Business Cards

metallica1973 · 07-11-2006, 12:06 PM

Can anyone recommend a program that can create professional business cards, post cards, flyers and etc.. moreless a program similar to printshop professional or something similar

macemoneta · 07-11-2006, 12:36 PM

Well, if you already have the software, you can try running it under the current version of WINE. A lot of software that have that didn't work with the older version of WINE started working in the last few months with the recent updates.

Alternatively, perhaps Scribus will do the job for you.

metallica1973 · 07-11-2006, 12:47 PM

It there a simple wine how to? I have so many programs that I would like to try with linux!

macemoneta · 07-11-2006, 01:06 PM

It depends on the distribution; on Fedora it's just:

yum -y install wine

You can then run your setup/install programs as usual.

metallica1973 · 07-11-2006, 06:03 PM

no What I mean is once it is installed how do I configure it to install apps like printshop professional. I know how to install it. What I mean is the config section.

macemoneta · 07-11-2006, 08:52 PM

Recent versions of WINE need little or no configuration. If you do need to configure for an application, the 'winecfg' program will do the job. Usually, this is only a matter of specifying which version of Windows the application expects. All directories (including the installed software) will be in '.wine/' in your home directory.

metallica1973 · 07-11-2006, 09:52 PM

I am able to run winecfg but how do I install the program that I have on cdrom. Do I copy the entire cdrom to the hdd?

macemoneta · 07-11-2006, 09:59 PM

As I indicated in post #4, just run your installer as usual. Depending on the distribution, you might have to prefix the command with 'wine'. For example:

1. Insert CD into drive
2. Mount the cd (if not automounted by the distribution)
3. Double-click on the 'setup.exe' (or whatever it is called on that disk).

If that doesn't work on your distribution, after the CD is mounted open a terminal window and:

1. Change directory to the CD drive, for example:

cd /media/cdrom

2. Run the installation program with:

wine setup.exe

metallica1973 · 07-11-2006, 10:08 PM

sweet, that pointed me in the right direction and now it saying that I need Internet Explorer 5.5 or above for it to work. I guess I need to get a hold of that to get it to run. Any suggestions. And many thanks!