Re: [coltsoft-fireworkz] Fireworkz port to Linux?

[stuart winsor]

May I respectfully suggest that purchasing an inexpensive Raspberry Pi,  would allow you to run Risc OS, which costs nothing, and run Fireworkz natively, along with all the other excellent software which you can get at no cost via "Riscos direct "

On Wed, 6 May 2026, 23:58 Stefan König, <paul.stef...@gmail.com> wrote:

This is my second attempt, first has not been published. Trying to remember the contents...

In 03/2017 the question came up in this forum whether Fireworkz will be ported to Linux. Answer was: no and that some users had reported Fireworkz would work under Wine.

As of 2026 I cannot confirm the latter:

I've tried Fireworkz under Wine on

Linux Mint 22.3 (Ubuntu 24.04 LTS),

MX Linux 23.6 (Debian Bookworm),

MX Linux 25.1 (Debian Trixie),

MX Moksha 25.1 (Debian Trixie, MX fork) and it didn't work at all with the first three and only with error messages on Moksha.

Further on I've tried Fireworkz with "Raspian" Trixie 64bit (didn't work, I think it was the 64b Version that gave me the error message "Wineserver doesn't support the 01c4 architecture"), and with "Raspian" Trixie 32b (didn't work either). Last two on my RPi4B.

So the question: is there a chance of Fireworkz getting ported to Linux?

Probably not feasible because not enough users interested in Fireworkz on Linux and to time-consuming for that?

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[Stefan König]

Of course I've got an RPi4B and and an RPi400. At the moment showing Fireworkz on the right side whereas on the left monitor my LMDE7 shows the Fireworkz Tutorial.

But, what is Fireworkz Windows intended for? For users only using Windows PCs and discovering a brandnew Office Software? Or for the seasoned RISC OS user that has a Windows PC for the tasks he might perhaps not be able to do with RISC OS (Direct)? And then having the comfort of the trusted RO Fireworkz on Windows, as well?

So it is with me instead that I'm using Linux. And sometimes Windows. Having the same software on the 3 of them would be great. Like... LibreOffice or SoftMaker Office or OnlyOffice working on Windows, Linux and Android. You can work with what you want and your files are on your fileserver.

[stuart winsor]

Ok, fair enough. I have Fireworks pro on a Raspberry Pi, and that is my main computer. I have a PC and run both using the same keyboard, mouse and monitor,  via a KVM. The windows PC is just used for Internet and stuff that cannot be done under Riscos .

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[Stefan König]

The suggestion of beamc...@googlemail I should please buy a Raspberry Pi is quite bewildering, btw. Haven't I written that I've tried out with different versions of "Raspian" Trixie? Where should that have operated, then, other than an RPi? Reading a post always inconvenient, answer always fast. 

[stuart winsor]

Sorry for any misunderstanding,  my Raspberry Pi is running Riscos 5.3 not Linux, so Fireworkz runs nativity. I also have "Fireworkz pro", which is the paid for version and has been further developed (at least I understand that to be the case) beyond the freeware version, "Fireworkz"

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[Stuart Swales]

On 06/05/2026 23:38, Stefan König wrote:
> This is my second attempt, first has not been published. Trying to
> remember the contents...
> In 03/2017 the question came up in this forum whether Fireworkz will be
> ported to Linux. Answer was: no and that some users had reported
> Fireworkz would work under Wine.
> As of 2026 I cannot confirm the latter:
> I've tried Fireworkz under Wine on
> Linux Mint 22.3 (Ubuntu 24.04 LTS),
> MX Linux 23.6 (Debian Bookworm),
> MX Linux 25.1 (Debian Trixie),
> MX Moksha 25.1 (Debian Trixie, MX fork) and it didn't work at all with
> the first three and only with error messages on Moksha.
> Further on I've tried Fireworkz with "Raspian" Trixie 64bit (didn't
> work, I think it was the 64b Version that gave me the error message
> "Wineserver doesn't support the 01c4 architecture"), and with "Raspian"
> Trixie 32b (didn't work either). Last two on my RPi4B.
>
> So the question: is there a chance of Fireworkz getting ported to Linux?
> Probably not feasible because not enough users interested in Fireworkz
> on Linux and to time-consuming for that?
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I have Fireworkz for Windows working under Wine on a fresh install of
Debian 12.13 (x86).

Doubt that you'd get it working on an ARM-based platform.

Chance of Fireworkz getting ported to Linux? Slightly above zero. If
someone wanted to have a go, please do. Given how easy it is to run
RPCEmu, I'd stick with that route.

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Stuart Swales

[Stuart Swales]

Also working on Debian 13.4 (amd64) but note that it needs "dpkg
--add-architecture i386" before installing wine32.
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