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Trying to get my partner to switch from Windows to Linux. Has anyone tried Scrivener with Wine?
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I don't think you'll find many people here who have used this particular software. I hadn't even heard of it until I read this post. Why not just try to get it to run on your machine? If you're scared of messing up something, just put it in a VM.
Edit: oh and try Bottles. That's a pretty easy way to get Windows stuff to run on Linux.
It's a pretty popular writing software, though you mainly hear about it in writing circles so that might be why you never heard of it.
I wanted to gauge the level of effort involved first. I easily can sink hours into tinkering something and getting it to eventually work but sometimes it isn't worth it.