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16 bit windows under Win64 using Wine? - Super User
Aug 12, 2013 · I wonder if anyone has tried the following approach to run a 16-bit application under Win64? I can install a VMware virtual machine, load Linux, and use Wine to simulate the old …
How to convert the “/dev/ttyUSBn” to a COM port to use it with Wine …
Starting from Wine 2.8, the simple symlink-editing method of configuration doesn't work. One has to configure COM ports by editing Wine registry. From Wine User's Guide/Other Things to …
Making USB work in Wine 4.0 (Ubuntu 19.04) - Super User
Sep 1, 2019 · I succeeded in installing a Windows application in Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo) (I needed winetricks to install .NET 4.5). The application is configuration software for an electronic device with …
Installing Notepad++ via WINE on Ubuntu Linux - Super User
The advices you've found when googling make sense. Linux users don't give such advices because they are elitist or mean or whatever. Some notorious text editors, notably vim and emacs, have both Linux …
How to add more storage space for Wine on Linux? - Super User
Dec 17, 2023 · I use Wine on Linux to install some applications from Windows, but when I finish an install, I see the Wine prompt "Wine hard disk is full". How can I add more space for …
xorg - Run wine totally headless - Super User
Oct 11, 2020 · Xvfb seems to have been deprecated. I don't know any way to run wine totally headless but I can point you to xvfb. It can create a virtual display to which X server can redirect its output. No …
linux - Why is wine "not an emulator"? - Super User
Mar 20, 2017 · Wine does not do any CPU emulation - hence the name "Wine Is Not an Emulator." Some people argue that since Wine introduces an extra layer above the system a Windows …
Need help making Wine run correctly on my machine - Super User
Jun 4, 2022 · The Wine version of .Net is Mono, described as: Mono is an open-source and cross-platform implementation of the .NET Framework. Wine can use a Windows build of Mono to run …
wine - Is it possible to create a wineprefix from the command line ...
May 23, 2021 · When the WINEPREFIX doesn't exist, it's created at the first execution of a wine command. If you don't need any optional feature (like downloading mono or the browser), you can …