This thread makes me think about transitioning my work to Linux from Windows.
I'd like to ask the list what are the best development environments (IDEs) on Linux for C++ GUI desktop apps. My point of reference is Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. Also, a related question. Is there a possibility that dot-net will become widespread on Linux?
Thanks in advance,
-TG
Wee use MS VS 2005 at work and, while it's the best IDE I've used, I'm not much into IDEs (gimme xterm, make, and vim any day). I know there's Glade, a visual designer for GTK+ (inter-platform GUI library for C++ with bindings for other languages, as well including GTK# for .NET) on Linux and a handful of IDEs.
Is there a possibility that dot-net will become widespread on Linux?
IMHO, yes. Just look at the Mono project or the DotGNU project for a couple implementations of the framework. Both have been attempting to add full support for Windows forms as well. DotGNU actually seems more mature in that respect.
"I'd like to ask the list what are the best development environments (IDEs) on Linux for C++ GUI desktop apps. My point of reference is Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. Also, a related question. Is there a possibility that dot-net will become widespread on Linux?"
I went to Java a couple years ago because I saw all this Microcrap coming and knew it would heavily affect my bottom line. I use netbeans (www.netbeans.org) as my ide. It is pretty darn sophisticated now, and FREE, and it also can be used with other languages, though I haven't had the need. Will run on Linux OR Microsoft, so you can slide over.
I run java into mysql on linux, save boocoo bucks and aggravation from forced upgrades and drm.