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Sarah
08-03-2009, 07:26 PM
Hey, im currently using my mums laptop due to mine being broken. She has an acer aspire which i did some googling that the linux it uses is something called linpus lite? It came with firefox on it but i cannot download shockwave on it. Now i heard you can download some program called wine to run windows programs? how do i install this as ive never done this on a linux.
+rep to anyone that can help :)

thanks.
xoxo
Jayke
08-03-2009, 07:44 PM
I have never used this software as I have never used linux.

I just simple googled: Wine run windows applications. The following link came out and im guessing its what your looking for.

http://www.winehq.org/

Good luck.
HotelUser
08-03-2009, 08:14 PM
It's an Acer Aspire One. It has a small screen, Habbo may be impractical.

Press Alt and F2
type sudo yum install wine
hit enter

now you have Wine. Download the Windows version of Firefox and Windows version of shockwave. be warned that Shockwave's performance through Wine is known to be poor.
ToxicPaddy
08-03-2009, 08:19 PM
http://kent.gumtree.com/kent/45/35809245.html

is the acer inspire like mine?
Sarah
08-03-2009, 11:24 PM
http://kent.gumtree.com/kent/45/35809245.html

is the acer inspire like mine?

yeah but in white. :]


also i typed pressed alt & f2 and this run menu came up, i typed in "sudo yum install wine" and nothing happened lol.
& you can also run spotify in wine this is why i want it. :)
HotelUser
09-03-2009, 03:15 PM
yeah but in white. :]


also i typed pressed alt & f2 and this run menu came up, i typed in "sudo yum install wine" and nothing happened lol.
& you can also run spotify in wine this is why i want it. :)

You have to be in the terminal when you type that. Try clicking on on My Files,
Select the File menu and then Terminal. Then try typing it there.
Sarah
09-03-2009, 04:50 PM
You have to be in the terminal when you type that. Try clicking on on My Files,
Select the File menu and then Terminal. Then try typing it there.

ok, i did that but then it said cannot find root command or something..
nearly there? lol.
syko2006
28-08-2009, 08:04 PM
Seriously, if I was you I'd have the patience and wait for yours to be fixed.
Wine is good, but it's not very practical for Habbo, it's extremely sluggish.

Simply install Ubuntu or something, I put Windows 7 on mine, and it's not my every day laptop. :D

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