
Re: theWord on Pardus 2011 using Wine
Sorry not to have gotten back on this yet.
Been a busy week.
I've spent the evening looking at this once more and the results are mixed.

I'm running Pardus 2011 32bit, a Linux distribution.
I've installed WINE 1.3.13 as an emulator for running Windows programs.
Installation of "theWord" went without a hitch.
Start-up didn't do so well. It would load and initialize but would not render the User Interface.
I found that going into the settings for WINE (winecfg) I could set theWord to run as if in Windows ME or 98 mode and it would finally start-up. It would NOT run in any other mode, Win 7, VISA, 2000, etc..
After starting I played with fonts to get a better look. I used DejaVu serif and increased font size using my keyboard Control +/- to get a good view.
theWord rendered a little slow when loading but ran well once loaded.
Pop-up and Bible tree fonts could be better but were usable.
Most everything I tried seemed to work well.
Major problem: When shutting theWord down it gives an error message saying WINE did not shut it down correctly.
It disappears so you think there's nothing to worry about.
However, running a process viewer such as Htop shows that not only did theWord not shut down but there is now two added process entries now running for a total of three.
Also, the CPU runs at 100%.
Opening a new instance of theWord and closing it down will now leave you with 6 instances running. This will not work at all.
This is without a doubt a problem with WINE. I will try to search WINE forums to see what I can find.
I've noticed that requests for Bible programs to Pardus has not received much attention. It really is the most polished Linux distro I've ever seen and I like it well but this is enough to send me to Ubuntu or some other distro where I hear theWord runs well.
Hopefully one day either WINE will run theWord without a hiccup or perhaps theWord will be designed under the hood for Linux.

I am unwaveringly moving from the control and expense of Windows and I expect to see a huge increase in others doing the same in the near future.