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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41831.0&return_msg=41831.1"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41831.1">1–3</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=41831.1">.NET programs on Linux?</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="41831_1_3_10"> <a name="a41831_1"></a><div class="message" id="message_41831_1"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Harry (HARRYN)<span class="message_time">11 Nov 2016 17:30</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">1 of 3</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41831.1">41831.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> A few years ago I move almost everything for desktop office related to Linux Mint. I am a user level, not a programmer or strong IT person, but take care of everything myself. (not perfectly, but functionally)<br /><br /> I recently purchased some equipment that has a very nice user interface and data logging based on window 7 and the .NET framework. I don't have to use this user interface, but it is quite convenient, so most likely I will buy another laptop soon that can run it before there aren't any win 7 laptops out there.<br /><br /> I was curious though, has anyone tried to run programs that are based on the win 7 + .NET framework under a linux variation, or is that pushing the simulator model too far?<br /><br /> Thanks<br /><br /> Harry</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41831.1&return_msg=41831.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41831.1"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41831_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_41831_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">11 Nov 2016 18:39</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Harry (HARRYN) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 6 May 2017 05:08"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 3</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41831.2">41831.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41831.1#a41831_1" target="_self">41831.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> You could try with Wine but if there's specific drivers for the equipment then it might not be a good idea.<br /> <br /> Another way could be to use something like VirtualBox to run a Windows 7 virtual machine on the Linux system and use that when required. If your laptop is relatively modern then it should virtualise OK. <div class="edit_text">EDITED: 11 Nov 2016 18:40 by ANT_THOMAS</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41831.2&return_msg=41831.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41831.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41831_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_41831_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">12 Nov 2016 11:23</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Harry (HARRYN) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 6 May 2017 05:08"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 3</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41831.3">41831.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41831.1#a41831_1" target="_self">41831.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Mono is an open source .NET framework that's better than .NET in a lot of ways. A lot of .NET stuff on Windows actually uses the Mono runtime rather than MS's .NET ones. So there's some chance that it'll 'just work' on Linux.<br /><br /> Copy the program to a Linux machine, make sure Mono is installed then chmod +x the .exe then try running it from a terminal. You may get missing .dll errors, if so just copy those .dlls across, putting them in the same directory as the .exe and try again. This can often work.<br /><br /> Otherwise, porting from .NET to Mono is very easy, so it might be worth nudging whoever makes this and nicely asking if they can do a Linux build.<br /><br /> Failing that, yeah, Wine should work fine as Ant says.<br /><br /> <div class="edit_text">EDITED: 12 Nov 2016 11:24 by X3N0PH0N</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41831.3&return_msg=41831.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41831.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>