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how to make ubuntu to look and act just like xp

Asked by ryan.beg

ok im tryin to get ubuntu to look and act like xp because half the stuff i download i cant install at all if u can tell me an easy way to download stuff like winamp and stuff like that id like that and im tryin to connect my desktop with ubuntu to my laptop with vista to get internet and have so far failed at it if u can help with this id be very very very happy

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Chris Johnston (cjohnston) said : 		#1

Winamp is a Windows program.. There are options for other programs in Ubuntu.. You could try installing Winamp using Wine.. Ubuntu doesn't use .exe files... Which probably explains why half the stuff you download doesn't install. Look in the Software Center for applications that will do what you are wanting to do.. There are quite a few music players.. Rhythmbox is one.

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#2

Hi :)

You might find this link useful to bookmark for future reference
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows
I quite like this one too
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Applications

Every install of Ubuntu needs someone to work through the Medibuntu worksheet to sort out their multimedia
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
This deals with copyright issues for your country. I tend to keep non-free components until i feel ready to make the final move to going completely OpenSource.

These 2 might help further
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Antivirus

There is a guide to making Ubuntu look a lot more like Windows which is good for the 'homesick' but then it makes it difficult to try to interpret answers from the forums, unless the answers stick to the command-line ... So, i would avoid changing the default layout too much.

Normally i would advise people to install Ubuntu as a dual-boot alongside whichever OS they do have pre-installed on their system. Most of us have dual-boot. I found it useful until i got to the point where i could do everything i needed in linux. Now i find it useful for when Windows users ask me how to fix their Windows problem.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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