Wine

[#1]

Wondered if someone could just give me a quick bit of advice about programmes that will work under Wine and how to get them to do it?
I have Spotify working OK but don't know how to organize anything else or indeed what to try.

[#2]

Basically just run the installer and it (might) work.
There is a list of programs <a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/">here</a> that give an idea about what runs and what has issues.
A lot of programs "just work", but a few require a few tweaks. (I run Newsbin with no issues and ImgBurn that requires a small tweak in the program to access the burner)

[#3]

I've got RouterStats - the lite version; it draws graphs of my sync speed and noise margin.
Also got an Open University email thing which works.
I suggest you check your Spotify settings - I think the default is to use 10% (?) of your disk as cache.
It's possible to reduce this to a minimum of 1GB

[#4]

Lots of games on that link. I was thinking about stuff like Microsoft Office although only Publisher as I can manage with Open Office for other things.
Draw and Scribus (for me) don't come near to what I can do with Publisher, which I use all the time for card making.
Think I'll forget about it as I will always have a Windows machine to do the things that are important to me.
Thanks for comments.

[#5]

If you had gone to the db and selected productivity (<a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?bIsQueue=false&bIsRejected=false&sClass=application&sTitle=Browse+Applications&iItemsPerPage=25&iPage=1&sOrderBy=appName&bAscending=true">here</a>) you would have seen the office types.
Publisher is <a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=663">here</a> but unless you have the '03 version it is rated as garbage
An alternative (non free) is Crossover office which is based on wine but more tailererd for office programs.