I have just installed Ubuntu 6.06 lts ,evrything is working fine except that I cant open and run d file downloaded to my /home directory. When i tried setting the directory permission,it says that I dont have d required permission to do so! but I m d only user!
Can any1 plz help me??

regards,

When you say that you tried setting the directory permission, what do you mean? I would expect that the file is not set to be executable. Try running 'chmod u+x <filename>' and then running it again.

Which application is generally used to install a program? From where i can get it? Or How can i install a new application? When i tried installing an .exe application ,it says, "unable to open document- Unhandled MIME type:'application/x-ms-dos-executable'"
plz help

.exe is the extension for a Windows executable. In general, Windows executables will not run under Ubuntu, or any non-Windows OS. The WINE project provides a compatibility layer that will allow many binaries to run unchanged, if that is what you are looking for. Installing and configuring that to run under Linux is out of the scope for a forum like this, I think, but there are many web resources on that topic. You can also run an emulator/virtualization tool like Xen or VMWare and run a windows installation on top of/next to your Linux installation if you need to run Windows applications. Hope this helps.

Thanx Holman for ur valuable help.