WINE compatibility

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a Linux user sometimes has a need to run one or many Windows-only applications and the solution can be found in using WINE.

Which is not an emulator per se, it's a compatibility layer. I've used it on and off for many years, mostly to try playing a Chinese F2P MMO called Perfect World International. I've recommended it to friends and even used a Linux build + WINE to try and curtail a friend's sister's gambling habit without compromising his ability to play Steam games.

I am considering installing it again to run tests on whether Twine works on WINE, so I can do most of my interactive story development on something with a non-dire keyboard. My Windows laptop is nearly 3 years old - it's been wreaked through gaming, working, travelling around the country, back and forth from uni...all sorts. I don't have the money at the moment to really replace it or put Windows on my tower on a separate drive.

If I can do some of my game development on Linux rather than Windows, I will be a happy Goggles. I honestly struggle to use Windows, it takes too much control away from me, it's a processor and memory intensive mess and there's no such thing as a proper terminal.