[ Ubuntu-BD ] How to write Program for Linux ?

[Nasimul Haque]

I completely agree with Tarin. Just to add a note, VB is a dead
language. Microsoft officially discontinued it. However, since you
already tried Java. You can chose from Python or Ruby. If you choose
Java for desktop application, you'll lose myself as a user of your
software :P

Qt, gtk+, wx are frameworks for rapid developments. These are similar
to API. But in a good structured object oriented manner. For Python,
you can find the bindings for these, but for ruby these are not fully
implemented yet.

On your Ubuntu machine, install wxpython by running

sudo apt-get install python-wx2.8 python-wxglade

Then go to the site http://wxpython.org/tutorial.php you'll start
writing GUI app in no time. wxglade is a GUI editor like form editor
in VB.

Gnome and KDE are the desktop environment. You know Ubuntu, Kubuntu,
Fluxbuntu, Xubuntu does look different to each other. They look
different because of the desktop environment and window manager. Gnome
and KDE are only two DE among numerous others for Linux.

Nasim

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M. Nasimul Haque, M.Sc.(SUST)
Wessex Institute of Technology
Southampton, UK