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Will “World Of Tanks” run on Ubuntu? [closed]
I play world of tanks (a Game) in windows. Will it work on ubuntu? Better, worse, same? I would like to try Ubuntu but not if w.o.t won't work.
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How to make Ubuntu's Copying and Pasting websites work similar to Windows?
I am using Evernote on Windows its really good for taking notes so I installed the same Evernote on Ubuntu using Wine ([PlayOnLinux][2]). In windows when I copy(ctrl + c) a web site and past(ctrl + v) ...
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1answer
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tried opening some windows programs with wine, now they won't open in windows?
I did try to WINE e-sword. That did not work, so I am back at Windows 7 and e-sword will not open there.
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How do I get Graboid to work
I recently switched to Linux & Ubuntu, very glad I did. ( Good bye MS!)
Although I have allot of knowledge of Windows,I am a noob when it comes to Linux. I have Wine installed etc. Have tried ...
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1answer
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Is there any way that I can make shortcuts from my Windows Programs in Ubuntu?
I have Windows 7 and Ubuntu as Dual Boot, is there any way that I can make a shortcut from one of my existing Windows programs, in my "App Draw" so that I may open it in Wine?
I'm using Gnome-shell.
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4answers
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Why does Ubuntu fail to run .exe files? / How do I run .exe?
So, I just built my PC today, and am only using Ubuntu until I get Windows installed (sorry, guys!) But when I go to click on any .exe file, nothing happens. It just sits there. No error message, ...
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1answer
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The windows installation tool ( WINE )
If I use the tool on the hard drive where windows is installed will it damage the windows OS or will it create a new partition ?
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2answers
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How to configure Wine for Half-Life? [duplicate]
Hi, I've been trying to run Half-Life 1 on Ubuntu 12.10 with Wine. The game starts to the menu OK, but when the actual game starts nothing happens. I can't move, only my mouse works, and the game is ...
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1answer
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Linksys AE3000 How to work around?
I have a Linksys AE3000 Dual-Band Wireless-N USB Adapter. I need it to work for my Ubuntu 12.04. I have looked up how to work around the fact that Cisco didn't supply a Linux driver but I'm quite new ...
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2answers
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Can I compile a windows only software for ubuntu
I understand that some of you might think that I have some brain problems if I am asking a question like this, but I could not find an answer by googling so I want to ask you this question pleas do ...
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2answers
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Visual Studio on Ubuntu [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install Visual Studio 2012?
I was told Visual studio would not work for Ubuntu. However, after searching to see if I can get notepad++ to work on a new install ...
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1answer
496 views
How to download ISO for Windows Defender Offline tool from Ubuntu? [closed]
I'm trying to download an ISO of the Windows Defender Offline Tools (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows/what-is-windows-defender-offline) to run on a relative's Windows PC. I'm running Ubuntu ...
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1answer
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Is there a performance difference between running .NET applications via Mono and running them via the .NET framework on WINE?
I've been using WINE coupled with .NET for ages to run .NET applications, but I recently found out about Mono, a cross-platform, open source version of the .NET framework.
I was wondering: since ...
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FIle Location ( No such Directory or FIle ) [closed]
Hello I am new to Ubuntu and I am using the newest build of Kiwi Ubuntu and I was trying to install a Windows game using Wine and Winetricks . All went fine until i hit a really weird and lame problem ...
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Can't run cstrike.exe file in CS1.6 using WINE
when i right click on cstrike.exe file and select open with wine windows program loader it doesnt show any error nor the game gets started.Please Help.
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1answer
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Can't run cstrike.exe file in counter strike1.6 using WINE
when i right click on cstrike file and select open with wine windows program loader it doesnt show any error nor the game gets started.
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2answers
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Is there any way to install and run Autodesk Civil3D (2010-2013) or Infrastructure Design Suite under Ubuntu 12.10?
I've searched over the net for any workaround to install this software. I tried to install it with Winetricks, with Playonlinux, with Crossover Linux, all with no luck.
The program needs DirectX, ...
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Trying to run Soldier of fortune 2 on ubuntu 12.04 64 using wine 1.4
Im trying to run SoF 2 multiplayer in ubuntu 12.04. If I run in terminal I get this output:
fyksen@fyksen-skole:~/Nedlastinger/SOF2_FULL på gunnar (gunnar)$ wine SoF2MP.exe
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unable to run photomatix 32-bit in ubuntu 12.04 after installing it under wine
i installed photomatix 4.2 on ubuntu 12.04 using wine but unable to run it.
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How do I get Artisteer running?
Some of you may know Artisteer, it's a web page designe Windows tool, and there is no Linux version of it. ( I want to use it to create joomla web pages)
Does anyone use it with wine ? And how ? ...
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2answers
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How to run mmDM (DEX game mounter) Windows application in Wine?
I am trying to run / install mmDM DEX Game mounter (for windows) in 12.04.
Here is a link to the application. (there are two applications, but multiman is for the ps3)
DEX Game mounter + multiman
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Installed Ubuntu and Wine and now Windows BSODs
Quick facts:
I installed Ubuntu and was following directions on this site to get Wine to work (it wasn't working properly) and changed a few things on my Windows partition from within Ubuntu. After ...
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2answers
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Cant install Windows programs with Wine
I am trying to install a couple Windows programs. I have tried Wine itself, PlayOnLinux & Crossover. No matter which one I try, I get the same error message: "access denied" I tried logging in as ...
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2answers
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How do I add my network drive to Wine to use applications from there?
I am a new Wine user. I have a Windows PC that is sharing files to my Linux machine. I can see the stuff that I shared from my network directory but in Wine I want to be able to use those exe's that ...
