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i've installed wine on suse 10.2 in the install software part. how do i get wine to work so i can start using windows programs? will wine let me run ...
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  1. 08-30-2007 #1
    Wog
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    Help with wine

    i've installed wine on suse 10.2 in the install software part. how do i get wine to work so i can start using windows programs? will wine let me run my driver cd's for my graphics card, etc. so i can install them?
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  2. 08-30-2007 #2
    grave
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    after you installed wine
    i install the ttf-ms-fonts (i am not using suse so..)
    run winecfg as user it wil create the window files
    give the command $ wine notepad
    or $ wine wordpad
    to see if it works
    install a small windows program as user
    try simple sudoku it wil work fine with wine

    drivers won't work with wine
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    kevkim55
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    will wine let me run my driver cd's for my graphics card, etc. so i can install them?
    If you mean graphics drivers meant for windows, NO ! You can't. Device drivers need to be in native linux form....
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