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Asked by Yusuf Adams

T am an absolute computer dummy. I am trying to load two windows based software programs, Quickbooks and a swimming program called Team manager(TM 5) What software must i download to run these apps succesfully.

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Best peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#1

It's not possible to run Windows software in a Linux envirionment. Windows is windows, and Linux is Linux. It's different.

But maybe wine helps. You can install wine from the Synaptic Package Manager or from Add / Remove.

Hope it helps.
Peter

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Yusuf Adams (yadams) said : 		#2

Thanks peter, that solved my question.

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#3

It's usually better to find a native linux program(s) that does much the same thing (usually better) rather than running things under "Wine". Wine stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator" as it uses a very different and much faster approach. If you can't get it running in Wine then it might be worth using VirtualBox or some other package that can run a virtual machine inside linux and then install Xp or something onto the virtual machine. Personally i just have a dual-boot machine and save up all my Windows "to do" list for the next time i need to switch my machine on again. This happens less and less often - i almost always boot straight into Ubuntu nowadays.

GnuCash does a lot of the same things as Quickbooks, definitely worth exploring. Just go up to the top taskbar and click on

System - Administration - Synaptic Package Manager

it asks for your normal user password, not your SuperUser/Root one. Use either search tool. Note the "Search" button looks in descriptions as well as titles. Anything already installed is marked with a green blob. Anything you want to install just right-click on and select install. When you've chosen everything you fancy click on "Apply".

I am fairly sure that Quickbooks doesn't work at all well in Wine but i am not sure about the other package you mentioned. Possibly worth looking up in the Wine Applications Database
http://appdb.winehq.org/

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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Yusuf Adams (yadams) said : 		#4

Tom

Thanks very much. Im sure it will work. Regards

yusuf

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#5

You're welcome. Welcome to linux-land and especially to the Ubuntu corner of it :)
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)