This seems to work better with Windows-style interfaces. The Droid Sans font acts similar to Tahoma and Segoe UI in that it is limited in width more so than Open Sans or Ubuntu. Step 2 is to change the fonts in XYplorer from Tahoma to Droid Sans and also to slightly up the size Because each WINEPREFIX folder acts as a wholy-contained Windows emulator you can easily have different dpi settings for different applications. Step 1 is to slightly increase the dpi setting for wine applications. It's hard to post full screen shots, but due to the small size of the fonts used the program looks out of place between other Linux programs.Ī couple of small fixes to make Xyplorer fit in You can download it freely from Google.īelow are a few examples of what XYplorer will look like on first start. My font of choice for Wine applications is "Droid Sans".
#Xyplorer for linux Patch#
The patch set is beyond the scope of this guide but I highly recommend reading up on them (or even trying it out).
The Infinality patch set aims to improve TrueType rendering by tweaking the font engine. Obtaining new fonts and a few words on the Infinality patchesĪs I said earlier my distro of choice is Ubuntu due to it having fairly decent (OSX-styled) font rendering.
#Xyplorer for linux how to#
This chapter will deal with how to integrate the way XYplorer looks with the rest of your Linux system. These are not available or hard to reproduce on Linux. Windows makes use of some particular "cheats" and "tricks" to make TrueType fonts look "good". Once saved you can drag this file to your sidebar from inside the default Ubuntu file manager.įont rendering works differently on Linux compared to Windows. Here's what that looks like on my system. You need to specify the location of your wine folder (the wineprefix) followed by the wine command to launch XYplorer. I recommend reading this Ubuntu Help article before proceeding: First we must make an executable shell script, second we must make the launcher file. Ubuntu deals with "shortcuts" in a similar way as Windows. Instead, we're going to make XYplorer launch from an icon in the Ubuntu sidebar exactly the same way it does under Windows While this is particularly useful during debugging it looks unsightful. The terminal window will display all WINE and XYplorer activities. You may safely click "Cancel" and XYplorer should function normally thereafter.
When you start XYplorer you will be greeted by the error It is not yet known what triggers this but testing has shown there is no system impact. Run this code, one line at a time and without the dollar ($) sign, in your terminal:Ĭode: Select all $ wine ~/.wine-xy/drive_c/xy/XYplorer.exe PPA's are a Ubuntu "feature", so those of you who are on another distro may need to find their specific package or build from source.
#Xyplorer for linux install#
To install the latest development version we're going to add it from the official WINE PPA (Personal Package Archive). Ubuntu has a stable version of WINE in the standard repository, but there's a few nice new features in the current development branch such as improved font smoothing, so we'll make use of the development branch instead. Running a Windows program on a Linux machine requires the WINdows Emulator (WINE). You can download Oracle Virtual Box (free) here:
If you're new to all of this I would recommend running Ubuntu in a virtual machine before deploying to an actual machine. I'm going to assume a basic knowledge of Linux for this guide. Testing is currently done on Ubuntu 13.10 destribution.
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