wine users - Mar 2012 - New to Linux (Xubuntu) - Install Oxford Thesaurus + Dict?

Hello all, 

I am a brand new user of Xubuntu. Please assume I know nothing worthwhile about
how to do anything with Wine or Xubuntu - I am a rookie. With the help of
various forums - I've been able to do quite a bit so far - but only with
their good directions, or I'd be lost.

I've read your pages and see that some versions of Oxford's dictionary
and thesaurus have run on older versions of Wine. I am desperately trying to
figure out if I can run some version of Oxford's thesaurus and hopefully
their dictionary through Wine on Xubuntu. Can I do this? (I haven't
purchased the Oxford software yet - but I could be older software if that would
be easier to run?)

Prior to Xubuntu I was a mac user for 15+ years. The one thing I dearly miss is
the Oxford American Thesaurus and Dictionary that comes with the OS. It is
spectacular. I have tried all the free versions for Linux - and while they are
nice, they just don't hold a candle to the one I'm used to. I'm
hoping if I can buy a windows version on DVD or CD or whatever, I might run it
through Wine.

Also - when I briefly installed Wine tonight, I didn't understand a darned
thing of what I saw on screen. I opened Wine Tricks - and tried clicking to
install software, but I didn't understand what it asked me beyond that step.
I uninstalled it out of frustration.

Can you help? 

Thanks in advance.

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