Wine
Wine allows you to run Windows programs on Linux. Its homepage can be found at http://www.winehq.org.
Installing Wine
Ubuntu versions of Wine
The versions that Ubuntu ships are unfortunately quite out of date. If you wish to use them, add Universe (see AddingRepositoriesHowTo if you don't know how) and then install wine.
Newer versions of Wine
Fortunately, Wine provides newer versions packaged for Ubuntu. You need to add the repository and then install wine from there.
Add the following repository deb http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt binary/ (See AddingRepositoriesHowTo if help is needed)
Update the package cache and then install wine
Configuring Wine
On the commandline or in Run Application, type winecfg
Running Windows programs/installers
To run most programs or installers, type wine Programtorun.exe
Instructions for specific Windows programs
Some Windows programs have been tested on Ubuntu. They are listed below:
- ["WindowsPrograms/DVDShrink"]