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WINE: Age of Empires II black screen problem

WINE: Age of Empires II black screen problem I installed Age of Empires II HD edition through PlayOnLinux and game launches fine, as seen on the picture below, however when I try to play a game there is a black screen instead of the game (Map, etc. shows up fine but the game doesn’t, as …

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How can I access the command line of the wine installed with PlayOnLinux?

How can I access the command line of the wine installed with PlayOnLinux? I’d like to install a very old version of Wine (2.18)… So, instead of compiling the Wine source code, I’m trying to do it with PlayOnLinux. On its interface, we can choose among different Wine versions: However, the result of the command …

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Ubuntu 22.04 How to run an .exe file by the Desktop shortcut

Ubuntu 22.04 How to run an .exe file by the Desktop shortcut After updating Ubuntu to 22.04, PlayOnLinux does NOT work to install nor to run any Windows apps, so I had to research and I found the wine command that is a great alternative not only to run any app but also to install …

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"PlayOnLinux is not supposed to be run as root. Sorry"

"PlayOnLinux is not supposed to be run as root. Sorry" This is the exact message I get in terminal when running sudo playonlinux Any help? dps@dps-ubuntu:~$ sudo playonlinux Looking for python… 2.7.15rc1 – wxversion(s): 3.0-gtk3 selected 1 PlayOnLinux is not supposed to be run as root. Sorry Gtk-Message: 17:37:49.376: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. …

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How to install PlayOnLinux on Ubuntu 16.04

How to install PlayOnLinux on Ubuntu 16.04 I was trying to install playonlinux by terminal on my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS but there is no commands for that version of Ubuntu (at least I didn’t find them). So I was wondering if somebody can help me. Asked By: Bloober || Source You can simply run command …

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How can I install Visual Studio?

How can I install Visual Studio? How can I install Visual Studio? I’d prefer to use it in Wine or PlayOnLinux if possible. Asked By: user91632 || Source Visual Studio is tightly integrated with Windows and Developing a .NET application using any language (C# or VB) takes more than just having Wine, and since Wine …

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Gaming performance difference between Windows and Ubuntu

Gaming performance difference between Windows and Ubuntu What are the pros/cons switching from Windows 7/8 to Ubuntu? I mainly develop software and play games. I obviously don’t play games on my laptop that’s why I give Ubuntu a try. But the whole OS looks great and I recently discovered PlayOnLinux. How big is the performance …

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how to set file associations with PlayOnLinux?

how to set file associations with PlayOnLinux? I have installed MS Office 2010 using PlayOnLinux. i want to associate the .docx files to Playonlinux. Could you please tell me how to do that? Playonlinux does not show up in “Open With” options. I am using UBuntu 12.04 Beta. There is no place that I can …

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