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0 pointscoldpie11y ago0 comments

It is frustrating to see tools like this written with C#, because most C# developers have no mind to cross-platform compatibility. Often they'll build the UI using the Microsoft-specific frameworks, which Mono doesn't support. .NET programs also don't often run well in Wine, leaving me with a ton of work to do to get it running on Linux.

It's not really the language that's the problem so much as the incredibly proprietary environment in which it's used.

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josephlord11y ago

This isn't tools being offered it is a description of how to do it yourself (tools will need to be adjusted to data). The code presented looks very clear with simple self explanatory basic calls made (mostly accessing, reading and writing files).

darklajid11y ago

This code should work as is using Mono.

But the complaint was weird in the first place?

coldpieOP11y ago

> This code should work as is using Mono.

Sure, this one does, but nearly any .NET program with a GUI won't. It's very frustrating to run into useful programs that I can't run, and most often applications that fit that description are written in a .NET language.

> But the complaint was weird in the first place?

Yeah, true. There's nothing hard about reading C#, just running it.

darklajid11y ago

You make it sound as if there were no portable (or 'non-windows') C# applications. Stuff I care about:

http://banshee.fm/

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Tomboy

http://f-spot.org/

http://keepass.info/

coldpieOP11y ago

At least in the game-hacking-with-a-GUI space, there very nearly aren't any.

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