[Wine] Re: New to Linux (Xubuntu) - Install Oxford Thesaurus + Dict?

[dimesio]

writebunny wrote:
> I'm hoping if I can buy a windows version on DVD or CD or whatever, I might run it through Wine.

The only way to find out if it will is to try it. If you run into problems, we can try and help you work around them here, and you can file bugs, but there are no guarantees. 

> 
> Also - when I briefly installed Wine tonight, I didn't understand a darned thing of what I saw on screen. 
> 

The FAQ is a good place to start. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