Uh, so are you asking how proficient you have to get with a non-Windows OS before you can abandon Windows all together? Or are you asking how to build a GUI for your perl scripts?

If it's the former, only you can decide that. The only thing Windows can do that Linux can't is run most videogames, although Unreal is available for Linux. Pretty much everything else you'd think was Windows-only (Powerpoint, Quicken, Office) has a Linux counterpart. Oh, yeah, and some people seem to like the Macintosh as well.

If it's the latter, this is a good place to start. Odds are, you're going to be wanting Perl/TK, which is a perl interface to the TK Toolkit (hence the name). The fine folks at O'Reilly have a good book on the subject which I haven't read. There's also a Win32::GUI module on CPAN, just in case you're not ready to abandon Windows.

All that said, I need more information if I'm gonna help you. What, specifically, do you want to do?

-Logan
"What do I want? I'm an American. I want more."

In reply to Re: OT: Switching Sides by logan
in thread OT: Switching Sides by Khansultant

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