I am looking to see if I can get by with a version of Linux on a few of my machines.  One of the first versions I tried is Kubuntu Linux.  To make my life easier, I used the VMWare Virtual Appliances which made life easy (you will find all you need at http://www.vmware.com).

One of my main concerns is a few Windows programs that will be needed.  So I dug through and found how utterly simple it was to install WINE, a Windows emulator, and then installed one of the program I use all the time, E-Sword Bible software.  After I figured out where it installed the program and how WINE works, I found there was a problem in the E-Sword display along with a missing DLL.  After a quick search of the Internet, I ran into this page which got the program running:

http://www.gustason.com/?p=12

While I have not tried many things on Linux and WINE yet, it was nice to see this app work as it is supposed to work!

More fun with Kubuntu soon.