the following works for the 701 [edit] and also for the 901! to install wine 1.0 open a terminal (alt+ctrl+t) and type: sudo kwrite /etc/apt/preferences [press enter] copy and paste this to the file: Package: * Pin: origin updates.xepc.org Pin-Priority: 935 Save and exit kWrite in a terminal (alt+ctrl+t) type: sudo kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list [press enter] copy and paste this line to sources.list: deb http://updates.xepc.org/ p701 main Save and exit kWrite. Staying in terminal type: sudo apt-get update [press enter] Staying in terminal type: apt-cache policy wine [press enter] if the return is Candidate: 1.0.0-1+eeepc2 from xepc then all is good! Staying in terminal type: sudo apt-get install wine [press enter] when installed, from terminal type: winecfg opens settings for wine