Linked Questions

56 votes
9 answers
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How can I install Steam?

How can I install and run Steam on Ubuntu?
12 votes
2 answers
95k views

How to update Wine to the latest version? [duplicate]

I just formatted my laptop and got rid of Windows 7. Yay ;-) Either way, Wine is version 1.3.28 here, and I need it to update (there are some bugfixes) for my game so I need a more recent version. ...
44 votes
5 answers
126k views

Gaming performance difference between Windows and Ubuntu

What are the pros/cons switching from Windows 7/8 to Ubuntu? I mainly develop software and play games. I obviously don't play games on my laptop that's why I give Ubuntu a try. But the whole OS ...
7 votes
5 answers
81k views

Ubuntu Wine - cannot find C:\\windows\\system32?

I have installed wine 1.8 and winetricks on my Xubuntu 16.04 but I have the error below when I try to install an exe file: wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\Set-up.exe" Any ideas why and ...
0 votes
0 answers
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I have no good idea how to use the terminal and basic commands [duplicate]

Currently I am trying to install roblox and I have a good guide but there are always error messages regarding something called "trust" and "conflicting values" I am trying to ...
4 votes
2 answers
20k views

GTA IV under Wine/PlayOnLinux

I have tried playing GTA IV on PoL and Wine without luck. It works with every other game I have tried, including World of Tanks, Portal, Portal 2, Half-Life, BioShock, World of Warcraft, Garry's mod ...
1 vote
1 answer
125 views

Unable to see Dual-boot option at startup with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04

Friends, this is a popular question without a fixed solution. Kindly assist, as work is at halt. I dont see dual boot option and enter windows directly unless I press F12 and choose Ubuntu. I have ...
1 vote
1 answer
27k views

How can I run Snapchat on my Ubuntu Desktop?

Is there any way to run snapchat on my ubuntu desktop?
-1 votes
0 answers
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how can i fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu for wine [duplicate]

I have been trying to download the grovy main repository for wine and I keep on getting a 404 error on http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu. I have been told it is not supported anymore ...
0 votes
2 answers
127 views

difficulty using software from old os

I recently gave up Windows 10 for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on my Dell Inspiron 3521. I cannot get the powerdirector 9 software that came with my ion video 2 pc adapter to install. I keep getting an error ...
6 votes
1 answer
26k views

Run Win 16-bit Application in Wine

Xubuntu 12.04. HP Compaq nc8430. 2 GB RAM. Wine 1.4. I'm trying to run Castle of the Winds, an old 16-bit Windows application, in Wine. I've put the application in .wine/drive_c. I've added it as an ...
0 votes
0 answers
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How do I install wine on a 64 bit install of Ubuntu 20.04.1? [duplicate]

Most things I try(following mostly outdated tutorials online) come up with missing dependencies. Can someone please walk me through installing everything required?
0 votes
1 answer
2k views

How do you run a 32-bit Windows program on Ubuntu 20.04 using wine?

In response to my previous off-topic question, here, I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 on a VM in Windows as I need to do some things with it. How do I configure wine properly to install a 32-bit program ...
0 votes
1 answer
148 views

simple wine issue [duplicate]

I have a wine issue. I am trying to install wine with 'ubuntu software center' but it wont let me. I recieve this pop-up and do not know what it means. please help. Package dependencies cannot be ...
1 vote
1 answer
4k views

how to successfully install Wine, !!!with Win32 i386 support!!! , on ubuntu 20.04?

I carefully tried all steps here: https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu (it's core is equivalent to what is here: How to install and configure Wine?) but when trying to install the dependencies, I end up ...

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