I can confirm I got MLO running on a Chromebook using crouton to set up an Ubuntu environment and then running Wine inside that.
Cheers Max Am Mittwoch, 14. Juni 2017 09:30:29 UTC+2 schrieb Nick: > > I'm debating buying a Linux computer. Since this post is about a year old, > I wanted to check if MLO and MLO Cloud Sync still runs successfully on > Linux? The Linux Rating on codeweavers.com is 1 star and says "Will Not > Install". Thanks for your clarification and help! > > On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 2:51:12 PM UTC-4, chrisleeuk wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I've recently setup MLO on Linux and have it working just fine. >> I thought it would be useful to share what I did. >> >> I am using Linux Mint 17.3 'Rosa' although these instructions should work >> for most Linux Installs. >> This would probably work on a MAC, although I've not yet tested it. >> >> To get MLO working on Linux I'm using CodeWeavers CrossOver 15.0.1 which >> allows Windows software to work on Linux. >> >> This costs around $60 but has a free 15 day trial. >> You can probably do the same using the free 'Wine', but I've not tested >> it. >> >> *To follow this guide, you should make sure you have an internet >> connection and CrossOver installed.* >> >> Although this seems like a lot of steps, you are really just using the >> standard >> CrossOver wizard to install MLO and the required XML Parser. >> >> *Installing MLO* >> >> >> - Download Windows MLO setup from Website. Double click the >> MLO-Setup.exe >> - The 'CrossOver Software Installer' will start. >> - Hit the 'Browse Available Applications..' button. >> - From the list select 'Unknown' and 'Other Application' and then >> click continue. >> - Hit the 'Select Bottle' button at the top. Change the name of the >> bottle to 'MLO' >> - In the 'Compatible Bottles' select 'New Windows XP Bottle' >> - Hit continue and then 'Install'. You will be asked for your Linux >> login password. >> >> >> This will install the basic MLO, however you will likely get errors on >> sync. >> This is because you are missing the Microsoft XML Parser. >> >> *Installing XML Parser* >> >> >> - Open 'CrossOver' and hit the 'Install Windows software' button >> - Type in MSXML into the box, then choose 'Microsoft XML Parser >> (MSXML) 6.0 SP1' from the list. >> - Hit the 'Select Bottle' button at the top. >> - Make sure you select the 'MLO' bottle you created previously. This >> will be in the list of compatible bottles. >> - Hit continue and then 'Install'. You will be asked for your Linux >> login password. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/9519686d-2a4d-4e7d-a25d-3b16ea89e827%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
