I am searching the net and get different results about if and how Scrivener works in Linux. I am so fed up with Windows, I really want to change. BUT Scrivener (and Affinity Photo) are very important for my work, so I would like to hear from those who use Scrivener in Mint. Got some tricks and tipps? Would you say go or don’t do it?
Thanks for helping
Others will surely comment. But what if you use a VM in Windows to run Linux most the time and keep running Scrivener (any another remnants) in Windows. In due course you can migrate the remnants if possible and if not you have not lost what you need.
Well, I want to get rid of Windows, so a VM for Linux would not be what I had in mind. 
But if I were a bit less sure of this I would try it this way. Did not think of it
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So, a little trick about the forum search tool is that you can type “in:title” and then anything else you type will have to be in the title of the thread. So here’s a search for the word “mint” in the title, sorted by reverse date.
As for the suggestion to use a VM, it would be puzzling to do things in that order for me as well. I use VirtualBox on Linux, and run Windows software in that, when I need to. But definitely peruse the Linux section here, there are simple ways to install Scrivener and Scapple for Wine these days.
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I agree either order achieves similar results, with the ultimate goal Linux only. Me, I’m not bothered about Windows, Mac, or Linux. It’s the apps and results that matter to me and my clients.
I run a “production” type operation and I’m loath to break what is working but I still still allow for fun, learning, and profit for incremental changes. Windows probably works for @Michou ok (assumption) but wants to stop using it. @Michou admits two apps that are very important so moving to Linux is the change. With a VM allows for a transition assuming one machine available. Once enough remnants moved or replaced, of course run Windows in Linux or dump Windows all together.
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There is a personal point of being fortunate to work in software, and having a budget for that need, which means I have a machine for everything that needs testing. Native this, native that, KVM switches between them all. So in that way I can pick the environment I really prefer to use for the daily grind, rather than having to settle or come up with nesting egg solutions. Sometimes I need to use the Mac for a bit, but it’s always nice to flip the switch back over to my home system.
It sounds to me that you are much more software dependent, and I am to a degree, as we all are, but I also place a lot of burden on the system, in how I work. To me the system is as important, if not more so, than the software. That must be comfortable, powerful, and invisible unless needed.
I run a “production” type operation and I’m loath to break what is working but I still still allow for fun, learning, and profit for incremental changes.
Yeah, I agree with that approach, but for me that happens before you decide to switch systems. It’s more an evaluation tool. I did in fact use a VM on the Mac to test Linux distributions for years, leading up to the choice to go back to it. Sometimes I would even use it for extended duration in full-screen mode, to evaluate which of the two felt more productive. So there’s nothing wrong with that approach in my opinion, but at some point it makes sense to flip the switch.
@Michou, check out Krita (tablet art) and Gimp for raster, RawTherapee for RAW photography development, and InkScape for vector. It’s not a bad set of tools if your requirements are modest—but I will freely admit there are fewer graphic design options of quality on Linux. The above is everything I need and more, but I’m no longer in the trade, I just embellish screenshots for the most part, create wireframes for UI ideas, and play with my camera as a hobby.
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I know gimp from years before but nowadays I make my cover on my own (steep learningcurve for years now) and Affinity photo does what is needed in a way gimp cannot (Glyphs are still not supported) so for now I might have a slightly similiar approach like you. I have two laptops and one will be for dualboot so that I can use Papyrus Autor for layout and editing and Affinity for the covers while I want to do everything else on the linux one hoping I get Scrivener to run (so many say that licensing does not work - hoping for the best!)
Not ideal as I really loath Windows by now with all the ways it decides what I have to live with 
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Activation is dependent upon a valid .NET installation, which in the past did require a lot of sitting around and installing stuff in precisely the correct order, which I suspect is the source of that rumour. It was always possible, I never had problems with it myself.
But today there are systems like Lutris that are basically package managers for Wine. All of that arduous setup is done by the install script. Even if it doesn’t work for some reason, the barrier to trying is now so low, you might as well.
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Good news that. Will there be lagging when typing btw? In your experience?
I don’t have any kind of performance issues, Wine is pretty fast, people use it for gaming after all these days. The VM on the other hand is a little slower, but that’s probably in large part because I allocate very few resources to it, just enough to run Win10 + Scrivener with large-ish projects, but even that is not above the threshold of annoying in my opinion, especially if you turn off the expensive visual effects in Windows.
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So one needs wine and VM? Or just one? Sorry for all those questions
I’m not the best case study to be frank. I would imagine most people would be able to choose one. I use both because I have to test our software thoroughly, and sometimes that means doing so in a native environment. I was able to do almost all testing with just Wine, but in particular things like font scaling and UI layout / stock widgets can be a little different, and you really need to know exactly what everyone else is seeing.
So, probably not stuff most people have to worry about.
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Perfect, thanks. I will stick to wine, I guess. You really helped me along.
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I’ve successfully run multiple installs of Scrivener 3 Win on Mint with Lutris - works much better than Wine. Pretty much painless.
I’ve written a book on it, covers the install etc and using Scrivener.
The Linux Author has a YouTube on the install
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Will have a look at it if I will ever be done with installation. Seems my laptop is too new for mint, cannot make the camera work, Vivaldi and Firefox are not clickable with my profile and now WLan is not found after reload. So someone said to use Ubuntu instead - would that work with Scrivener, too?
Sorry for bothering you and all, but I really want to get rid of Microsoft and it won’t work … aaaaah!
Ubuntu will work with Lutris. I haven’t tried it, but it should be a go without too much fiddling.
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Thanks - looking also at pop and zorin. The hardware seems to be the problem. Sigh …