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Show error when can't start wine application  
Written by natureflow the 30 Jun 08 at 19:23. New
May I can't start an wine application because some reason. In this case, wine should show an error. (GUI!)

e.g. "cannot find executable"
you only see this error on command line
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #10529
Written by natureflow the 30 Jun 08 at 19:23.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #10529 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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Option to run Wine in seperate xserver  
Written by Thelasko the 8 Oct 08 at 14:33. New
Some programs (games especially) benefit when Wine is run in a separate xserver. Some users have developed programs and scripts to do this automatically, but I think this can be improved and made an option in Wine.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3377903
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #14217
Written by Thelasko the 8 Oct 08 at 14:33.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #14217 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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wine appearance and theming  
Written by jpka the 24 Jul 08 at 20:46. New
When I go to 'Wine configuration - Desktop integration', there is no simple way to use my current theming of Ubuntu.
I have only options of 'install theme' (it's a windows file? where I can get it?!) or manually set each item color, and each time when I change Ubuntu theming, I must again and again set each item in Wine manually.

I suggest to integrate Ubuntu theming in Wine. It looks not so hard.

Developer comments
The problem isn't Ubuntu specific: Wine's theming implementation still sucks. This is largely an upstream issue (there was a summer of code project at one point, but it didn't fix the slowness, and it didn't add any good magic to use the current system theme colors).
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Solution #1: Complete
Written by jpka the 24 Jul 08 at 20:46.
I think dear Ubuntu developers can work together with Wine maintainers to bring us complete solution.
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Solution #2: Partial
Written by jpka the 15 Jan 09 at 09:26.
Users can try various static methods or scripts, please see comments, where people says about possible ways.

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Native support for Nokia and Sony Ericsson Phones  
Written by zgherlos the 25 Oct 08 at 15:46. New
Currently we have to install additional software (sometimes full of bugs ) to sync our Nokia or Sony Ericsson phone.Some phones can be firmware updated with Nokia Software Update , but that application is just for Windows .
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #14803
Written by zgherlos the 25 Oct 08 at 15:46.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #14803 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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Wine aplications look out of place in ubuntu  
Written by twocool the 1 Apr 10 at 14:57. New
Windows applications run under wine look very different from native ones.
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Solution #1: Port ambiance and radiance to wine
Written by twocool the 1 Apr 10 at 14:57.
Ubuntu default themes (Ambiance and Radiance) should be ported to wine (msstyles) so those applications look better integated with ubuntu.
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Solution #2: Let wine use GTK themes directly
Written by PKduck the 2 Apr 10 at 09:19.
You don't need to port themes anymore and those applications look better integrated with ubuntu even you hate ubuntu default themes.
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Solution #3: Port GTK themes automatically
Written by GamePad64 the 29 May 10 at 18:02.
Make a program that converts GTK theme to msstyles automatically and applies it.

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Wine automount ISOs  
Written by andruk the 8 Mar 09 at 01:23. New
It can be annoying to mount an ISO and then run Wine over and over again.

Humans don't think in terms of tools, they think in terms of tasks. Running a game is a task. Running GmountISO to mount the ISO and then running Wine are running tools.
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Solution #1: Wine flag to automount ISO
Written by andruk the 8 Mar 09 at 01:23.
It would be really slick if we could modify the Wine Applications > Wine entries to pass a flag to Wine to make Wine automount an ISO. If we can streamline the process of running games on Wine, it would be really slick to run games.
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Solution #2: script to nautilius
Written by NomadDemon the 16 Mar 09 at 12:00.
i found very nice script on ubuntu forum. it could be usefull if ubuntu team tweak it a bit /like autocreate ISO directory to mount [everytime i mount need to make a directory in MEDIA, or effof


MOUNT ISO FILES:

#!/bin/bash
#
for I in `echo $*`
do
foo=`gksudo -u root -k -m "enter your password for root terminal
access" /bin/echo "got r00t?"`
sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 $I /media/ISO
done
done
exit0

UMOUNT ISO FILES:

