Re: [BioExplorer] What about Linux?

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The short answer is " very hard " at least in cases where software

manufacturers have relied on C++ libraries that MS makes available,

such at Microsoft Foundation Classes.

Java-based apps should be able to work with no porting, if they are

pure Java. BioEra is an example.

I'm not sure about EEGer or Brainmaster, but I do know BioExplorer is

MFC based, thus locking into M$ land.

I would guess that EEGer and Brainm have similar limitations, but

perhaps Tom or can speak to this.

And, not to look any horses in the mouth, but I think we really need

an open-source version of a NFB app. BioEra was only lagging a bit

behind BioExplorer a couple years ago, but they went commercial for

full-featured versions and the Open EEG project seems to have stalled

too...

Maybe we can talk Larry, Tom, or to move to Java (which may

introduce performance issues), or even C#, at which point software

could conceivably be run under Mono (.NET runtime for Linux and Mac

and even Windows), but they will have to be careful not to use any MS-

only libraries (which means using something like WxWindows for the

GUI, which isn't as pretty).

Best,

> Just a quick thought now that Windows is moving to a new Unix based

> platform and including very onerous control systems: how hard would

> it be to port programs to Linux? I think a significant number of

> farsighted people would pay extra to get out of the MS loop. Any

> takers?

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