For the Wine 'too much RAM' issue, I found two possible fixes: 1)add the mem=3072 (for 3GB) or mem=2048 (For 2GB) flag to your kernel boot parameters (from http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=14154 ) 2)set up wine-get and apply a patch (from http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10778 ) Which is the better choice for a user who needs a stable system?