Two great sites, John A. Thanks.
I've been doing lots of online research and learning quite a bit for sure.
I think I'm reaching overload with my questions and I'm uncertain as to how much Pardus actually differs from other distros.
 It's a whole new world for me but I'm loving it because it belongs to us and not the MS giant.
Still it's a lot to learn for me.
I'm just used to knowing right where to look and this is all different and new to me.
I still haven't figured out how to manage all my hardware yet. I'm used to the device manager in windows and having to always update drivers, etc. constantly. I know there are programs for all of this and eventually I'll discover them. For instance, I am making mental notes on back up solutions as I go along. There are many solutions available but I know one will turn out to be the latest and greatest approach. I hate to set one up and then discover a better solution a week later. So far the forums have been my best friend.
There's a lot to wade through and I hope to remember my experience so that I can help others in the future with the learning curve of Linux.
Guess I'm just not used to everything working so well! 

 Being new to Linux I have much to learn.
Sometimes my questions seem almost too basic to ask anyone about.
When something is clear it seems simple but until then it can be very evasive.
 In Windows I had a clear understanding of where files would be located whenever a new program was installed.
Not the case for me with Linux.
I still do not understand the basic layout of Pardus.
Is there a good tutorial that someone might suggest?
I don't want to trouble others with simple questions but I still do not know what to expect when I install a new program. I have difficulty locating what I would normally call the "exe" or execution files for programs (I realize that Linux does not use "exe" files). Does the Pardus directory structure differ in any important way from the common Linux directory structure?

 Another challenge for me that would be simple for those with experience is how to view other Linux installs on my computer. These may be located on different partitions or possibly a different hard drive. I can view my windows installs in Dolphin with no problem but my other Linux installs do not show up and it still escapes me as to what I need to do to view them. I know it has to be so simple that this makes others smile or maybe even laugh but for me it's more like .....duh. 

Any links to other posts or suggestions for good help files on these things and many others like them would be helpful.

 Altoboo, I'm making notes of this. It is quite helpful.
I like to do everything I can before I bother others for help.

SW, I would have thought the same thing.
I used package manager to uninstall, then rebooted and used package manager to reinstall.
Same results more than once.
It was very helpful for you to do an install and confirm that it did work on your system because I knew it had worked on an earlier install for me but they did do an upgrade in the meanwhile, I think.
The only thing I can think of is that at one point I had other repositories installed besides the "stable" repository.
I honestly cannot say for certain if  that were the case at the time of my earlier installs or not.
At some point I decided to remove the other repositories because I am trying hard to keep this install as clean as possible.
I use Minitube quite often and it's just good to have it working again. 

Geez....I don't understand it!
I ran the re-install from the package manager and kept getting the same results. Some videos ran sound but no video as my post above. many didn't even do that.
 But, when I ran the reinstall in the konsole as Altoboo suggested it started working.
I have spent a lot of time trying to figure this out because I knew it had worked on a previous install so I believed the package to be good. I really didn't want to have others waste any time on it until I was certain there was no problem on my end.
I was still trying different configurations to make it work when I found your post.
I don't know what to say but it's working now and i am very grateful for all the help.
If you search Pardus 2011 in Minitubes the first video that comes up still gives me the error message and will not play but the second one takes off does well. So do most of the others but not all of them. This I will assume to be a different problem. i know some youtube files are in a different format from others.

Much Thanks everyone!

Libplayer was not installed.
Completed install of libplayer had no effect.
xine-lib was already installed.

phonon
phonon-backend-gstreamer
phono-backend-vlc
phono-backend-xine
The above were already installed.

gstreamer
gst-python
gst-ffmpeg
gst-plugins-bad
gst-plugins-ugly
gst-plugins-base
gst-plugins-good
All of these were already installed as well.

Mplayer is also installed.
VLC is installed.

That didn't work, SW.
Here is an attached screenshot. You can see the error message at the top of the program.
It is playing the sound just fine but the video will not process.
This is a clean install of Pardus and I have added very few new programs.
In an older install of Pardus, Minitubes worked great.

MiniTube is a player for Youtube videos.
It has a great search function to help locate videos on Youtube.

My install is on Pardus 2011 32bit.

It gives me an error message "Cannot find demultiplexer plugin for MRL."

