So who's actually use Lazarus on linux? Indy anyone?

[Andy22]

Who's actually used Lazarus for Linux? and.. how is it? How does it shape up for Kylix if you've ever used that, or standard delphi?

Can you do a lot of lower level stuff aswell on Linux, is the code fast?.. and other general information?

Finally, if you've used Indy on linux, let me know also.

[Zorba]

I hardly boot into windows now a days.

So I only use it on Linux. It's great

I never used kylix because it never ran for me on Debian.

Compared to Delphi, it still needs work, but it's very usable.

I never worked with Indy, not even on windows (I used ICS on windows), now I use Synapse which is very nice to use.

The code and compiling are as fast as windows.
The only draw back is the size unfortunately
But upx helps a lot

Since I mainly work with fpc to create console programs as a hobbyist programmer, I miss DevPas which is very nice.....

But I work with scite as an editor (love the highlighting it has), and compile from console

I'm so glad that FreePascal and Lazarus are around so I can keep on learning.

[krisleech]

I would second synapse for socket, tcp, http etc. programming.

[RudieD]

Don't forget about synaser for serial ports !

[alanphys]

I used to be a big Delphi fan. I've used it from v2 to v7. When Borland brought out Kylix I got very excited and I thought this was the way to go as a lot of our scientific software runs on linux. After a couple of months of frustration and a total lack of support from Borland I eventually got Kylix running by dumbing down my system until it was virtually unusable. Continuous ongoing problems made me look around for an alternative, and I found ... Lazarus!

Lazarus runs, Kylix doesn't.
Lazarus is being developed, Kylix isn't.
Lazarus is more Delphi compatible than Kylix.

I've now converted most of my programs to Lazarus, and while the process has had a few hiccups it has been achievable and there are a number of resources to help you.

Cheers
Alanphys

[marmin]

It's good. The only drawback is the first time install.
Code is totally portable from win to linux without even changing stuff. I'd say that is powerful.And I use only 5 % of the features.

[felipemdc]

Who's actually used Lazarus for Linux? and.. how is it?

I am part of a team that work a open source project with it, the virtual magnifying glass.

http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/

It has more then 200.000 downloads and users seam pretty happy =)

How does it shape up for Kylix if you've ever used that, or standard delphi?

Kylix doesn't even run on newer distributions.

My source code is compatible with Delphi, so on windows I can use either lazarus of delphi to compile it. Delphi produces smaller executables, so I ship that.

And I can still recompile the software with Lazarus to get Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X versions.