[lazarus] A hope.

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Gunars Rodins wrote:

> Hello. I am Delphi Fanat. I hope your project makes avaible to build an
> application for Linux using Delphi/ObjectPascal language. I have get a
> RedHat Linux 6.2 , but its hard to manage and install (3 failed
> instalations, no MultiOSboot (DOS/W95/Linux) support, no intro manuals).
> And now is a Corel Linux avaible, and authors promisses easy use (such
> as in Win95+multiBoot)

Install Debian or SuSE, they both have this already.

see
  http://www.debian.org
or
  http://www.suse.de/en
for more information. Debian is free, SuSE must be paid (but you can
download everything for free)

Personally, I don't understand what makes Redhat so popular. Debian and SuSE
are just as easy to use, and SuSE has much more packages and is about 1000
times better configured, in my experience. Plus it's cheaper (at least here
in Belgium)...


> . I think, that Linux has a better future that
> M$, so i will learn to make programs for Linux, but i dont love C/C++. I
> understand,  project is not finished, but if you need a coder
> (Pascal/Delphi) for developing components, or testing, maybee i can
> help.
> I have 9 year expirience with Pascal/Delphi and total 12 years in IS.
> 
> PS>  Just I must wait till in my country arrives this Corel Linux. I
> have very little knowledge in Unix (basical commands only), so i need
> simple language Linux help (HOWTO) . Try to get that with RedHat 6.2
> failed. And other thing, that this RedHat Linux on my PC
> (Celeron400,64MB Sdram,10GB HDD) works so slow, i dont understand why,
> maybee config is incorect, but i am not a Linux GURU to manage that.
> Simply i have heard, that linux runs faster as W95 and NT4 (so says the
> Toward Linus and other Linux Gurus), but i have seem self that upside
> down.
> 
> In hope, Uwix.

Try another distribution. As for using object pascal: if you don't need
interfaces, I think you will have no problems developing with Free Pascal.

Michael.