I am running under latest Ubuntu version with wine. It works very well.
Why use wine? You should be able to compile a faster native version.
You are correct. No need to use the binary windows version under wine.
The source-code is available! Check my brief tutorial on how to set up under Ubuntu.
Compiling @ Ubuntu
git clone https://bitbucket.org/pankkake/bernankoin.git
cd bernankoin/src/
make -f make.unix
Create bernankoin.conf
echo '
rpcuser=berinankoinrpc
rpcpassword=any
rpcport=1966
rpcallow=127.0.0.1
server=1
gen=1' > ./bernankoin/bernankoin.conf
Run and watch the progress
./bernankoind --daemon && watch './bernankoind getprintinginfo && ./bernankoind getinfo && ./bernankoind getbalance'