[Dev-C++] Linux support without a Linux port

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It seems that a Linux port once existed but isnt part of the landscape 
any more because of effort and Borland 'issues'.

But it also seems to me that a good workaround would be to support Linux 
development from Windows, ie. running DevC++ user Windows with a slave
Linux box (or virtual machine - VMWare etc) hosting the source files
on a shared directory. A cross compiling version of GCC (Windows hosted,
Linux output) would be installed under DevC++, and DevC++ would
communicate with a Linux GDB on the Linux box/VM for running.debugging
the generated Linux app (should be straightforward as DevC++ already 
handles GDB as a 'remote' program).

In the absence of a true Linux port of Dev-C++, that would be very useful 
for the Linux/cross-platform developers.

Of course there are nice, free IDE's for Linux, but none (that I know
of, other than the Java-based Eclipse IDE) that help cross-platform
development on both Windows and Linux.

Doesnt seem like a major piece of work to do this (though I'm no
expert) - anyone else have an opinion on this?