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Linux Wine on PC Linux OS

  • 22-10-2007 6:36pm
    #1
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,236 ✭✭✭


    I'm currently having chronic computer problems and using a PC LinuxOS live disc to use my PC, as this laptop is shared between different people. (And t's crap :rolleyes:).

    I'm looking at loading Wine to emulate Windows exe's but don't know which version to try...never having used Linux before. I'm told PClinuxOS is ubuntu but unreliably so, was going to tr that but don't want to fs up more than they already are.

    Here's the choices I'm given: http://www.winehq.org/site/download

    Alternatively, any other suggestions to run wndows exe's on this OS?


Comments

  • #2
    SkepticOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,718 ✭✭✭SkepticOne


    What exes are you trying to run? How are the other people accessing the computer?


  • #3
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,236 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    SkepticOne wrote: »
    What exes are you trying to run? How are the other people accessing the computer?

    If you mean accessing the laptop, i mean i don't have it all to myself is all. The PC in question is mine and stand-alone. I want to be able to use some freeware exe's that I'm a fan of, flightsimming addons etc.


  • #4
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    A couple of things:

    If you are new to Linux, Wine is not for you. It can be a pain to set up. I'm using Linux over 10 years, and I still have trouble with Wine.

    Wine is not guaranteed to run all Windows binaries. Some will work, some won't. As a general rule, the older the Windows program, the more likely you are to get it working.

    As for downloading Wine, don't download from WineHQ itself, download from an Ubuntu repository.


  • #5
    Tobias Greeshman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭Tobias Greeshman


    Wine has come a long ways, but still has a long way to go. I've done some minor development work with it, and I can tell you activex controls are the biggest problem.

    If you go onto the wine homepage http://appdb.winehq.org there's a section that states the apps that people have got working with it.


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