Gambas is a great visual programming environment for Linux, so if you've worked with Visual Basic on Windows, you will feel right at home with Gambas.
Although you can easily install Gambas from the repository using Synaptic, if you want the most recent stable release you will need to download the source files, compile and install manually.
Generally, installing applications from the repository is the best idea. After all, its easy, the package should be stable, and all dependent files should be included.
