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[Perry]

Le Friday 26 February 2010 10.21:36 Varun Jindal, vous avez écrit (you wrote) 
:
> Thank you for the reply, Mr. Alan. let me re-explain my issues:
> 
> 1. I installed Kubuntu 9.10 (F:\) in Windows CP (C:\) as application.
> However, I cannot launch Kubuntu from inside XP. I've to reboot PC & then
> start Kubuntu. Please let me know how to launch Kubuntu from within Windows
> XP.
in your first mail you said you have "Kubuntu 9.10 installed as
application (in F:\)"
I have some doubts about this "as application". Can you really open F:\ from 
within M$? Do you even see F:\ from M$?
Or did you just install (from live or alternate DVD) a full fledge Kubuntu in 
what used to be F:\ ?

I know you can *emulate* windows from within Kubuntu with "wine", not sure 
there is a program that does it the other way round or that can launch kubuntu 
from M$ without leaving M$ (i.e. rebooting).<
I will follow this thread and perhaps learn something.


> 
> 2. Playing Media files (mp3/mp4/vob), I could not play by opening Dolphin
> and clicking on the picture of the disk.   (Because picture of the disk
> DOESN'T appear. Only names of the Windows Drives (D:\, F:\, etc.) appear.
> Single clicking opens the drive). 
I assume you are trying to open Media files that are on a M$ partition.
Name or picture behave the same, they are clickable, they open, you see the 
content (files or folders). The only problem is to find where your Media files 
are.
> So, let me know the alternatives tp play
> mp3, & how to mount a drive.
If the drive opened (you can see part of its content), then it is mounted! 
(Dolphin did it)
> 

> 3. I found out there are no games in Kubuntu. 
Type "game" in Synaptic or Kpackagekit and you will find many games (I didn't 
try them)
> So, I downloaded some
>  packeage from Internet, unzipped it. There were so many games' folders.
>  Opened a folder only to find C++ files; I Got Confused!! So, Please let me
>  know how to install games from that folder..
Usually those have a readme or install instruction file.
Google is your friend, have a look at 
<http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/softinstall.html> for example.


HTH		Perry
> 
> thank you once again for welcoming me to the world of joY, called Kubuntu.
> 
> Varun
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> 
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Alan Dacey Sr. 
<grokit at ajinfosearch.com>wrote:
> > On Thursday 25 February 2010 11:21:45 pm Varun Jindal wrote:
> > > thank you. I liked the open source OS. Its as brilliant as the Windows
> > > 7/Vista. However, I have some difficulties with Kubuntu 9.10, as
> > > follow:
> > >
> > > I have Windows XP as main OS (in C:\) & Kubuntu 9.10 installed as
> > > application (in F:\). Now,
> > >
> > > 1. Amarok player won't LOAD media files (D:\) - either by drag and drop
> >
> > or
> >
> > > by giving the path.
> > >
> > > 2. I also do not know how to install GAMEs. I downloaded the required
> > > package, unzipped to find some C++ header files. But don't know
> > > further..
> 


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