Zorin OS 15 Lite Linux Distro Can Rejuvenate Your Aging Windows PC++

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https://betanews.com/2019/11/21/zorin-os-15-lite-linux-rejuvenate/

download Zorin-OS-16.3-Lite-64-bit.iso
https://zorin.com/os/download/#lite
https://distro.ibiblio.org/zorinos/16/


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source - https://www.makeuseof.com/install-zorin-os-from-usb/​
 
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Once Zorin v16.3 Lite installed by default has associate the windows executables with /Windows Apps/ application, which comes together with Playonlinux front end which uses Wine.

wineprefix = is a folder has inside the Virtual drive and it settings. Each Virtual drive contains the required /Windows/ files.

At first, Playonlinux has a default wineprefix (possible 64bit). User has to go to Configure > New > Create 32bit Virtual drive.

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In the same dialog - Configure > Install components > install framework v4.5 (this will download also 1.1 / 2 / 3 / 3.5) possible some hard error(s) (MD5 CRC) will occur, but in the end is OK...

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When using Playonlinux, and you would like to test an application of you, when you double click the executable from linux explorer it runs it via Wine and Wine is not /sees/ the same wineprefix as Playonlinux...
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To run an executable on Playonlinux must
1. Put your exe into the virtual drive (optional)
2. Open playonlinux, click Configure, choose your drive in the left, choose Miscellaneous tab in the right
3. Click "Run a .exe in this virtual drive", browse to your exe file, click Open

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-->Your exe should run now

You can even create a shortcut for it:
1. Switch to General tab, click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"
2. Playonlinux (aka Pol) will scan for executable files in your virtual drive which include your exe file as well (suppose you put it there earlier) or click browse
3. Choose your exe and create a shortcut for it

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Once user has the Playonlinux shortcut can easily produce a desktop icon

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Moreover when on Wine tab, there are some common functionalities such as

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but you know, goes a little bit slow compared to a win pc (also ~5 years ago tested plain Wine, was the same, slow). From dotnet6 and onwards MS releasing also linux distro, so the net apps, run natively on linux.
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source - https://www.playonlinux.com/en/topic-16997.html#m65891
 
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Wine
1.1 Who is responsible for Wine?
Wine is available thanks to the work of many people around the world. Some companies that are or have been involved with Wine development are CodeWeavers, Bordeaux, TransGaming, Corel, Macadamian and Google. source
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CodeWeavers
95% of the Wine code base, we develop for CrossOver gets released back into the Wine project source
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CodeWeavers.Crossover front end
Set Windows application to use a different locale than the OS default
  • On the bottle folder (aka wineprefix) there is a filename cxbottle.conf
  • You have to add at the tag [EnvironmentVariables] the property "LC_ALL" = "el_GR.UTF-8" source
CodeWeavers.Linux Knowledge Base

Before going too far, be sure to run CrossOver fix tool. From a terminal, change to CrossOver binary directory and run the following command:​
/opt/cxoffice/bin/cxfix --auto
or
~/cxoffice/bin/cxfix --auto
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Running cxfix installs libraries commonly required by Windows applications.​
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Bottles - Run Windows in a Bottle (with wine)
https://usebottles.com/

fmstrat/winapps - linux - run win apps, integrated seamlessly as if they were native to the OS
https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps
https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps
https://nowsci.com/winapps/


antiX Linux
Knoppix ( recovery tool intended to be run live )
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Bash: 
#open terminal
ctrl+alt+t

#places, application can be found
/usr/lib
/usr/share

#desktop icons  (3d party *.desktop files)
/usr/local/share/applications
or
/<user>/Desktop

#OS distro information
lsb_release -a

#execute script
sh x.sh #runs the script using shell interpreter, does not require the script to have executable permissions
./x.sh #requires the script to have executable permissions (aka chmod +x x.sh)

#open terminal as root so you dont have anytime type sudo this sudo the other
sudo -i

#install a local filename.deb
sudo apt install ./package_name.deb
#sudo dpkg -i package_name.deb //via package management system

#search package
sudo apt search zzzzzzzzz

#delete a file
rm appfilename.exe
rm appfilename*

#delete a folder
rm -r foldername

#search text for all files in current folder
grep -Ril "text_to_find_in_quotes" .