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I Installed Ubuntu many times, but it's not working, there is no option to boot Ubuntu
I installed Ubuntu in a Windows 7 PC in its G: partition. But after installation and restarting the PC, there is no option for boot to Ubuntu. I am not a computer expert. Please help me. During ...
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What to do to prevent errors while running windows games on ubuntu
How do I make Windows games run SMOOTHLY on ubuntu? In other words how do I get a intel graphics accelerator for ubuntu?
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3answers
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Why won't KochCurve.exe run on Wine?
I have simple program KochCurve.exe. It is a DOS based program which asks for some input and displays the Koch Curve while executed in windows.
On Ubuntu i installed WINE and also configured using ...
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3answers
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Installing internet explorer and windows media player in ubuntu?
I need to install Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player to check an URL for testing purpose. Could someone post me the exact steps to acheive this task?
Note:
I have already tried installing ...
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1answer
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How can I make the Windows game Feltstars work on Ubuntu?
FeltStars.com is a Windows download, how can I make that work with ubuntu ?
I'm using 12.04 just downloaded and installed it last night. By the way, I do not want to have both windows and Ubuntu ...
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Autostarting mame32ui.exe in lubuntu
I have succesfully install Lubuntu onto a memstick and installed wine to successfully run mame32UI but cannot get it to autostart for a gaming consol. Have succeeded with wahcade but have found many ...
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2answers
555 views
Help me with my wine. It doesn't work properly. [closed]
When I try to run something with wine, nothing happens!
I have had many problems with Ubuntu so I have tried to get Windows 8 back on the computer, but because Ubuntu can't run exe files I can't ...
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2answers
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How do I install Microsoft Visual Studio? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install Visual Studio 2012?
How do you install Visual Studio 2010 Professional on Ubuntu 11.10?
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3answers
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it is possible to install drivers used on windows but working on ubuntu
there isn't drivers for video card on my computer or drivers for sis on ubuntu repositories and i know that it is poor supported or one of least supported, and i also have windows installed and on ...
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2answers
665 views
Ubuntu 11.10- Wine (Understanding Wine)
I'm new to Ubuntu, I just downloaded "wine" from the command-line. So when and open up "wine", I have no idea what I'm suppose to do next. What do I do after the download had been completed..open it, ...
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Are there any advantage using Wine over VM to run Windows programs? (or Vice Versa)
I was wondering how Wine compares to VM when running Windows applications and what the pros and cons are for each?
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MediaMonkey running on Wine freezes upon launch [closed]
I installed a Windows application, a music player called MediaMonkey, on to Ubuntu using Wine.
The problem is that the application freezes every time I launch it.
Is there any way this can be ...
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How to use Wine?
I installed Wine from the Ubuntu Software Center, but I'm really not sure how to get my Windows applications to work.
I have Photoshop installed on a the Windows partition of my hard drive and I ...
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cannot execute iexplore.exe when I create a symbolic link to it
I do something like:
$ ln -s '/home/deostroll/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe' /usr/bin/iexplore
I am expecting that at the shell I can just type the following and ...
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How do I install and run a few Windows programs in Ubuntu (& derivatives) with Wine [closed]
Ok I installed Wine in Mint & several other derivatives. I double click on a Windows executable and I get a message about the dangers of running strange executables and a link to a wiki about the ...
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Problems running a Windows app in Wine
When i download the leagueoflegends.exe from leagueoflegends.exe and trying to run it with the last version of wine, i get nothing, not even an error. (wine works fine with other .exe files)
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1answer
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How can I Play Windows games in Ubuntu 11.04? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I run Windows applications in Ubuntu?
Currently I am using Ubuntu 11.04 and I have tried installing Windows games with Wine, but some games like NFS require the ...
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2answers
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How to play Window's Steam games from Linux? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I run Steam?
I have two partitions, one with Windows 7 and all my games, and other with Ubuntu.
I want to play my Windows Steam games without having to download ...
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1answer
680 views
How to run a .exe from MSDN to download the software-fix from Wine? [closed]
I had dual boot of windows 7 and ubuntu 10.10. Unfortunately my windows 7 crashed and I am trying to download the software from msdn using linux.
The problem is that i downloaded the exe that they ...
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3answers
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Risks/Disadvantages associated with Wine
Can wine as a whole or the windows applications installed via wine pose some kind of risk to an Ubuntu installation? This question arose in my mind when I read this answer to my earlier question ...
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2answers
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Installing a GTA 4 with WINE it says I didnt download it [closed]
I have playonlinux and a windows compatibility layer... I tried to install GTA 4 and after the download the icon said I didn't install anything. I made a launcher and it said the same thing. Im ...
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0answers
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Running Shaiya in wine? [closed]
I am attempting to get shaiya to run on wine.
Looking in the Wine AppDB it looks like it may not be possible, but I would like to try anyway, after downloading and running the installer here is what ...
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1answer
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How to Install GPRO Organiser?
I'm a newbie Ubuntu user. I'm using Ubuntu's latest version (11.04) .
I'm a GPRO player and there is an application, GPRO Organiser . THis application for Windows and needs .NET Frameworks.
But some ...
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2answers
10k views
How can I play Ace of Spades?
There is a new awesome game called "Ace of Spades", that is similar to Minecraft. However, it seems to be only available on Windows.
How can I play it under Ubuntu? Please answer with a step by step ...
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2answers
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How to create a shortcut to start a Windows application with Wine?
How do I create a shortcut to start a Windows application with Wine?
For example I have Notepad++
/media/DATA/Progs/Notepad++/notepad++.exe
and I would like to have a shortcut to it on the ...
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3answers
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Can you change the default wine theme?
There is a great ambiance theme for wine and windows that I use. But when I create a new wine prefix (or use PlayOnLinux to do so) it uses the default ugly grey-and-blue windows 95 theme.
Is there a ...
