Xa3phod wrote: > Hi, new to Wine and I have a few questions. > > First off, can you get programs which use TWAIN to run in WINE Yes. Xa3phod wrote: > and will it support those devices which use TWAIN such as a non linux suppported scanner? (Xerox Documate 510) No. Wine uses SANE backend to talk to scanners. And presently Wine does not support any hardware drivers Xa3phod wrote: > Which is the best linux distro for running wine? Any mainstream that have enough people (forums, blogs, irc, etc) to tell you want to do and how. Xa3phod wrote: > Do I need to put the windows programs inside the wine directory or can I keep them in my home folder? http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-f3515230c198befe0279d32c448d9c8da63be66f