Marcel Gagné

I really need to begin here with the Statement; “I’m a newbie to this Linux stuff, having started only 2 weeks ago.” See what Leo Laporte will do to you when you’re not looking.

So far, I’ve been able to install the SuSE 10.0 OS into a duel boot machine (XP). Travel around the desktop and make most all the installed programs respond the way I think they should. Marcel’s book (Kiss the Blue Screen of death goodbye) is correct, it’s not really that difficult if you take your time and think.

I would really like to become more reliant on SuSE, but I really need to get a piece of my XP software working on Linux. I’ve read parts of the book that describe WINE and I’m hoping this utility might be the answer.

I have a Windows program call ‘Home Domination’ (http://www.homedomination.com/). This software uses X-10 commands to control lights through-out my house and property. At this time the owner/coder of the software is only a Windows person and does not have the expertise to rewrite/compile for Linux.

Question
(Sorry it took me so long to get to this point)
I’ve installed WINE. I can see it out in my directory structure. I think it’s running correctly
1) Should I run the Home Domination setup program to add it to Linux? Or
2) Should I just call the Application’s EXE from the Windows directory?
To be honest, I’ve tried both ways, but I can’t get the software to work.

Any ideas or directions would be appreciated.

Bill Machia
bmachia@wjm1a.com