[Wolves] A Linux challenge

[Kevanf1]

Can anybody help me with their extensive Linux knowledge?

A friend of mine has challenged me to come up with some alternatives
to software used in Windows.  For once this is not the usual easy word
processing or music playing stuff.  Is there any way Visual Basic can
be written in a Linux environment.  Something like Ubuntu perhaps?
The other thing is that this friend plays a lot of online poker and
wins... an awful lot.  But, the software is designed for a Windows
environment.  Can it be used in Linux?  Perhaps suing Cedega or Cross
Over perhaps?

Any help is greatly appreciated with this because the guy knows Linux
but he is an affirmed VISTA user.  I'd like to tempt him away if it's
possible.

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Kevan Farmer
Linux user #373362
Staffordshire