My exposure to Mikrotik is that you need to download some windows executable to speak some bespoke protocol to perform configuration of the device (specifically for RouterOS)? Is that true?
I've got some of their switches running SwitchOS, which is great, but my minute exposure to winbox has thoroughly put me off anything that uses RouterOS.
You can do everything through web interface called "WebFig" (or even SSH console), but honestly Winbox MDI is much more convenient. I think only Winbox-exclusive feature is connecting through Ethernet packets (without IP).
(1) SSH into you box for shell and use the command line interface
(2) Use the comprehensive web interface
(3) use the shell tool in the web interface
(4) use wine to run the client
I've got some of their switches running SwitchOS, which is great, but my minute exposure to winbox has thoroughly put me off anything that uses RouterOS.