That's exactly what I'm asking about. As discusse in these 2 posts, this kind of technique should work http://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?t=3006&highlight=red+alert http://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?t=3650&highlight=red+alert but I don't know the exact details (I'm just putting in my doubts, and I'm sorry for my possible ignorance): - do I need to compile my own wine, or the Ubuntu pre-compiled one is enough? - do I have to do something as root? - as regards the override of the dll, what should be done other than putting it in the game's directory, in order to make it work properly? thanks, N