Hello,

I am not very informed on Linux. But I think the following.

1- Windows has no OBVIOUS linux ALTERNATIVE. No REAL alternative at all
other than WINDOWS and its rleases!

2- While Linux has (NOT obvious) many alternatives: different distributions.

3- Wine is dedicated for only some "win32 apps".
WINE...Is Not an Emulator of Windows as it is indicated sometimes.
Please see the FAQ if you want more....and the "wine site"

4- Personally I "by-pass" downloading MONO and Gecko. No problem afterwards.

Perhaps I shall not be able to reconnect before a long time ago.
So excuse me if I cannot follow all of your thread.

Good chance

knp