Wine and the Internet

[Derek Broughton]

Billie Walsh wrote:

> Probably should ask this on some other list but will start here.
> 
> I'm trying out a rather esoteric piece of Windows software called
> WXSpots. It seems to run just fine with Wine except for one small
> detail. It needs internet access, which it doesn't seem to be able to get.
> 
> Should programs running with Wine be able to access the internet through
> the default Kubuntu [ Feisty ] settings?

Yes.  I run two apps that run their own protocols over the Internet, without
trouble, but some apps that expect to use IE have traditionally had
problems.  Modern versions of Wine should install a gecko browser plugin
that works in most such situations.
-- 
derek