I've been directed here from another forum.  Looking for help! First, I'm based in the UK.  My boyfriend (who lives overseas) installed Ubuntu on my laptop a while back because he hates Windows and thought I'd prefer using Ubuntu.  I mainly use my laptop for surfing the net so wasn't bothered what was on it and it's been fine up until now.    Anyway, I just borrowed a DVD from the library and it's not playing.  I have VLC media installed already but nothing seems to be working.  Googling revealed that it might be an encryption issue to stop people copying DVDs but there are ways round it including using libdvdcss2 but that it might not be legal.    I've also been told that it might be a dvd region thing that means I can't play the dvd.  But I have no idea what region this dvd is.  Can anyone help please? Otherwise I'll need to take the DVD round to my parents' house to watch a movie that I should be able to just stick in a machine and press play to enjoy :(  Thanks.
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Ubuntu is unable to play DVDs. I used regionset to change the region. libdvdcss (the newest version) is installed. I enabled the option "No DVD menus" in VLC, and it doesn't work.  What should I do?
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I'm new to Ubuntu, so can any of you give me a guide of how I can access my windows 7 files from my Ubuntu 12. I installed it using Wubi. Looked around everywhere but failed.
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What is the difference between the DVD ISO and the Everything ISO?  These options are presented on the CentOS  but there is no explanation as to what the difference is.
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Please read entire post CAREFULLY before answering.  This question will make you confused if you don't.  Information (May skip :P)   OS : Windows NT 6.2 (Windows 8 K) Equipped hard disk   Total 1TB, 1 disk C: (Simple Layout, NTFS, Boot, Pagefile, Crash dump, Main): total 488,039,776,256 bytes, used 93,473,599,488 bytes D: (Simple Layout, NTFS, Main): total 486,859,075,584 bytes, used 8,426,016,768 bytes hidden: Ask if needed  Brand(manufacturer): Samsung Electronics Processor(CPU): Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3230M CPU @ 2.60GHz RAM: 8GB , 64-bit , OS 64-bit   Question (READ THEM ALL VERY CAREFULLY)   Is there any way to install Ubuntu on this computer without any external disk (CD, USB drive, etc) Note : This computer is 64-bit, so  did not help me. WUBI does not support UEFI, and This computer uses it. No Virtual PC programs like VirtualBox or VMWare, because it takes memory.   EDIT : I already found a USB drive in my home, so now it is installed on my computer xD
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I found this page with some examples:   I'm wondering which one to use. Any suggestions? I'm using other packages too so whichever is less likely to interfere with them is better for me.
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I just installed Ubuntu for the first time and am trying to figure a way to play Windows games on Linux. I've read you need to use Wine, and I'm just wondering how exactly I go about doing this correctly. I've read a lot of conflicting information.
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I wonder if someone can help me? I am fairly new to trying to actually understand and use computers myself rather than just buying whatever Windows/Mac wants me to! You will get a giggle from my flawed attempts anyway :-)  I would like to start using Ubuntu on my PC, just got a new harddrive and did have a borrowed windows 7 disk as was planning to temporarily install it so i could get ubuntu. However I didn't have high enough spec hardware for win 7 (I think it is due to only 1gb ram, i do have 64 bit technology and a 1tb harddrive). I am quite happy to install 32 bit ubuntu and hear it is easier the use than 64 anyway.  So I have one other rubbish mini laptop (windows xp) which i am trying to use to get ubuntu onto a usb (laptop has no cd drive) so i can install it on the pc. First tried just downloading ubuntu 13.04 desktop onto a usb and trying to boot the pc from it which gave the message 'no operating system'. Then I tried this to create a bootable usb which sounded promising:  . However then it starting asking for my saucy desktop iso in order to install it onto the usb stick, can't really manage to find out what a saucy desktopp iso is, maybe a mirror image of an operating system, no idea why i would need that.  So in short, I'm lost. All I can think of is getting windows xp somewhere so i can get my pc to work and install ubuntu from the internet on that, or going to a friends house in the hope that creating a bootable cd is easier than creating a usb.  Sorry for my general ineptness and hope someone can help!
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I need to upgrade my existing Ubuntu system, and I also want to install Ubuntu on a new laptop.  I would like to have an installation CD or DVD to do both of these.  Where exactly I can order or request an Ubuntu installation CD/DVD/USB?
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I'm new to how Ubuntu works and installed it yesterday alongside Windows 7, but in doing so I have created a few problems. I have partitions for Windows, Ubuntu, System Recovery, and storage for all my files with the intention to access them on either OS, but I don't even see all of my drives listed on Home Folder. Not to mention that  during the Ubuntu instillation I managed to screw up any chance of booting to the Windows side of things at all. I'll fix Windows once I get my hands on a copy in a couple days, but in the mean time any suggestions for accessing my files?  If you need me to find any data about my computer to help you figure out what's wrong with it, please don't hesitate to tell me what I need to show you. Thanks
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I have tried countless cd/dvd burning software on ubuntu 12.04 and none of them work for me,  any ideas guys?   I've tried tovidgui, bombono dvd,and mestelix, they are all so very confusing is there any program like dvdflick that is just straight to the point?
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I installed Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit and enabled DRM in Firefox. When trying to watch Netflix, I get the following errors:  Oops, something went wrong...  Netflix video player unavailable  We're having trouble playing Netflix in your browser. Please make sure you're on an official version of Firefox.  Error Code: F7355-1204   I'm using the version of Firefox that came installed with Ubuntu. How do I play Netflix videos on 18.04?
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I have downloaded Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS from .  In order to create a bootable DVD it is asking for an ISO image which I haven't found in the download folder.  Where is the .iso file?
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2days ago I upgraded my Ubuntu from 17.04 to 17.10, all the process went fine and the upgrade was successful. But after some few hours I played a .mp4 video with vlc players the video plays on full screen for 3 to 4 seconds and freeze the screen, audio keep playing but the video stopped and the keyboard and mouse stops responding, the only way to get out of this is to force shutdown the computer and restart it. Happens every times with Ubuntu 17.10 never experience the problem with 17.04. How to get out of this am a vlc fan.
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I just want to know if it's possible to get Cain and abel installed in ubuntu, it would really help my work instead of dual booting back to my windows 7 just to use it. THanks!
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I am interested in using Ubuntu for the fist time, so I went to the Ubuntu download page (), to get the download file. When the file downloaded he file, it appeared in WinRAR, so I cannot burn the file to a DVD. Can anybody point me in the right direction as to how to burn this file to a DVD when the file appears as a WinRAR file? Any help would be great appreciated. Thanks :)
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I was trying to install Ubuntu on an older laptop which doesn't have a DVD ROM or a USB boot capabilities.  Is there an option to burn the image files to a Cd ROM? I am pretty sure that the size of the image file may be slightly larger to fit on a CD ROM. Is there a way to split the image files and use two CD Roms instead?
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I have an install of Ubuntu server, I was recently fooling around with it, and as all learning processes do, I messed a few things up.   I would this box to be secure and reliable in the future, So I have decided to do a clean install of the system. Is there a way I can do it over the network (PCs and a router) without having to connect a monitor, and burning the cd?  Basically a network install after I completely remove the previous copy of Ubuntu 10.04?  Thoughts? Please and thank you.