Linux

[Sparks]

Any chance of a Linux based version 5?

I would love a Linux version of BI. If there was one available, I would happily buy it again at full price.

As would I.
I understand that BI is a one man show however I think there could be a good business case for a Linux version. No competition really, yet. The market would be ripe. The Windows platform is full of competitors. Might be good to get in on the ground floor.

I wonder how different a Linux build would be from an OSx version?

[LOOPYLOOP]

https://www.reactos.org/
Something to keep an eye on, not windows but windows!
Been alpha for years, looks like win 98.
Has promise if it ever makes past alpha.
Have no idea if it will run BI, maybe BI4 has more chance than BI5

[HeneryH]

Containerizing it with Docker would be the easiest way I suspect.

[sej016]

Making a build for Linux is quite an undertaking, given how many Linus flavours there are out there.

With Windows you know exactly what your target is.

That said, a Linux version based on forks of Debian - Ubuntu - Mint would be a good focus.

S.

[Thixotropic]

I've been following ReactOS since the last Ice Age and I see no hope of it ever really coming to fruition. Maybe my grandchildren will get to run it.

By the time it's released we'll all be communicating by direct brain-to-brain interface with Windows version 73 acting as a compatibility layer.

https://www.reactos.org/
Something to keep an eye on, not windows but windows!
Been alpha for years, looks like win 98.
Has promise if it ever makes past alpha.
Have no idea if it will run BI, maybe BI4 has more chance than BI5

[MikeBwca]

Just tested BI in in my VM ReactOS 0.4.12. The BI install just opens a blank 'Dialog' window. Have to 'End Process' in Task Manager to get rid of it.

[Thixotropic]

It's been in development since at least 2004 (!!) and there's not even a solid working beta version yet. I'm not going to hold my breath, lol.

[MikeBwca]

As I understand, it's a completely new OS written from the ground up. Developed by volunteers. I would say the chance of it getting to work 100% with Windows apps is unlikely.

[Flash619]

Making a build for Linux is quite an undertaking, given how many Linus flavours there are out there.

With Windows you know exactly what your target is.

That said, a Linux version based on forks of Debian - Ubuntu - Mint would be a good focus.

S.

Docker would solve this issue entirely. You could simply make your docker container require a specific base and work off of that. Other methods of app installation in recent years such as snap and flatpacks have made this argument harder to maintain as well.