http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9771
Marshall Place punktdawg@yahoo.com changed:
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--- Comment #27 from Marshall Place punktdawg@yahoo.com 2007-11-21 22:34:39 --- -Workaround- I am running Wine 0.9.48 on Fedora Core 8 and this is what worked for me"
Go into Steam "Settings" Click the "Friends" tab Uncheck all boxes labeled "Display a notification" Click OK
Explanation: As you know probably know from running this app in Windows, the notification is a graphical overlay which is probably causing the issue with Wine. This solved the problem for me and made friends usable again, hope this helps.