Re: First time WINE user looking for tutorial
On 10/09/2021 10:24 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote:
On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 09:40:21 -0500
Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
I just installed WINE64 on a Bullseye system. I'm looking for a basic
tutorial. Got no promising hits from DuckDuckGo or Google. I did some
unproductive roaming of https://www.winehq.org/ .
Really? "No promising hits?" I did an "install set up wine" DuckDuckGo
search and got numerous useful hits. Of course, if you're looking for
a Bullseye specific tutorial, I doubt if you' find one -- too new.
Your search terms were better than mine ;/
I included "+tutorial" as a keyword and top hits were how to use git to
submit patches.
Maybe, these will help:
https://itsfoss.com/use-windows-applications-linux/
https://linuxhint.com/install-use-wine-linux/
They gave me what I hoped for in posting -- additional search terms that
relate some of my goals. In addition to both being the type of tutorial
I was looking for, the second does not have the string "tutorial" in any
context.
Just be forewarned, WINE is not the catchall solution to running
Windows apps: The more involved codewise the program is like games or
Photoshop, the more problems you'll have.
For context, I've been providing informal support to a local couple for
decades. He is a retired pastor, now a missionary. They need a new
computer and as part of my support, I'll be purchasing a replacement. As
I've not used Windows since WinXP and they are pure Windows users I
planned to dual boot Windows and Debian. Debian primarily for its
maintenance tools. I hope WINE will run enough of their "must have" apps
that I can use that as a selling point to move from Windows to Linux.
In those cases, just run Windows in a virtual machine which is what I do
for ALL Windows apps I need. Less or virtually no gotchas!
On my personal machines I would have no motivation to install a VM.
However, I'll investigate the pros/cons of having their machine run a VM
in which I would run Debian as a demo.
Are there good FOSS or low cost VMs for Windows machines?
Thanks
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