safari with wine

[oohbuntoo]

Safari is not loading through wine. I have no Idea what I did wrong. I followed a tutorial to do it, and it all went smooth. However, when I click the icon nothing happens.

[Dark_Stang]

Why run Safari at all? Why not just run Firefox, Epiphany, Opera, Seamonkey, Conkeror, etc?

[Mark Phelps]

If you're going to use Wine, you need to check out the CodeWeavers Application Compatibility site for the apps you're using.

The link below is to a page about Safari. A Bronze rating is quite poor -- only a notch above Garbage. So, I'm not surprised you're having problems with it.

You can find out what folks have done by reading the test links:

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=5293

[Simian Man]

Yeah, why on earth would you want to run Safari at all, let alone under wine?

[julianb]

In linux, my favorite browser is Google Chrome. Like Safari, it's fast and it is based on WebKit (most other open source browsers, like firefox, are based on Gecko).

You can download a Chrome-for-linux installer (.deb file) here:
http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel

It's considered alpha software but I have experienced very few bugs. Far, far better than what you'd expect for an app running in Wine with a "bronze" rating.

Give the Chrome user interface a chance. It's different, but you can learn to like it if you don't already.

[oohbuntoo]

Thanks for all the input Ubunites. I just wanted to see if I could do it. I got Chromium up and crackin', so, I'm not hurtin' for a browser right now. Also, for some weird reason I'm just over Firefox. Maybe it's tooooo customizable for me. I find myself spending hours just dressing it up, and not even surfin' da web! No biggie. Thanks for the input again.

[supermelon928]

Why run Safari at all? Why not just run Firefox, Epiphany, Opera, Seamonkey, Conkeror, etc?

agreed.

[supermelon928]

In linux, my favorite browser is Google Chrome.

Are you seriously using Chrome on Wine? Doesn't seem worth it to me.

[MelDJ]

TMaybe it's tooooo customizable for me.

why not try links? http://www.jikos.cz/~mikulas/links/

[oohbuntoo]

Are you seriously using Chrome on Wine? Doesn't seem worth it to me.
No, I'm using Chromium straight up, no chaser.