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Trying to get my partner to switch from Windows to Linux. Has anyone tried Scrivener with Wine? (lemmy.catasaur.xyz)
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My partner doesn't do much on the computer except web browsing and writing. The Scrivener writing program had a Linux version at some point that was abandoned.

I wanted to see if anyone personally has used Scrivener with Wine and if it is fussy or not. How has your experience been?

I could set it up for them, but they're not a tech person and will probably reject Linux if it breaks all the time and they have to get me to come fix it.

Extra irrelevant info: trying to decide on having them try Mint or Ubuntu. Fedora is my daily driver and I typically use a headless Debian install for servers, but I heard Mint and Ubuntu are pretty perfect and low fuss for Windows users.

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[–] simonced@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A lot of input in the comments, I'll just add mine in the mix.
I guess wanting to change the OS for someone can be good if:

  • the current Windows version is EOL and/or has security issues/concerns,
  • the hardware is too old to upgrade,
  • the current user is fed up with crashes, popups, slowliness etc...

Now, I would go for Mint anyday instead of Ubuntu, because the default matte desktop feels more confortable when coming from windows.

As for Scrivener, I don't even know what it is, but Wine is quite good recently, so if you're tech/linux savy, you could try to make it work.