Delphi

What works

• Designing (VCL form designer and object inspector)
• Writing code
• Error insight
• Compiling
• Debugging

What does not

• Installer needs workarounds

Workarounds

1. WINEARCH=win32
2. In winecfg Windows Version must be switched to Windows XP
3. Use winetricks to install ie8 and msxml3
4. Must be uninstalled Mono and Gecko
5. Manual install DotNet 3.5 SP1 (do not install from winetricks!)
6. Need to wait while mscorsvw.exe is working
7. After automatically stopping mscorsvw.exe process, switch Windows Version in winecfg to Windows 7
8. You can install RAD XE8

What was not tested

• InterBase Server and components
• DUnits
• Refactoring
• FMX
• IDE Insight
• Other languages than Delphi
• Most of the more advanced features of the IDE
• Activation of the IDE (was running in trial mode so far)
• 64 Bit prefix (apparently has problems with .NET)
• 64 Bit compiler
• OS X compiler

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU: Intel
• Driver: open source

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