Why run it under wine when there are native Linux builds?

I think any complaints about the portable version should be taken to its authors. Is it not portableapps.com?

http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/thunderbird_portable

Did you really ask that question? Portable Apps is about taking your app. with you. Using PortableApps allows me to take my email account and archive with me. I triple boot my system, I have multiple systems. My mail moves with me.

I have asked the question at PortableApps and there are many who have seen this problem. Thunderbird developers made the change to version 13 that broke the ability for Thunderbird to run under Wine. They should be the ones to find a fix for it.

Let me clarify. Thunderbird version 13 and later under Linux Mint 13, Wine, PortableApps USB.

It's Open Source. It works on the three major platforms its authors designed it for. In this respect, it works as intended. The source is there for the people at Wine and PA to do with as they wish.

I'm wondering what it is you think the Mozilla developers do that only they can undo?

Mozilla nor the Thunderbird community has any involvement with the third-party provided PortableApps builds of Thunderbird.

There were system requirements changes as of Firefox 13.0 and likely Tb 13.0 that made it so Windows 2000 users could not use them without some unofficial workarounds so there could be some relations on that.

Thank you for the replies. First, I do appreciate the hard work so few at Mozilla have done for so many. My frustration realy does start with Microsoft for making changes that, may have in this case, forced Mozilla group to create work-arounds. Work arounds that have broken Thunderbird under PortableApps/Mint/Wine. I know that for decades, Opensource groups have had to battle against these tactics which takes resources away from more productive work. This will not stop me from supporting and using Thunderbird even if I must use an older version.

Evening James, You were right. Replies from PortableApps had the fix. Event Mint 16 is using an old version of Wine. The following allows me to run the latest Thunderbird.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.6