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  • I’m saying both: for your personal life, don’t use Windows and complain about it - use the much better alternatives, and the software that work on those.

    But for work… it also makes no sense to keep complaining about Windows or AutoDesk or whatever software you’re forced to use. Sure, they suck, but work is work, close the door on your way back home and that’s when your life actually matters - who cares if a simple task took ages because Windows decided to force an update? Laugh about it, imagine how your boss had to pay for the software AND lose efficiency so make even less money because of this decision.



  • If you’re referring to work software… then it’s not your problem. Who cares if it works well?

    “Hey, that 30 second task you asked about is taking 30 minutes instead because the software we are forced to use sucks”

    They paid for the software, now let they either deal with the fact it’s terrible or let them call the support center and ask for their help making the software work better. This “support” is often the entire reason they use to justify paying for the software, so go ahead, make use of it.

    Either way, not your problem.










  • MusicBee works perfectly via Wine, and it’s a major part of my digital library. Without MusicBee my MP3 player would be worth 1/10 for me.

    But you can’t just take the installer and double click it, you need to follow these steps (naturally replace the directories):

    Install Wine Staging and Winetricks

    Create prefix for MusicBee and .NET

    Bash:

    WINEPREFIX=/home/kadupse/Wine/MusicBee/ wineboot –init 
    

    Install .NET 4.0 and corefonts

    Bash:

    WINEPREFIX=/home/kadupse/Wine/MusicBee/ winetricks --force dotnet40 corefonts
    

    Install xmllite and gdiplus

    Bash:

    WINEPREFIX=/home/kadupse/Wine/MusicBee/ winetricks xmllite gdiplus
    

    Set Wine to Windows 7 compatibility mode

    Bash:

    WINEPREFIX=/home/kadupse/Wine/MusicBee/ winetricks win7 
    

    Install .NET 4.8

    Bash:

    WINEPREFIX=/home/kadupse/Wine/MusicBee/  wine $HOME/Downloads/ndp48-x86-x64-allos-enu.exe /q 
    

    Install Music Bee

    Bash:

    WINEPREFIX=/home/kadupse/Wine/MusicBee/  wine $HOME/Downloads/MusicBeeSetup_3_6.exe 
    

    Downloads needed:
    This specific version of the .NET Framework installer

    You might see warnings about WoW64 mode, experimental flags, etc, just ignore them and keep going and MusicBee will work.