Delphi XE4: target linux desktop? (gui application)

Question

I am embarking on a cross platform app, but not mobile. It will be win/osx/linux. Would love to use Delphi + firemonkey, but it appears linux is not a possible target?

The GUI will not be extensive. Most of the code is non visual.

What are my options here? (Do I end up using lazerous for the linux side.... and then I have to have a special UI there?)

Please let me know my options here, how to solve this cross platform dev project (and hopefully avoid c++).

Answer 1

Linux is not currently one of the supported operating systems, as can clearly be seen from the product description on the Embarcadero web site. If you need Linux/Unix support, XE4 and FireMonkey aren't an option. (XE4 supports Win32, Win64, OSX, and iOS.)

There's support for Linux planned at some point in the future (after Android, which is currently being developed and slated for release later this year).