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Originally Posted by rcentros
I'm using Linux Mint 20.3 Cinnamon (kernel 5.4.0-121) on this computer, which (by default) installs Wine 5.0.3. I haven't tried PlayOnLinux so I'll see if that makes a difference. Is there anything I need to know about Wine networking?
Thanks for any advice.
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I'm using Mint 20.1, Kernel 5.4.0-121-generic x86_64 and Mate 1.24 with a somewhat Server 2003 style theme.
The only issue I've had with 64 bit Linux is to add the x86 arch or else install of WINE is 64 bit only. IMO only the 32 bit WINE is worthwhile. Old programs where maybe author is dead, no 64 bit version of Windows and no similar Linux. My WINE is Wine-5.0 I only use it much now for Orbitron.
Orbitron is "cardware", he likes a postcard. It's 32 bit windows and uses the Internet to update TLS for the satellite positions. It just works. Nothing needed to be done for WINE. On WINE you can map USB parallel port and USB com ports to Windows ports, or indeed actual parallel & serial ports if you have them. The cheap "Windows" USB serial adaptor and cheaper (charity shop) USB to Parallel Adaptor, Wacom USB or Serial digitisers, Trust Webcam, Soundblaster USB audio box all just work on Linux without explicit install (on Windows some of those automatically load the wrong driver) A VM hosting a full copy of Windows needs the Guest Utilities for USB & Networking, that's true for XP & Win7 on W.n10 or 11 too. I have a 2002 Sony USB Web Cam with ONLY XP drivers. It works on XP on a VM on Linux (my 2002 laptop converted to an image or a fresh XP install on a VM) even though it doesn't work on Linux.
All the USB connected digital Cameras (inc Canon EOS 70D) just work on Linux. I have a PCIe Firewire card and the Sony 8mm Digital Camera works (nice NL video edit on Linux now, better than Adobe Premiere back on WFW3.11 & Win 98). My 2002 Epson SCSI Flatbed and an 17 year old SCSI PCI card work on SANE (Linux equivalent to TWAIN) as does last years networked scanner on a Brother full Duplex Colour laser printer. The Brother drivers for Linux seem good.
Orbitron
It's ages since I ran it, so the sat & ISS positions unknown
Downloading TLS from internet. No special configuration needed, so don't be running vulnerable Windows Server applications with no Firewall!
And the ISS shown on the right
Now a four minutes later its on the left. Fast orbit
And Orbitron does work full screen on my 3840 x 2160 monitor via HDMI from my Lenovo E460 laptop (The option GPU I bought on that adaptively runs for games and video etc that need it otherwise the integrated Intel graphics is used. I did have to download and install AMD drivers from AMD for the GPU on Linux, but I had to do that on every Windows ever with a high end Nvidia or AMD for games).
The one Steam game I ever bought on Windows 7 has Linux version, so when I installed Linux Steam (simple) and logged into Steam it installed and worked natively.