#list folders starting with 'te'
ls -d te*

#search recursively for any filename 2023*.txt
find / -type f -name '2023*.txt'

#copy a filename to a folder
cp /path/to/dirA/file.txt /path/to/dirB/
cp /path/to/dirA/* /path/to/dirB/  #will copy all files to dirB


PPA (Personal Package Archive)
Bash: 
#list the registered PPA  sources
# primary software repositories and additional repositories manually added by the user.
cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# this directory contains additional config for (primary) software repositories. Each file in this directory contains config files for a specific (primary) repository.
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*

#list installed packages (use 'q' to exit)
dpkg-query -W -f='${Package}\t${Homepage}\n' | less

How to Add a Package Repository - https://www.tecmint.com/add-apt-repository/


AppImage = Linux apps that run anywhere. (used by Navicat)
Deconstructing an ELF File [2] (mirror)


Games

Applications

KeePassXChttps://keepassxc.org/download/#linux
FTPhttps://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1
Irishttps://iristech.co/iris-linux/
VLChttps://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ubuntu.html
PeaZiphttps://peazip.github.io/peazip-linux.htmlhttps://github.com/peazip/PeaZip/releases
P7Ziphttps://snapcraft.io/install/p7zip-desktop/ubuntu
Mailhttps://archive.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbirdhttps://support.mozilla.org/
Firewallhttps://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/releases
Office (trial)https://www.softmaker.com/
Officehttps://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice/
Officehttp://www.openoffice.org/download/
Comparehttps://www.scootersoftware.com/download
anydeskhttps://anydesk.com/en/downloads/linux
VSCodehttps://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases
Notepadhttps://notepadqq.com/wp/download/
githttps://www.sublimemerge.com/download
XAMPPhttps://www.apachefriends.org/download.htmlhttps://www.wikihow.com/Install-XAMPP-on-Linux
VirtualBoxhttps://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
T0rrenthttps://www.utorrent.com/downloads/linux/file editor
PDF-XChangehttps://www.pdf-xchange.com/ (wine solution)
Pi-holehttps://www.techaddressed.com/
OpenVPNhttps://openvpn.net
Music Playerhttps://tauonmusicbox.rocks/https://www.strawberrymusicplayer.org/#download
Skypehttps://www.skype.com/en/get-skype/https://snapcraft.io/install/skype/ubuntu
Viberhttps://www.viber.com/en/download/
Telegramhttps://desktop.telegram.org/
dbForge Studiohttps://docs.devart.com (wine with crossover)
Azure Data Studiohttps://learn.microsoft.com/ (electron)
SQL Serverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/youtube
RSS Guardhttps://linux.softpedia.com/
Timerhttps://github.com/vikdevelop/timer
jdReplacehttps://linux.softpedia.com/
avidemuxhttps://avidemux.sourceforge.net/download.html
HandBrakehttps://handbrake.fr/downloads.php
Audacityhttps://www.audacityteam.org/download/
MS-365https://github.com/agam778/MS-365-Electron (electron)unofficial cross platform
ChatGPThttps://github.com/lencx/ChatGPT (electron)unofficial cross platform
File Renamerhttps://github.com/qarmin/szyszka
File Renamerhttps://github.com/whyboris/ (electron)cross platform
Clipboard2Filehttps://github.com/costales/clipboard-to-filenautilus only
LikeTaskManagerhttps://github.com/rejuce/LikeTaskManager
Devbookhttps://linux.softpedia.com/
Screen Recorderhttps://linux.softpedia.com/

configure Iris to run on startup
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Midnight Commander

Bash: 
#https://midnight-commander.org/wiki/Binaries
#--add the PPA--
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list  #sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://www.tataranovich.com/ubuntu focal main      #binary
deb-src http://www.tataranovich.com/ubuntu focal main  #source code
#--install repository signing key
curl -fsSL https://www.tataranovich.com/debian/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
#fetch package name
sudo apt update
#install
sudo apt install mc
#how to use application  --  https://linuxcommand.org/lc3_adv_mc.php
#alt+c to change dir
 
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