Public bug reported:
The first reaction of most ex-Windows users new-Ubuntu users will be
to... Install programs. And obviously, it will all be Windows programs
that can be found on Internet.
But when these people download their Windows executable files and click
on it, they get this : "No application suitable for automatic
installation is available for handling this king of file."
I suggest to change this behavior and make ubuntu automatically suggest
the user to install Wine in order to get their Windows executable files
working into Ubuntu. Alternatively, the message could briefly explains
the user that the program has been created for Windows and not Linux.
This would make Linux Ubuntu really more easy for brand new users.
The installation of Wine could be as easy as the new automatic codec
installation that has been added to totem.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Ubuntu should suggest Wine when a user open a Windows executable file
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164209
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