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Welcome to the PlayOnLinux and PlayOnMac wiki. Here you will find tutorials regarding the use of PlayOnLinux or PlayOnMac, and explanations of their various features. You'll also find guides explaining how to create installation scripts, and a description of the commands available.

For any additional questions that do not have an answer in this wiki, do not hesitate to go to the forums.

User Documentation

• Installing PlayOnLinux
• Installing PlayOnMac
• Guide for first use of the software
• The Configuration Window
• The PlayOnLinux Filesystem
• The PlayOnMac Filesystem
• Managing Wine Versions
• Manual Installations
• Components and Functions
• Frequently Asked Questions

Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting Common Problems
• Graphics Card Drivers
• How to Read Debug Logs

The Forums, Bug Reports, and Script Contribution

• How to Post in the Forums
• How to Post a Bug Report
• How to Contribute a Script
• How to Request a Patched Version of Wine

Writing a script

• Chapter 1: Getting to know Bash
• Chapter 2: Basic Functions
• Chapter 3: Variables
• Chapter 4: Conditions
• Chapter 5: Wine
• Chapter 6: The Filesystem
• Chapter 7: Installation Media
• Chapter 8: My First Real Script
• Chapter 9: Standardization
• Chapter 10: Script Translation
• Chapter 11: List of Functions

Glossary

• POL & POM Terminology
• Wine; what is it?

Advanced PlayOnLinux Topics

• How to move PlayOnLinux virtual drives to another disk

Advanced Wine Topics

WineHQ links

• Wine-wiki. Somewhat outdated, but covers a LOT of advanced Wine topics
• Wine development links
• Wine developer FAQ
• Wine developer's guide
• Wine developer hints
• Wine hacking tips

Advanced WineBuild Topics

• How to cross-compile Wine for Mac OSX on Linux