What is your best recommendations for a tool to run a .exe in Linux?

Hello Friends

I always read as the first option that if you want run a .exe in Linux use Wine

Well I would need use SumatraPDF which is only available for Windows

Just being curious, if Wine is so far the best option or perhaps according with your experience there are other tools.

Thanks for your understanding

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I would use Win in a VM. You can stop it updating so it will always work.

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Hello Neville

I would use Win in a VM. You can stop it updating so it will always work.

It is considered as my latest option, it to avoid use a good amount of resources and disk space to install and run the guest

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Yes, Wine would be the best way to go (if it works- sometimes it doesn’t), maybe PlayonLinux could be in help, if current (distro provided) Wine version is not OK for some reason. It allows you to try to run a particular .exe with different Wine versions.
Then there’s Winapps , which is basically a VM, but integrates into desktop better. I did not use it myself though, I just know it’s there and worths a mention.

But let me ask: why do you exactly need to run SumatraPDF on Linux? What’s the reason Atril/Evince/Okular/XReader are not options?

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You can try bottles

I know, under the hood it’s wine but better than nothing

https://usebottles.com/

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The same concept as PlayonLinux.

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Sure, but more user friendly

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Also why not Foxit?
It allows annotation.
There is probably a Linux version in your package system, and it has Android and Mac versions, not to mention Win.

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@nevj and all:

Hi, :waving_hand:

If it just simple annotation (text, highlighting and drawing which is needed) …
… for PDF files, look no further than just plain old firefox.
It allows manipulating and saving your modified PDFs.

Cheers from Rosika :slightly_smiling_face:

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