#!/bin/bash
#
for I in `echo $*`
do
foo=`gksudo -u root -k -m "enter your password for root terminal
access" /bin/echo "got r00t?"`
sudo umount $I
done
done
exit0

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Categorize Wine applications  
Written by finnux the 19 Aug 10 at 13:25. New
When you install applications in Wine, they go straight to the Wine folder. I think novices would find it easier if, for example, they installed World of Warcraft and it would appear in the Games folder. I know there are menu editing tools, but they are not very simple for novices.
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Solution #1: Internet searching
Written by finnux the 19 Aug 10 at 13:25.
First, Ubuntu searches a list on the internet of .exe files which people maintain, that tells Ubuntu what category the app should go in, after the app is installed. Here is a template:
app name.exe-category
Theere should be a website that people can add apps to.
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Solution #2: Volunteers to maintain Wine-doors
Written by cheesehead the 20 Aug 10 at 01:41.
Wine-doors did this already back when it was maintained.
A couple volunteers can ressurect this great project much more easily than reinventing it!
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Solution #3: Connect with AppDB
Written by Cybolic the 24 Aug 10 at 01:47.
Wine's AppDB already has a huge catalogue of Windows application, we should work with them to provide categorisation.
Just to know, my Vineyard Project (more specifically, it's python-wine sub-project) is/has already implement[ing/ed] this.

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[Wine] Improve Drag & Drop  
Written by pi314 the 22 Dec 08 at 23:25. New
Drag and drop within one application works fine, but between different applications usually doesn't.

A lot of effort has been made to make Photoshop usable with wine but without being able to open pictures using drag & drop it becomes really annoying.

More info: http://wiki.winehq.org/DragAndDrop

Thank you very much.

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #16739
Written by pi314 the 22 Dec 08 at 23:25.
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Software installed in Wine often duplicated   forum
Written by unimatrix the 12 Nov 09 at 18:51. New
Each user has their own ~/.wine folder. On a multi-user system, more than one user might install the same software. It is not a big deal with smaller programs, but some games might be very large and installing those twice or more is a huge waste of space (and time, considering it is often required to do some configuration before it will work).

This can be resolved using symbolic linking, however it is often too complicated for the average user.
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Solution #1: Provide a shared Wine installation
Written by unimatrix the 12 Nov 09 at 18:51.
Perhaps when installing Wine there should be an option whether we want to install it in "shared" or "per-user" mode.
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Solution #2: add the option to install only this or every user
Written by tommis the 20 Nov 09 at 15:35.
When installing windows software on wine there should be an option to install every user or only current user.
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Solution #3: Emulate Windows architecture
Written by GamePad64 the 29 May 10 at 17:47.
Well.. Lots of Windows installers already have a "per-user" and "shared" mode.

In "Per-user" mode application often installs to \Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local.

In "shared" it installs to \Program Files.

So, some commands:

sudo mkdir -p /opt/wine/programs
cd "~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files"
sudo mv * /opt/wine/programs
cd ..
rm "Program Files"
ln -s /opt/wine/programs "Program Files"

Run for all users.

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Wine installations for the Whole system  
Written by randall29 the 17 May 08 at 18:54. New
Ok, I know it's not exactly an Ubuntu-related idea, but I think it's important.

Actually, when a user installs a program in Wine, only this user has the autorisation to access the program, meaning that if two or more persons want to access the software, they must share one user account, or install the program for each user, resulting in a lost of disk space (especially when it comes to Office or Photoshop).

I propose a installation mode, which should use sudo, and could create another fake C: drive somewhere in /, so that the programs can be installed for the whole system.
Of course, it should still be possible to install programs only for one user, with the actual way of installation.

Wine would then check in the user virtual C drive for programs, and PolicyKit could be used (if possible to integrate it in Wine) for launching system-wide programs.
Not in sudo mode, of course, just an authentication process (cause it's localized in the main directory tree).

Another solution could be to make the virtual C drives or some parts of it (like the folder containing the program) accessible to other users via an authentication process or a sharing thing.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #8726
Written by randall29 the 17 May 08 at 18:54.
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