I have experience with andLinux since more than 2 years (starting with Beta 1 and Ubuntu 7.04 and running Beta 2 with Ubuntu 9.04 since May 2009) and I like it very much. I use it on my software development system with Windows XP Professional SP2. andLinux uses a coLinux kernel (a modified Linux kernel which runs as a task in Windows). So it's not running in a virtual machine and hence the performance is much better.Kuron wrote:Does anybody here have any experience with andLinux?
But the biggest advantage:
You can test your PureBasic code simultaneously in the Windows and Linux IDE and display the output windows side by side. In this way I can check for example the font size and text width of buttons and other dialog elements and adjust them accordingly to keep a common source code base for both platforms.
The stability is very good. The only problems have been crashes in Konqueror which seems to have stability problems in andLinux. But Dolphin seems to run quite stable...Kuron wrote: If so, in stability, performance and compatibility, how does it compare to other distros like Ubuntu, Mandriva, etc? Have you run into any problems with PB and andLinux?
The performance is good. In a recent thread I posted the speed of the same code in Windows and Linux. It was identical:
http://purebasic.fr/english/viewtopic.p ... 82&start=4
The compatibility couldn't be much better because andLinux Beta 2 uses an Ubuntu 9.04 distribution with KDE 4 or Xfce (a desktop alternative to KDE and Gnome which uses far less resources running even on older PCs with a small RAM footprint). With the packet manager Synaptic you can download and install countless software packages from the whole Ubuntu universe/multiverse and keep your Ubuntu uptodate with all security patches.
A disadvantage may be that currently only a 32 bit version is available (you can only install andLinux in a 32 bit Windows 2000, XP or Vista) but the 64 bit version development has just started. The installation itself is very easy. You download and double click one single exe file and the installation starts. You only have to answer a few questions (normally you just can accept the default settings), reboot your system and can start your andLinux from this time on whenever you need it...
One cool thing is that you can write batch programs which mix Windows and Linux commands (such as the invaluable grep or awk which aren't available in Windows
). Or you can open Linux text files by a right click on the file in Windows Explorer and choosing the Linux text editor "Kate". This and many other new shortcuts you are able to configure during the andLinux installation.I would suggest to give andLinux a try. I wouldn't want to miss andLinux anymore although I am administrating more than 30 native Linux installations (mostly SUSE Linux Enterprise Servers and some Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xfce, Debian and OpenSuSE installations)...
Just take a look into http://www.andlinux.org/ with many helpful step by step installation and modification descriptions, tips & tricks and screenshots.
