Recently, I installed Ubuntu 14.04 in dual boot with Windows 8.1. I tried to run some applications with wine but it always shows the "Application has stopped working" error. As I had Windows 8 installed, I have Windows 8 selected in the wine menu. One game(EA Sports Cricket) started but as soon as the match starts, the game stops working.
What tweaks must be done to run the other applications?
Firstly, it's important to get familiar with their app database, AppDB, this has a lot of information on how well a program runs in Wine (because there's no guarantee it'll work well) and what tweaks you might need to make to get it to run well.
Secondly, if you find all that too complicated then you might want to try PlayOnLinux which will usually apply all the necessary tweaks and install the best Wine version to (hopefully) get your program working.
