Phil K. Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 (edited) Hey all! I just recently made the switch to Ubuntu and I am lovin' it! Apart from not being able to play BF:BC2 its great. Anyways, I am currently taking a database course through the business school at my university because the CS department did not offer it this semester. My problem is that with this course they want you to use microsoft products including visio and Visual studio. Does anyone have any suggestions for programs compatible with ubuntu that emulate most of the same features of the programs above? The problem is, is that I need to work with 4 other people on this database project that lasts all semester so we need to be able to share code and visio docs. BTW: we are using oracle as are DB server. Right now I am looking at MonoDevelop and Dia as alternatives. Thank you in advance! Phil Edited August 27, 2010 by Phil K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BattZ Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Doing a virtual machine of windows is usually an option, you could also try WINE. I haven't tried WINE with those though, so I can't offer much more then that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Or try Open Office. Full fledged office suite similar to Microsoft office and cross platform, Windows, Linux and I think MAC versions. Pretty sure they have comparable diagram program to Visio, but based on like Office 97/XP/2003, nothing more recent. it also doesn't use VB code, but they do have a program that accesses databases I believe as part of the install bundle. They can also open Office documents, such as word, excel, etc, adn save in those formats too. just some limitation on up to what version of office it can handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabster21 Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 This is actually a pretty damn good question. So I don't do enough programming to require an IDE, but it is nice. Although I can get by with Gcc. But visio... You ask and you just don't get anything. So I use Windows, I even renewed my MSDN account. Visio is king for me. Then I thought, okay so what do I use Linux for? Right, so I use linux when I need to for some apps and because I like to keep up with commands et cetera. But Visio, is there a real option out there? I use visio for laying out AD and such, works for me, and I don't pay for it. I did try though. So I would like to see responses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomethingToChatWith Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 I'm finding out more and more that finding web apps to fufill your needs is key if you want to play around with different operating systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimmer Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 For diagrams I would suggest tux paint (I'm serious), it is quiet handy for diagramming stuff out using the shapes panel and text control. As for visual studio, just google for an ide for your language, for C++ I have been using Dev C++ recently but switched over to Code::Blocks (actually about an hour ago) and have been loving it, I never liked Visual Studio, to bloated and slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 http://www.osalt.com/visio ArgoUML and Dia look like they might be worth a look, but personally the words "Visio", "cold", "dead" and "hands" come to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unasoto Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 since he said hes taking classes and "they want you to use microsoft products including visio and Visual studio." so best thing you can do is a windows VM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Raymonds Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Well to be honest if you want to use Visual Studio, I suggest you use windows in a VM or dual-boot. Even if you manage to install visual studio in a Linux machine, without the liblaries and .Net Frame work you wont be able to run the aplications you create from visual studio Oh the other hand I think it would be better for you to use a web based or platform independent visio alternative than dia. My suggestion is to use a better visio alternative working with any browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Cooper Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 To do diagrams, flowcharts, etc. I have tended to use either Dia or X-Fig. Both are usually available as standard packages on Linux distributions and work fine. I don't tend to use an IDE for most development work. Instead I just use vim and a Makefile for building/publishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logicalconfusion Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 @Phil K. M$ paid hundereds of people and invested millions of dollars to develop the apps you listed. You don't honestly think there's a freeware alternative do you? Anyways, I am currently taking a database course through the business school at my university because the CS department did not offer it this semester. Why waste your time tinkering w/ freeware linux apps. You should focus on learning DB theory. You're best bet would be to use VM on your nix machine or like SSH into a Windows box loaded with applications you mentioned, as suggested. Apps like WINE will never be able to emulate an entire OS like Windows 7....code base is just way too big. Good luck trying to get a handle on T-SQL! '' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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