[dba-Tech] Apps for Linux? (was: Linux vs Windows)

Hi Dan

That would be Mono. Links have been posted.
I haven't tried it though, as we have no clients running Linux desktops.

/gustav

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Dan Waters
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Hi Art,

All of that sounds like web apps - which I have decided not to do.  

Is there anything equivalent to a .Net Winform app?

Thanks!
Dan

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
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Apps for Linux...

Open Office or OfficeLibre give you everything Office does except Access.
There is Open Office Base but it's nowhere near as powerful as is Access.
In terms of #.Net, there is the Mono project and its C# compiler. In terms
of SQL Server, you have MySQL Oracle Express, PostGres and a few NoSQL
entries. As regards a front end for MySQL or other databases, the most
common approach is PHP + Apache, but Ruby on Rails is also very popular; so
is Python. See also our (Peter's and my) TheUsual.php (available from our
web site (artfulsoftware.com). For typical db admin stuff, there are
SQLBench and phpAdmin. And not to forget Tcl/Tk for designing GUIs. Perl is
pretty much history.

Arthur