Fnx and Linux
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:16 am
Sorry for being out the last few months.
Work, health issues and vacation that had to be taken by the end of the year.
Yabb, waiting to FnxDesigner2 working on the latest FNX.
SO.....for LINUX --- YES it does work.
As always on Linux, because of all the various dependencies things may not work the same for you.
I suggest instead of messing up a production machine, install a Virtual Machine and try various versions [www.distrowatch.org].
If you are running Windows the latest Virtual Box [considered the best top notch] will only work on XP and Vista - [oops I am Win2k] and VMware will install on Win2k [as of now].
Of course you are on you own to install it on Linux and then set up a new VM for the distro testing.
WINE -- is the key [Wine Is Not an Emulator] -- you may to install it with Synaptic, or worse a download and manual install.
you need to start a terminal window and then do >> winecfg
under the Applications tab near the bottom is "Windows Version" and pick WinME or Win98
I think the installed default is XP.
You may have to go back and reset it for other applications to work properly that need 2K or XP.
I have tested WinME [major embarrassment - but not for FNX] and Win98 and they BOTH WORK
FnxDesigner will work in XP and Win2k BUT FAILS the compiler with a "access error in NTDLL.DLL"
I did not have FnxEditor on the Linux box to test but it should work
Get FnxDesigner [fnxdesigner.wap3.com] since it is a Visual Designer like Visual Basic and you will be fine.
Finally, I use Mepis v7.x, so other distros may be different.
Work, health issues and vacation that had to be taken by the end of the year.
Yabb, waiting to FnxDesigner2 working on the latest FNX.
SO.....for LINUX --- YES it does work.
As always on Linux, because of all the various dependencies things may not work the same for you.
I suggest instead of messing up a production machine, install a Virtual Machine and try various versions [www.distrowatch.org].
If you are running Windows the latest Virtual Box [considered the best top notch] will only work on XP and Vista - [oops I am Win2k] and VMware will install on Win2k [as of now].
Of course you are on you own to install it on Linux and then set up a new VM for the distro testing.
WINE -- is the key [Wine Is Not an Emulator] -- you may to install it with Synaptic, or worse a download and manual install.
you need to start a terminal window and then do >> winecfg
under the Applications tab near the bottom is "Windows Version" and pick WinME or Win98
I think the installed default is XP.
You may have to go back and reset it for other applications to work properly that need 2K or XP.
I have tested WinME [major embarrassment - but not for FNX] and Win98 and they BOTH WORK
FnxDesigner will work in XP and Win2k BUT FAILS the compiler with a "access error in NTDLL.DLL"
I did not have FnxEditor on the Linux box to test but it should work
Get FnxDesigner [fnxdesigner.wap3.com] since it is a Visual Designer like Visual Basic and you will be fine.
Finally, I use Mepis v7.x, so other distros may be different.