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[Alan Dacey Sr.]

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..
> 


Yes, it is brilliant!  Welcome to Kubuntu.

I am going to guess that Amarok won't load your music because your 'D:\' is 
not mounted. That means that Kubuntu knows that it is there but you have to 
make it know that you want to use it.  A quick fix is to open Dolphin (My 
Computer, My Documents, etc in windows) and click on the picture of the disk.  
It will then mount it for you.  If you always want it to be there then you 
will need to get some information and edit a file.  

What game are you talking about?  There are hundreds of games available in 
your package manager.  Unlike windows, you usually do not have to go the net 
or a disk to get new programs.  All the software you need is available, and 
with automatic updates too, by opening a package manager and looking for it.  
It sounds like you are trying to compile from source.  That's either fun or 
annoying.  Before you start make sure "build-essential" (no quotes) is 
installed.  But I would suggest that you first try looking for it in 
KPackageKit.  (If KPackageKit is being difficult, you want to install the 
Synaptic package manager and use that instead.)

-- 
Alan

"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from 
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