Making the move to Linux Mint

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Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New Zealand Posts: 10039	Posted: 11:01pm 19 Oct 2025       I've played about with WINE before in the past, and found it to be unstable when used with my CAD software.  I WAS able to get my CAD software running in WINE, but then for no reason and with no error message, it would just freeze up.  This was a non-recoverable error, and you had to force the WINE process to end. Not exactly acceptable for ANY type of CAD software - it has to be stable, or you could loose HOURS of work - even WITH regular manual or automatic backups. I haven't setup my CAD yet, but when I do, I plan to run it inside a VM rather then something like WINE.  I have done this before in years gone by, and the CAD was rock-solid inside the VM. So for your Windoze software, consider a VM setup instead of WINE, cos I never really had much luck with WINE myself, but then, my CAD software was a bit more of a special-case, so....