Here is a guide t install PlayOnLinux on Ubuntu 12.10
PlayOnLinux is a piece of software which allows you to easily install and use numerous games and apps designed to run with Microsoft® Windows®. Few games are compatible with GNU/Linux at the moment and it certainly is a factor preventing the migration to this system. PlayOnLinux brings a cost-free, accessible and efficient solution to this problem.
To install PlayOnLinux open a terminal window (press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy+paste the following lines:
wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_precise.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install playonlinux -y
When installed you can close the terminal window and to start PlayOnLinux click on the Dash Home button and search for: playonlinux
Some features:
You don’t have to own a Windows® license to use PlayOnLinux.
PlayOnLinux is based on Wine, and so profits from all its features yet it keeps the user from having to deal with its complexity.
PlayOnLinux is free software.
PlayOnLinux uses Bash and Python.
Visit the PlayOnLinux Homepage.