Ok.
Overcame the IE6 hurtle. Installed IE6 using
Sidenet's script.
Then MC 11 installed without a problem. Listening to an MP3 as we speak on SuSE 9.3 and MC 11.
I remember using wine years ago, and it never worked very well/consistently, so I assumed I would have to fight with it to install MC, but I was wrong. It was extremely painless. No different then installing on a Windows machine.
If you've got linux installed, give it wirl. I used the latest wine build from
www.winehq.com[edit] Later this evening, as I played with MC, the font rendering is starting to bother me. ALL fonts within MC11 are rendered strangely. Most are very very thick (bold) and it often makes the display unreadable. Another problem is that fonts within the Tools>Options menu are rendered very small (at least on the left hand column)
Over all, font rendering is less then ideal. Usable, but for the most part annoying. Having used MC already on a windows box, I already know my way around. A beginner would be tottaly lost, since some things are un-readable.
Oh, and changing skins makes no difference.
For those of you attempting this on your linux installation, let me know how things look for you.
If we get a few of us running MC on linux, maybe we can get a dedicated sub-forum to help each other out, and maybe even JRiver support to make things friendlier on linux??