It's sandboxed from the core OS, so it would be more secure but still crap. I think its possible that it can screw with your wine install, like corrupt DLL's and such.
IE is the crappiest web browser in the world. It's likely to get your WINE sandbox exploited. But yes, unless you run it as root (aka sudo in ubuntuland), there's no real danger. This is in contrast to Windows, where it is a veritable worm feast.
so, i take that IE is not good <full stop> i guess i won't be using it then. Thankies Edit:[ot]LOL[/ot]
But I would like to get Windows Media Player with Wine coz I like the way it handles the files as long as its v10+.... [ot]lol, I dont know but something is wrong with my Ubuntu coz I was tryin to install Wine and I ended up with some errors again.... I should better reinstall the whole OS and see if it works..[/ot]
Please at least try native applications like Amarok, roxbox, XMMS and juk before you simply emulate the bloated apps from XP! You might be surprised at their quality. I am forced to use a Windows workstation at work, and I dearly miss being able to run Amarok there. WMP is terrible compared to Amarok IMHO.
I will download it today when I reach home and see how it is.... However, my HDD problem is still there.... Also Can U tell me any good Video Player as well.. Thanks [ot]Atm, I m using Beep as a music player and VLC as a DVD player.. Problem with Music: I have so many songs so sometimes if I've to look for an audio file I would like to have a search engine.... Which I'vent found in Beep yet. Vidoe Problem: There are some DVD's which VLC wasnt able to play. I mean what was happening is that When I was trying to open a DVD, VLC payer shows up for a second that its playing that DVD and immediately closes itself.. [/ot]
I use Amarok for music since I have a very large collection. It has its own powerful database, and can grab lyrics and album art easily. For videos, I use MPlayer, which when coupled with win32-codecs, can play just about everything. For DVDs I use Xine, since it handles menus and special features better than MPlayer.
Wow! ur OS is like Vista's Aqua view.. How can u do that?? And yea, I saw that it has got a search filter... Also, atm I m a beginner so dont know which command I've to type to install those things... like Sudo apt-Install Amarok ??(I dont know but When I was copying and pasting all the stuff on my computer, Most of them are like that...)
If you're running *ubuntu, then you should already have synaptic. If you're running some other Linux distro, there are different tools depending on which package manager your distro uses.
Amarok's story....I m getting this error "amarok: Depends: amarok-xine but it is not going to be installed Depends: kdelibs4c2a but it is not going to be installed Depends: libgpod0 but it is not going to be installed Depends: libidn11 (>=0.5.18) but 0.5.13-1.0 is to be installed"
@ Karni Have you enabled the extra repositories? Check out the 'Getting the most from (X/K)Ubuntu' sticky. AmaroK is a KDE media player. If you'd rather use GNOME media players then I'd recommend either Rythmbox (installed by default) or Banshee. In either case: Code: sudo apt-get install amarok or Code: sudo apt-get install banshee If you want a good video player you could install Kaffeine, which is a KDE media player. Or you could install GXine as well Code: sudo apt-get install gxine @AT Nice desktop
I m not able to install Amarok "root@ubuntu:/home/karan# sudo apt-get install amarok Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: amarok: Depends: amarok-xine but it is not going to be installed Depends: kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.2) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libgpod0 but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages root@ubuntu:/home/karan# "
Firstly, log out as root! su = permanent root login sudo = temporary root login Then enter Code: sudo apt-get update then: Code: sudo apt-get install amarok
Assuming your using Ubuntu, then you need to enable the extra repositories. In Synaptic, I think you'll find it in one of the menu options. They are called Universe and Multiverse, and when enabled should give you most of the software you need. The repo information is held in a file called /etc/apt/sources.list, you can edit the file manually. You need to uncomment (remove the #s in the appropriate lines). Don't uncomment actual comments like explaining sentences, only the lines beginning with "deb" and "deb-src".
