I installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with Wine 6.0.2 on an older Dell Vostro 1520 laptop, and now I'm trying to run a standard Notes V12.0 client and Domino Designer client (based on Eclipse) on that system. The basic client (written in C/C++) seems to work for the best part, not 100%, but it's usable. Nevertheless, I'd like to use the full Notes client and especially the Domino Designer (based on on Eclipse). The installer doesn't work, so I copied a working folder tree (programs + data) from a Windows system to Ubuntu's drive_c, into the correct folders.
I know that wine has its limitations, and that the community did do some tests on earlier versions of Notes. Being part of that community, I decided to give Notes v12 a go, and I'm not disappointed: Notes doesn't crash, wine doesn't crash, and the basic version of Notes really gives a decent performance. The standard Notes client however isn't fully functional, it's the UI that's wrong: UI elements are displayed and then disappear. So I wondered whether there's a different GUI library I can use, or maybe some config parameter?
When I start the standard client, the Workspace screen displays correctly, but after a few seconds, parts of the screen are erased, the tiles just disappear. I can sometimes make them reappear by PgDown/PgUp, or by unhiding/hiding a side bar. Still, it seems that some screen paints are lost, the screen isn't really usable, for the UI seriously lacks essential elements like buttons and fields.
What's even worse, the Designer client is virtually unusable, because a form isn't displayed correctly and I cannot find an easy way to make it display the way it should, i.e. with texts and fields.
Can I get some guidance to make it work? Are there libraries or other tools that I can install in order to improve the UI? How can I help to fix this?
