please I need support

[David Fletcher]

On Wednesday 13 Jan 2010, Stifan Kristi wrote:
> Ahmad Abou el-naga wrote:
> > I want to install Kubuntu 9.10 and I want to know:
> >  
> > 1-can I have it installed on a drive and windows xp on another drive 
> > and they would work normally?
> > 2-some drivers are not present for linux like those of Abit and 
> > creative Audigy2 zs.what can I do to fix this?
> > 3-the security issues and security system programs what are the safety 
> > issues?
> > 4-I'm a windows user and I want to try Kubuntu will i find driver 
> > problems and difficulties?
> >  
> > thanks in advance.
> > regards
> >
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> I think the best choice to test it on the Virtual Machine first, like 
> VirtualBox, VMWare or QEmu, you can remove it by Delete the Virtual Machine.
> Or you can try portable ubuntu (run ubuntu os on the windows taskbar), 
> you can remove it by Delete the ubuntu portable folder.
> Or you can try WUBI (Windows Ubuntu Installer), you can remove it by add 
> remove / program on Windows.
> 
> PFACMIIW Arabic is supported on ubuntu.
> Please let me know if you meet any problem.
> 

Virtual machines are great, and can be very useful for getting a person out of 
a hole. For instance, I'm running Karmic in Virtualbox under Hardy right now. 
This enables me to install the latest version of ufraw, which knows how to 
process the raw files from my new Pentax K-7. I cannot do this with Hardy.

However, the difference between just installing a VM and getting it working 
properly is a little bit technical I find. I'm talking about getting the 
Guest Additions installed, so that the screen can be operated at a decent 
resolution, the mouse and keyboard does not get grabbed by the VM, and file 
transfer between real and virtual machines can be performed.

With a Windows VM, as I recall, this isn't too hard. I think it's supplied as 
a standard windows installer. But with Linux it's a whole lot harder. I can 
do it, but it's a bit of steep learning if a beginner knows not how to 
install gcc to get the driver software compiled for the current kernel.

I don't need to do it right now, and cannot remember the exact steps required, 
but perhaps if somebody more familiar with the process than me could hold 
Ahmad's hand and guide him through the process, or point us to an easy to 
follow how-to, that would be a good thing.

Dave