Ed Howell asked: Just started researching a move off Windows and wonder =
what
version of Linux seems to be the most compatible with Foxpro?
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The next one <s>.=20
Ed, they are all the same, only different. All distributions run the =
latest
(or close to the latest) kernel and provide the same core of utilities. =
They
differ in a couple of areas:
- what other free software is included. Some software is free-er than
others. There are a lot of licenses out there, and some distributors are
uncomfortable with some of them. Debian, for example, is very =
conservative
in what it includes, RedHat is a lot looser.
- installation, management and other add-on tools. RedHat includes the =
most
stuff ("eye candy" to some, a useful GUI to others), such as their
installer, "BlueCurve" GUI, hardware detection and (RPM) package =
management
tools.
I find RedHat the easiest system to install, and I've learned to manage =
most
of it from the GUI. As Paul said, you should learn to use the command =
line
as well, because many things are far easier from there, but for a =
Windows
veteran like me, plunking around in the Nautilus file manager, and =
clicking
the RedHat button for a pop-up menu just reinforces old habits.
"Wine" is the application under which FoxPro runs. It's like a Windows
run-time, however, it doesn't support everything Windows provides, at =
least
not yet. Paul McNett, of this list, has worked with the Wine developer
community and already resolved one issue with mouse mis-behavior, and it
sounds like the beginning of progress on another crucial issue, proper
support for file and record locking.
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