Saw an updated message on Onion's blog: Update 15.10.2010: Using desktop mode makes using wine much nicer and keyboard input works too. Running winecfg is a bit problematic as it won't fit the screen properly but editing ~/.wine/user.reg and adding the following lines in the end enables desktop mode: [Software\\Wine\\Explorer] 1287126526 "Desktop"="Default" [Software\\Wine\\Explorer\\Desktops] 1287126530 "Default"="800x480"