OK, I tried it and I can confirm that Delphi 7 works on Ubuntu Linux 16.04, using the Wine installation that comes with it. This includes the debugger (which didn't work the last time I tried it).

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OK, I tried it and I can confirm that Delphi 7 works on Ubuntu Linux 16.04, using the Wine installation that comes with it. This includes the debugger (which didn't work the last time I tried it).
There are a few quirks, but I was able to compile and install GExperts and it works as well. Debugging GExperts (which means running Delphi inside its own debugger) also works.

I wouldn't call this "Platinum" yet
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=2325
But it's quite usable at first glance.

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  1. Kris Kamil JacewiczOctober 31, 2016 at 5:20 PM

    Been using Delphi 3,6 and 7 for couple of years now on Ubuntu Linux. Recently even had some blog post in the matter at kriscode.blogspot.com
    Apparently you can even run XE8 but not FMX

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  2. Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch)November 1, 2016 at 12:49 AM

    Kris Kamil Jacewicz I know, your posts were the reason I tried it again. Last time was more than 7 years ago.

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  3. Kris Kamil JacewiczNovember 1, 2016 at 1:33 AM

    I see, super happy I got you inspired to retry!

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  4. Joe C. HechtNovember 1, 2016 at 4:41 AM

    FWIW, I ran Delphi 1 under Ubuntu on an ARM board(just for fun, but still).

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  5. Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch)November 1, 2016 at 5:02 AM

    Joe C. Hecht which emulator /vm did you use? Dosbox?

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  6. Kris Kamil JacewiczNovember 1, 2016 at 5:02 AM

    Joe C. Hecht can you please reveal more? I don't even know what Delphi1 was, was it like for Win3.11? How is ARM Ubuntu running this, I never heard about Wine for ARM, I would really like to know some more about this.

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  7. Kris Kamil JacewiczNovember 1, 2016 at 5:03 AM

    Joe C. Hecht  Thomas Mueller  so Delphi1 ran in DOS mode?

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  8. Joe C. HechtNovember 1, 2016 at 5:12 AM

    Thomas Mueller I think it was DOSBox. eltechs.com has a interesting emulator as well. I posted about it someplace on google. I tried our non-google search for our Single Board Computer community, but came up empty handled, and have not indexed my own feed (someday soon).

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  9. Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch)November 1, 2016 at 6:14 AM

    Kris Kamil Jacewicz no, Delphi 1 was a 16 bit Windows program. Dosbox can be used to install Windows 3 on top of DOS, but I have never tried it.

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