<HTML><HTML>many thanks guys for the helpful advice you gave me about using my DVD ROM. SINCE i DO NOT HAVE AN INTERNET CONNECTION let me re present the problem: What are the softwares I can use to run my DVD ROM (Samsung Combo drive) to watch cool movies, listen to songs etc (basically to use my DVD ROM). I will have to have it on a CD as, like I said, I do not have internet. I have Ubuntu 5.0 on which I recently installed Dapper Drake. I have been having a few issues with the system from the beginning, like OpenOffice.org Base crashes suddenly. But we can talk about that later. I first need to get this DVD issue fixed.</HTML>