...All I have to say about them ....is that I fundamentally disagree. Oh yeah you can delete the rep to remove the program. that sure leaves a lot of doors open for reconfigurability! And f**k all programs interact on windows anyways! I wouldn't mind this flawed broken logic if there were some way to get around it. but these guys have thought it out so well that you have NO CHOICE but to use them. And you end up playing the "biting your own tail" game along with them. if I want to install certain programs in need certain libraries. these libraries exist only in 32 bit versions. I therefore cannot install them without making a 32 bit wine first. but once I do I cannot send the programs to install there. One but not two. one or the other take your pick. whatever you do, wine will store the programs installation information under the 64 bit wine and not the 32bit wine. as a result you loose bits (OR WHOLE CHUNKS) of functionality here and there from the original install. there is no end to this game. I've tried everything.
I got it working. My guide to faf+steamfa on linux : wineserver -k rm -rf $HOME/.wine rm -rf $HOME/.winetrickscache rm -f $HOME/.config/menus/applications-merged/wine* rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/applications/wine rm -f $HOME/.local/share/desktop-directories/wine* rm -f $HOME/.local/share/icons/????_*.xpm sudo apt-get remove --purge wine wine1.2 winetricks -y -f sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get autoclean sudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get autoremove sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade follow this link apt://wine1.7 click uninstall when softrware center opens up (yes wine is still not uninstalled) install playonlinux go Tools>Manage wine versions install latest 32bit wine run wineconfig (this creates .wine keep your cool, this is LEGIT unavoidable) winetricks dotnet40 corefonts vcrun2010 ##(this creates .wine32 directory automatically and installs there, henceforth wineprefixes must be used) WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 winetricks --no-isolate steam WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 wine reg add 'HKCU\Software\Valve\Steam' /v DWriteEnable /t REG_DWORD /d 00000000 (copy your SupremeCommander Forged Alliance Steam Download to /home/t/.wine32/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common (you must create the "steamapps" and "common" folder.), run install of FA in wine, and run for first time, configure it a bit.) WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 wine msiexec /i FAForeverLobby-0.10.122.msi mumble, however, is not a possibility. (you may now delete .playonlinux and .wine) this method, unfortunately, contrary to the wine 1.7 method i used before (and I can't remember how I got it to install libraries) does not feature correct icons in the launcher.
