I have downloaded programs from the Ubuntu software center,the only ones I can't find are the games. It says I have them, but I can't launch them. Where do I look for them?
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type your game name in the search of unity dash and of course there is a game section which have list of all games installed in the PC . look at the image . |
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Perhaps you haven't used the Dash properly. I'm still getting the hang of Ubuntu myself so I can relate to your confusion. Look again at that picture of the Dash that was posted. Down the bottom you have a series of icons - a house, three bars (don't ask me what they're meant to be!), a page, music notes and the last one is a video icon. Notice that in the picture, the bars are highlighted. When you first click on the Dash icon, the house is most likely to be highlighted. If you click the bunch of bars then you'll be shown the applications. You'll also notice the word "Filter" appears over at the top right with an arrow. That arrow can be used to open or close the Filter options. Filter by clicking on the word Games (the box will be given a border to show it's selected) and then see if your game appears in that list. If there are more games than will fit in the window, a bar appears (white in my setup but not sure if it is in the original Desktop appearance) that you can drag up and down. Don't know if there are scroll arrows; I haven't found any. You can also navigate the window by using your arrow keys on your keyboard. The software centre lets you see what's been installed and remove it if you want and also search for other programs to be installed but doesn't let you launch them from there. |
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Open the Dash and start typing the name of the game you want, you should the see the search results below as you type, click the icon to launch. |
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Maybe you're confusing the Unity Dash with the Ubuntu Software Center. Simultaneously press the "Super-key" (Windows-key) and "A" to bring up the Applications Dash. From there you can type the name of the game in the search field or "Filter Results" just to the right of the Dash Search. You can then use the filter to view all the games you have installed. |
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You can look games in directory |
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