Running Windows Applications in Ubuntu

William Scott Lockwood III scott at guppylog.com
Wed Aug 13 16:30:20 UTC 2014


On Aug 13, 2014 11:27 AM, "Peter Goggin" <petergoggin at bigpond.com> wrote:
>
> I have tried to install WINE on my test laptop. I have no idea how to
access it since nothing appears in the left hand toolbar.  Is there any
documentation to tell me how to install and use WINE?  I remember using
some years ago on Red Hat linux. I beleive it had a tool bar icon to start
it and it had a folder for data files.
>
> I have several programs for which I cannot find Ubuntu equivalent ( MS
Access, FreeBMD, BMDVerify, FreeReg and FTW)  Are there any alternatives to
WINE for running these programs?
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Peter Goggin

Yes, read the documentation at winehq.org.
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