So who's actually use Lazarus on linux? Indy anyone?
lazarus / 1-Linux

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Andy22 · 2006-08-22 15:41

Who's actually used Lazarus for Linux? and.. how is it? How does it
shape up for Kylix if you've ever used that, or standard delphi?

Can you do a lot of lower level stuff aswell on Linux, is the code
fast?.. and other general information?

Finally, if you've used Indy on linux, let me know also.

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Zorba · 2006-08-23 04:43

I hardly boot into windows now a days.

So I only use it on Linux. It's great

I never used kylix because it never ran for me on Debian.

Compared to Delphi, it still needs work, but it's very usable.

I never worked with Indy, not even on windows (I used ICS on windows),
now I use Synapse which is very nice to use.

The code and compiling are as fast as windows.
The only draw back is the size unfortunately
But upx helps a lot

Since I mainly work with fpc to create console programs as a hobbyist
programmer, I miss DevPas which is very nice.....

But I work with scite as an editor (love the highlighting it has), and
compile from console

I'm so glad that FreePascal and Lazarus are around so I can keep on
learning.

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krisleech · 2006-09-22 15:50

I would second synapse for socket, tcp, http etc. programming.

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RudieD · 2006-09-22 16:59

Don't forget about synaser for serial ports !

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alanphys · 2006-09-26 12:04

I used to be a big Delphi fan. I've used it from v2 to v7. When
Borland brought out Kylix I got very excited and I thought this was
the way to go as a lot of our scientific software runs on linux. After
a couple of months of frustration and a total lack of support from
Borland I eventually got Kylix running by dumbing down my system until
it was virtually unusable. Continuous ongoing problems made me look
around for an alternative, and I found ... Lazarus!

Lazarus runs, Kylix doesn't.
Lazarus is being developed, Kylix isn't.
Lazarus is more Delphi compatible than Kylix.

I've now converted most of my programs to Lazarus, and while the
process has had a few hiccups it has been achievable and there are a
number of resources to help you.

Cheers
Alanphys

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marmin · 2006-09-26 13:42

It's good. The only drawback is the first time install.
Code is totally portable from win to linux without even changing
stuff. I'd say that is powerful.And I use only 5 % of the features.

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felipemdc · 2006-09-26 15:23

Quote from: "Andy22"Who's actually used Lazarus for Linux? and.. how
is it?

I am part of a team that work a open source project with it, the
virtual magnifying glass.

http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/

It has more then 200.000 downloads and users seam pretty happy =)

Quote How does it shape up for Kylix if you've ever used that, or
standard delphi?

Kylix doesn't even run on newer distributions.

My source code is compatible with Delphi, so on windows I can use
either lazarus of delphi to compile it. Delphi produces smaller
executables, so I ship that.

And I can still recompile the software with Lazarus to get Linux,
FreeBSD and Mac OS X versions.