[Charles Pegge]

I've just created an Ubuntu 10.10 memory stick. Is there anything I need to know before trying to install Ubuntu alongside Vista?

Charles

[JRS]

Install Ubuntu so it boots off your memory stick and not as a file on Windows. I lost my complete Linux setup with an update using this non-standard/unsupport method of installing Ubuntu. I have two partitions on my hard disk. One is XP and the other Ubuntu and grub allows me to chose which OS to boot when I start my system up. My old laptop bios doesn't support booting from a USB memory stick so I didn't have a lot of options. Install Wine 1.3 to run O2h.

Other than that, it should be a fun ride.

[Charles Pegge]

Well my PC does support booting from USB. Nevertheless I got Linux Boot errors when I tried booting from the memory stick. so I put the iso file onto CD (using Nero) and that booted and installed nicely without a hitch. The only apparent imperfection is that Vista shows up on the Grub Boot menu as Windows Vista "Recovery mode" which seems to be erroneous since it runs normally.

Charles

PS I chose the "recommended" 32 bit Ubuntu even though my PC is 64 bit - I could switch later.

[jcfuller]

Charles,
  Are you going to develop a linux version or is this just to test using Wine?

James

[Charles Pegge]

James,

Both I hope. I have not looked at Linux for a few years now. There is much to learn but I hope to start working on native Linux later in the year.

Charles

[efgee]

... The only apparent imperfection is that Vista shows up on the Grub Boot menu as Windows Vista "Recovery mode" which seems to be erroneous since it runs normally.

Windows "normally" has 2 partitions: one for boot, one for recovery.
Apparently in your case GRUB recognizes only one, and thinks its the recovery partition.
If its not the recovery partition but the normal Windows Boot partition then its a GRUB error; which would not surprise me.

IMHO GRUB (with that I mean GRUB2) is one of the worst Linux loaders out there.
The old GRUB series was easier to configure (manually, adding stuff...).

bye

[JRS]

Anytime one OS controls the activity of another, its like being in uncharted territory.

[Charles Pegge]

I woild like to be able to edit the Grub Boot menu so that Vista is the default startup, and also correct the labelling of the partitions. Is there any way of doing this?

Charles

[JRS]

This might help.

grub

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto/ChangeDefaultOS

grub2

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275