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[Bruce MacArthur]

On Friday 26 February 2010 03:21:36 am Varun Jindal 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.
> 
> 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). So, let me know the alternatives tp 
play
> mp3, & how to mount a drive.
> 
> 3. I found out there are no games in Kubuntu. 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..
> 
> 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..
> >
> 
Hello, Varun --

As a general rule, your statement to the effect that you "installed 
Kubuntu as an application" simply does NOT make sense.  As Alan has 
pointed out to you already, Kubuntu is an Operating System; it is NOT 
"an application" at all.

Again, as a general rule, you will have only two ways to have both 
Kubuntu and Windows available on a single machine.  One is the "dual 
boot" option which is easily set up for you when you PROPERLY install 
Kubuntu.  When you boot your computer, you get a choice of going into 
EITHER Kubuntu OR Wyndoze -- NOT "both".

The other is a bit more complicated, but has its advantages.  You 
download and install some "virtualization" software -- such as 
VirtualBox-OSE or VM-Ware -- presumably under Wyndoze.  Within your 
virtualization package, you may then install any number of "virtual" 
machines in the form of Operating Systems.  This allows you to access 
each OS withOUT rebooting.  That is what I have done; Kubuntu has VB 
installed, and (within VB) I have XP.  I can jump between them easily, 
although select-copy-paste does not work across the great divide!

As another person has mentioned, Wine can let you run some Wyndoze apps 
within Linux; I do not know anything about going the opposite direction, 
and would not really want to try it.

Still another person has cite Wubi, but I know absolutely nothing about 
it -- even though I have seen it mentioned several times.  Perhaps you 
should research that option; research is essential to Linux, so you 
might as well begin immediately!

Hope this helps.



Bruce   Mac Arthur
     bmacasuru at fastmail.us