So far working on:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32bit Desktop

Linux Mint 12 32 bit.

Linux Mint 12 64 bit.

1) Install winetricks

2) Run the following command from a terminalsession

Winecfg

When Wine Configuration pops up, click OK

3) Run the following command from a terminalsession

wget http://winetricks.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/winetricks

4) Run the following command from a terminalsession

bash winetricks dotnet30sp1

This will popup a Mozilla session and ask youto download dontnet 2.0

5) After downloading dotnet 2.0, run the followingcommands from a terminal session

Cd Downloads

Cp dotnetfx.exe /home/xxxx/.cache/winetricks/dotnet20

6) Run the following command from a terminalsession

bash winetricks dotnet30sp1

This will start the dotnet2.0 installtion. Follow the installation prompts. Once the dotnet2.0 installation completesclick Finish

7) Run the following command from a terminalsession

wgethttp://winetricks.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/winetricks

8) Run the following command from a terminalsession

bash winetricks dotnet30sp1

This will popup a Mozilla sessions and ask youto download dontnet 3.0

After downloading dotnet 3.0, run the following commands from aterminal session

Cd Downloads

Cp netframework3.exe/home/xxxx/.cache/winetricks/dotnet30

9) Run the following command from a terminalsession

bash winetricks dotnet30sp1

This will start the dotnet3.0 installation. Follow the installation prompts. Once the dotnet3.0 installation completesclick Finish

Note: Dotnet3.0installer disappears on to the toolbar at the top. Simply right click on the installer icon onthe tool bar and select View Progress details

10) When Dotnet3.0 installer completes it willautomatically start XPS Esstentials Pack setup wizard, follow throughinstallation wizard. Ensure you selectregister for the the XPS document viewer.

11) When XPS Esstentials Pack setup wizardcompletes it will automatically start dotnet3.0Sp1 installer, follow throughinstallation wizard. Ensure you selectregister for the the XPS document viewer.

12) When dotnet3.0Sp1 installer finishes, Run thefollowing command from a terminal session

bash winetricks gdiplus

This will popup a Mozilla sessions and ask youto download .Net Framework 1.0 GDIPLUS.DLL Security Update

After downloading .Net Framework 1.0 GDIPLUS.DLL SecurityUpdate, run the following commands from a terminal session

Cd Downloads

Cp netframework3.exe /home/xxxx/.cache/winetricks/gdiplus

13) Run the following command from a terminalsession

bash winetricks gdiplus

This will start the gdiplus installation.

14) Download Skydemon from www.skydemon.aero

15) Install Skydemon via winetricks

Hey Presto you now have skydemon running onUbuntu.

Now to get wine/SD to read and write from your SD card/Card reader

1) Run the following command from a terminal sessiom

winecfg

2) when Wine Config opens select the Drives tab and click Add, then select a drive letter that you want to add.

3) once the dive shows in the drive mapping window, highlight it. Then select browse, and browse to media and then the ID of the SD card, then click OK

4) Highlight the drive you created again in drive mapping and select Show Advanced, in the Type drop down select Floppy Disk. Click OK.

5) In Skydemon go to Setup then device connectivity options. Click on Install SkyDemon on a new Windows CE device. Then select the new drive that you created. Click Next, select the mspd you want to sync, then click OK.

Once step 5 has been completed you can just use the sync button in the future.

blah blah blah

gfry
I've tried running your instructions, but fail at step 6. I'm running ubuntu 13.04, 64bit and I'm trying to install version 2.6.3. I've added prefix32 as you suggest, but no success.
Following is output on terminal :

david@Neewdesktop:~/prefix32$ bash winetricks dotnet30sp1
Executing w_do_call dotnet30sp1
Executing load_dotnet30sp1
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dotnet30sp1 does not yet fully work or install on wine. Caveat emptor.
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Executing w_do_call dotnet30
Executing load_dotnet30
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If install fails, set /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope to 0. See http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30410
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Executing w_do_call dotnet20
Executing load_dotnet20
Executing w_do_call remove_mono
Executing load_remove_mono
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Mono does not appear to be installed.
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Executing w_do_call fontfix
Executing load_fontfix
Setting Windows version to win2k
Executing winetricks_early_wine regedit C:\windows\Temp\_dotnet20\set-winver.reg
Current wine does not have wine bug 10467, so not applying workaround
Current wine does not have wine bug 30845, so not applying workaround
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Working around wine bug 30845 -- Using native fusion while installing...
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Executing env WINEDLLOVERRIDES=mscoree,fusion=n wine dotnetfx.exe
fixme:advapiecryptFileA "C:\\users\\david\\Temp\\IXP000.TMP\\" 00000000
fixme:advapi:LsaOpenPolicy ((null),0x33f2f0,0x00000001,0x33f28c) stub
fixme:advapi:LsaClose (0xcafe) stub
fixme:storage:create_storagefile Storage share mode not implemented.
err:msi:msi_load_all_components can't initialize assembly caches
err:msi:msi_load_all_components can't initialize assembly caches
fixme:msi:MsiGetLastErrorRecord
err:msi:ITERATE_Actions Execution halted, action L"SxsInstallCA" returned 1603
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Note: command 'env WINEDLLOVERRIDES=mscoree,fusion=n wine dotnetfx.exe' returned status 67. Aborting.


Grateful for any suggestions.

flycycledave: Thank you very much for keeping this thread alive. I am still having problems installing SD on the 64 bit machine. The 32 bit was no problem. I would not dare update the 32 bit though to the latest SD in case it stopped working altogether. I hope gfry and others interested Linux installation would one day come up with something that is much easier to use, akin to a ppa to make everyone's life much easier.

Runways. I am using the android version of SD on a galaxy tablet - works well. Until I can get the full version installed on my Linux machine, I've gone back to an old laptop with Windows Vista on it, so I can work on the laptop, save stuff to the cloud and then download it onto the tablet, which I take flying. I've only been trying SD for a couple of weeks, but I'm very impressed.
cheers

Thanks flycycledave.

I am having exactly the same problem as flycycledave, however I am only using the 32 bit version of Ubuntu 13.04