this is obsolete doc -- see http://doc.nethence.com/ instead
Turning Slackware into a Windows clone...
Introduction
The 32-bit version of Slackware Linux is prefered otherwise you might get some errors while trying to execute programs with Wine. Proceed with a normal Desktop-oriented installation (A AP D L N X XAP sets). I usually proceed with the disc1 CDROM and install the missing D X XAP sets with slackpkg. Then fix the keyboard layout (with nowerdays graphic cards and KMS there is no need to configure X thoroughly anymore) and add a user for it.
Versions used in this guide:
- Slackware Linux 14.1 32-bit,
- Slackbuild Wine 1.6.1,
- Qvwm 1.1.12.
Deploy slackbuilds, winetricks and a few wrappers
Install those packages or build them yourself using [Slackbuilds] (http://slackbuilds.org/):
- cabextract/ (needed for winetricks)
- fontforge/
- webcore-fonts/
- wine/
Binaries here: http://lab.nethence.com/elge/slackbuilds/
Eventually install the [MFC42 library] (http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks) which is needed to run the original version of wordpad,
wget http://winetricks.org/winetricks
chmod +x winetricks
winetricks mfc42
Create a few wrapper scripts to launch the Windows applications,
cd ~/
mkdir -p bin/
cd bin/
cat > filezilla.wine <<EOF9
exec wine "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/FileZilla/FileZilla.exe"
EOF9
cat > firefox.wine <<EOF9
exec wine "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe"
EOF9
cat > putty.wine <<EOF9
exec wine "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/putty.exe"
EOF9
cat > thunderbird.wine <<EOF9
exec wine "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Mozilla Thunderbird/thunderbird.exe"
EOF9
cat > winamp.wine <<EOF9
exec wine "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Winamp/winamp.exe"
EOF9
cat > xnview.wine <<EOF9
exec wine "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/XnView/xnview.exe"
EOF9
Install Qvwm from Ahinea.com
Fetch, compile and install the [Ahinea.com version of Qvwm] (http://ahinea.com/projects/qvwm/),
tar xzf qvwm-1.1.12-10-IKu.tar.gz
cd qvwm-1.1.12-10-IKu/
./configure
make
make install
Copy the configuration file according to your language and edit it,
cp /usr/local/share/qvwm/french.qvwmrc ~/
cp /usr/local/share/qvwm/default.qvwmrc ~/
cp default.qvwmrc .qvwmrc
vi .qvwmrc
not this sure is needed but I think it fixed a window focus issue I was having,
-FocusOnMap = False ; activate a mapped window
+FocusOnMap = 1 ; activate a mapped window
now disable virtual desktops and pager,
==> remove Virtual screens
==> remove Pager
fix the theme path or remove it entirely,
-include /etc/X11/qvwm/debian.qvwm-theme
+include /usr/local/share/qvwm/default.qvwm-theme
and add a few shortcuts to the StartMenu,
"\&Mozilla Firefox" "firefox.xpm" "$HOME/bin/firefox.wine"
"\&Mozilla Thunderbird" "thunderbird.xpm" "$HOME/bin/thunderbird.wine"
"\&FileZilla Client" "filezilla.xpm" "$HOME/bin/filezilla.wine"
"\&XnView" "xnview.xpm" "$HOME/bin/xnview.wine"
"\&Winamp" "winamp.xpm" "$HOME/bin/winamp.wine"
"\&PuTTY" "putty.xpm" "$HOME/bin/putty.wine"
"\&Terminal" "xterm16.xpm" "rxvt"
you should also remove the "xbiff" and "xeyes" Indicators. I will just keep "xload" in the system tray,
[Indicators]
-"xbiff" "xbiff"
-"XEyes" "xeyes"
"xload" "xload -nolabel -update 5 -bg gray"
you can also change the taskbar position just like with MS Windows,
-TaskbarPosition = Bottom ; initial position
+TaskbarPosition = Right ; initial position
eventually enable ALSA,
EnableAlsa = True
eventually fix the Clock Message,
ClockMessageFormat = "%A %e %B %Y" ; Lundi 22 Juin 1998
References
The original Qvwm Home Page: http://www.qvwm.org/index-en.html
The Ahinea fork: http://ahinea.com/projects/qvwm/