12-21-2015, 06:35 PM
I confess I hadn't noticed that Wine was included in the Lite Software list and shown in the Help Manual screenshot.
But if we assume (probably correctly) that most users of the Help Manual will be new to Linux and new to Linux Lite, and that most will be refugees from Windows, I do think it would be useful to have a couple of introductory and explanatory sentences (logically in the "Linux equivalents to Windows programs" section) about what Wine is and why it might be worth having, with a link to WineHQ and the forum.
Although using Wine with Windows programs is arguably a less satisfactory route to follow than opting for a new and different Linux alternative program, it is a way of easing the transition.
As for FastStone, I'm sure there are decent Linux alternatives and I wouldn't want to trigger a debate (at least not in this thread). Some (like Shotwell) are okay, while I find GIMP, for example, too complex and user-unfriendly. FastStone just happens to offer the combination of editing and organising facilities that suits me, and I am very accustomed to it. But it's a personal thing, and others will no doubt have different, and equally valid, program-preferences.
But if we assume (probably correctly) that most users of the Help Manual will be new to Linux and new to Linux Lite, and that most will be refugees from Windows, I do think it would be useful to have a couple of introductory and explanatory sentences (logically in the "Linux equivalents to Windows programs" section) about what Wine is and why it might be worth having, with a link to WineHQ and the forum.
Although using Wine with Windows programs is arguably a less satisfactory route to follow than opting for a new and different Linux alternative program, it is a way of easing the transition.
As for FastStone, I'm sure there are decent Linux alternatives and I wouldn't want to trigger a debate (at least not in this thread). Some (like Shotwell) are okay, while I find GIMP, for example, too complex and user-unfriendly. FastStone just happens to offer the combination of editing and organising facilities that suits me, and I am very accustomed to it. But it's a personal thing, and others will no doubt have different, and equally valid, program-preferences.