[22:44] <lordjj> Hey guys, has anyone tried running Microsoft Visual C++ on Ubuntu through wine?
[22:50] <Armageddon> lordjj, try using PlayOnLinux
[22:51] <Armageddon> besides why do you need Micro$oft Visual C++ ? :/
[22:51] <Armageddon> install Code::Blocks
[22:51] <Armageddon> or use gedit, vim, emacs, and then compile
[23:19] <lordjj> It's a College Requirement :/
[23:23] <lordjj> about code::blocks:  Just do I install "codeblocks" only, or "codeblocks-contrib" too (I just want a basic C++ IDE )
[23:26] <Armageddon> lordjj, can you please pastebin apt-cache search codeblocks please ?
[23:26] <lordjj> sudo apt-cache search codeblocks
[23:26] <lordjj> codeblocks - Code::Blocks integrated development environment (IDE)
[23:26] <lordjj> codeblocks-contrib - Contrib plugins for Code::Blocks IDE
[23:26] <lordjj> codeblocks-dbg - Code::Blocks debugging libraries
[23:26] <lordjj> codeblocks-dev - Code::Blocks development files (SDK)
[23:26] <lordjj> libcodeblocks0 - Code::Blocks shared library
[23:26] <lordjj> libpath-dispatcher-perl - flexible and extensible command-line dispatch for Perl programs
[23:27] <Armageddon> I asked for the pastebin
[23:27] <lordjj> ?
[23:27] <Armageddon> anyway you probably should install both
[23:27] <Armageddon> !pastebin | lordjj
[23:30] <Armageddon> but you should choose cpp compiler instead of the C gcc compiler
[23:31] <lordjj> where do you mean?
[23:31] <Armageddon> you'll see when you configure the compiler
[23:32] <lordjj> Ok, appears automatically on first run?
[23:32] <Armageddon> let me install codeblocks and we'll see
[23:34] <lordjj> ok codeblocks installed, I'll install codeclocks-contrib now right?
[23:34] <Armageddon> yes it does
[23:34] <Armageddon> you chose C++ ?
[23:34] <lordjj> Should I install contrib first
[23:34] <lordjj> or just configure it now
[23:34] <Armageddon> well install the contrib
[23:37] <lordjj> btw, "PlayOnLinux", is it better than wine? Or does each just support different apps
[23:37] <lordjj> I would like to run MS Office on Ubuntu, because openoffice can't save formatting into .doc files
[23:39] <lordjj> Ah, I see, so I choose "Intel C/C++ compiler"
[23:40] <Armageddon> lordjj, PlayOnLinux is a frontend for wine
[23:41] <Armageddon> yes choose intel C/C++
[23:42] <lordjj> can u explain frontend?
[23:44] <Armageddon> !frontend
[23:44] <Armageddon> hmm
[23:44] <Armageddon> !google frontend
[23:44] <Armageddon> lol
[23:44] <Armageddon> funny bot
[23:44] <lordjj> heh, I tried wiki-ing it, didn't find it. Ok, I'll google it.
[23:44] <lordjj> Well thanks guys
[23:45] <Armageddon> well lordjj basically it uses wine to work
[23:45] <Armageddon> lordjj, are you new here ?
[23:46] <lordjj> I see. So it can provide additional features, right? Yes I am new.
[23:46] <Armageddon> lordjj, well the idea behind it is you most probably will find what you are looking for in the database where it is already configured to the needs of the application and the system
[23:47] <Armageddon> and offers a GUI to work with
[23:48] <lordjj> Oh ok
[23:49] <Armageddon> I have a couple of questions for you if you don't mind
[23:49] <lordjj> Sure
[23:49] <Armageddon> how did you hear about this ?
[23:49] <lordjj> The channel?
[23:49] <Armageddon> yes
[23:50] <lordjj> I just was just searching for Ubuntu & Lebanon topics
[23:50] <lordjj> I found it in the search
[23:52] <Armageddon> nice
[23:52] <Armageddon> and where do you live george ?
[23:52] <lordjj> Beirut
[23:52] <Armageddon> New York right ?
[23:52] <Armageddon> oh
[23:52] <Armageddon> your IP says New York
[23:52] <lordjj> hm, beats me
[23:53] <Armageddon> oh no, virginia
[23:53] <Armageddon> weird, which university if I may ask
[23:53] <lordjj> Still, donno
[23:53] <lordjj> AUST
[23:53] <Armageddon> Achrafieh ?
[23:53] <lordjj> Yeah
[23:54] <Armageddon> alright, well you are welcome to stay and help if you like
[23:54] <Armageddon> and/or get helped
[23:54] <Armageddon> how long have you been using Ubuntu ?
[23:54] <lordjj> How can I help :/ ?
[23:54] <lordjj> Heh, ok.
[23:54] <Armageddon> lordjj, it doesn't matter, do you think all of us know everything ? :p
[23:54] <lordjj> It's been around 2 monthes
[23:55] <Armageddon> I am like you
[23:55] <lordjj> actually to be honest
[23:55] <Armageddon> well I started like you 3 years ago
[23:55] <lordjj> I had it installed since summer
[23:55] <Armageddon> never turned back
[23:55] <lordjj> Wanna know what originally drove me to install it?
[23:55] <Armageddon> let's see
[23:55] <lordjj> WEP cracking :P
[23:55] <lordjj> It's just sounded too fun
[23:56]  * Armageddon chuckles
[23:56] <Armageddon> yea well, what drove me here is the open source and the liability
[23:56] <Armageddon> and my hate for corporations
[23:56] <Armageddon> what made me stay is another story
[23:56] <lordjj> Yeah, I eventually started to learn that side of things too
[23:56] <youssefchaker> Armageddon: you didn't ask him the infamous 'asl' question
[23:57] <youssefchaker> doghre 3al IP lookup
[23:57] <Armageddon> what made me stay is the open source community, I'm still amazed by its development
[23:57] <youssefchaker> even though you probably looked up my IP instead of his
[23:57] <youssefchaker> :P
[23:57] <Armageddon> youssefchaker, well I don't care about the asl :/
[23:57] <Armageddon> youssefchaker, just wanted to know how he got here
[23:57] <Armageddon> cause we already did a conference in AUST
[23:57] <Armageddon> I was there
[23:57] <Armageddon> I'm not sure if he was
[23:57] <youssefchaker> eh eh
[23:57] <lordjj> I believe I was there too :)
[23:57] <youssefchaker> khalas 2oul innak mo3jab
[23:57] <Armageddon> lordjj, I was the one answering the questions :p
[23:58] <Armageddon> youssefchaker, you'd wish :p
[23:58] <Armageddon> youssefchaker, ma bin3ajab bi 7ada min ba3dak
[23:58] <Armageddon> :p
[23:58] <youssefchaker> he was the short guy with idiot look on his face :P
[23:58] <Armageddon> youssefchaker, and the one knowing all the answers :p
[23:58] <lordjj> heh
[23:58] <lordjj> I actually was neither a CCE nor CSI student
[23:58] <lordjj> but I was interested in attending
[23:58] <Armageddon> lordjj, doesn't matter, GNU/Linux is not only for those
[23:58] <lordjj> so I snuck in
[23:58] <lordjj> yeah, but the conference was for those students
[23:59] <Armageddon> lordjj, I did not know that, I was invited
[23:59] <Armageddon> lordjj, I was a guest like you, but I found out that the one doing the conference didn't have any of the answers so I answered most of the ones I know :p
[23:59] <Armageddon> which basically were all of them