Al,
VFP won't run on Linux as far as I know not under any emulators. However, an open source one COULD be written. <bg> If you took out ActiveDocs like VFP 8 has you could probably shave off about 4 megs.
And, yes, I thought it was the best conference for the buck for sure that I have ever attended. Although, I didn't get to see too many sessions.
My son likes the Penguin and the bookmarker stickers too!