Sound plays on many videos but no video.
Minitube worked beautifully on an earlier install of Pardus but I had other players installed.
Has anyone had this problem?
Any ideas for solving this?
Thanks

Any help on running yWriter would be much appreciated.
When I try to run it from terminal using "mono yWriter5.exe" I get the following result.

Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies.
The entry point method could not be loaded

If I try to run the ".exe" file itself, WINE will try to run it but after a minute it just disappears and never opens.

Is there something I can do for this?
Thanks for any suggestions.

Here's a big shout-out from Mid TN, USA.
Welcome aboard. Pardus is the first Linux distro in years to hold my attention this long.
I'm finding it to be a very mature platform and am having a great time with Pardus.
 I hope you do, too!

I'm wanting to move to 64 bit from my present 32 so I don't think I''ll be able to do this if I go to 64 bit from 32, will I?

This is GREAT news!
After a couple of months of setting up my 32 bit and getting it fine-tuned I can do it all over again. :'(
But being able to have WINE in 64 bit is the clencher for me!
This time I want to get the partitions set up right!
I thought LVM would be the only way anyone would want to go. Now I'm wondering why they wouldn't but that's another study, I guess.
I would love to see a little better tutorial on setting up my partitions before I install this.
Guess my machine will run all night tonight downloading the beta.
Gotta go make some room for it somewhere.

Great work guys!
Thanks

 Is sub-pixel rendering turned off in Pardus by default?
I have been less then satisfied with the quality of the print on web pages.
I adjusted them to look pretty nice but when I would return to Windows 7 it just looked much nicer than my Pardus.

 I learned to live with this until I ran across a site that was just terrible (http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/webmaster/quick-tips-web-designers-should-be-aware-of-these-four-legalities/402?tag=nl.e101).

I tried to make adjustments but nothing seemed to work. Determined to do something about it and not being adept at these things I began to experiment around with my font settings in "System Settings".
 I'm running a Dell UltraSharp 17" LCD monitor which has very nice color but this page looked terrible until I made a discovery.

 Here's what I did.
 In "System Settings", under "Application Appearance" - "Fonts", I enabled "Use anti-aliasing".
 Next to that in the "configure" box I enabled "Use sub-pixel rendering".
 I chose "RGB" and for "Hint" I chose "full".
 I left the "Exclude range" unchecked because I don't understand that one yet.
This seemed to make a big difference on most all the pages I was viewing but only helped slightly for the one above.

For the page above I had to go into the preference settings for Firefox.
Edit/preferences/content/fonts and colors/advanced.
 Here I unchecked the box for "Allow pages to choose their own fonts...."
Huge difference in my browsing pleasure from these changes!

I am not sure what all of this did and I don't know what to expect down the road, particularly by forcing my own settings on some web pages but for now it's much nicer.
I'm thinking the sub-rendering default setting may have something to do with Microsoft's patents on FreeType technology.

 Does anyone have any comments on what I've done?
Any cautions, criticisms, or new info would be welcomed.
For now it seems that my browser display is right up on top shelf with any Windows I've ever run.
I posted this in hopes it might help someone else who, like me, was not very satisfied with the default settings.

 My final solution for a forum was to use an online host.
I'll pick another time for learning to set the server up, etc..

I am using the free SMF or Simple Machines Forum package, same as this site is built on.
http://www.simplemachines.org/
I'm using x10hosting for free hosting at this time.
https://x10hosting.com/
All is running well on Pardus. 
Thanks for the help.

 I would think that Pardus should burn to a rewritable DVD same as a regular one but I haven't actually done this. Your CD burner probably won't care either way.
 You can run Pardus from the "Live" version off of DVD but you will not be able to install from that version. You will have to download the regular install package for that. Works for testing it out.
 It will install on either a separate partition or to a different hard drive. You will be given the option to pick which hard drive on your computer you would like to install to. After choosong yur hard drive of choice you will be given the option to use "unallocated" space or to wipe and use the whole hard drive. So, if sharing with another operating system make sure to prepare your drive with free space (unallocated) before booting with the install CD.
 I installed both ways at different times and it took care of my boot options on install without a hitch. No problems should occur if Windows is the first install. If windows is installed "after" the Pardus install that may create a different issue.
 Pardus comes in a 32 bit version and a 64 bit version. The use of WINE on 64 bit is not worked out yet so if you want to run Windows programs in Wine on Pardus this is something to consider. 32 bit runs great for me.
 I found Pardus to be my pick of the various Linux distros and I'm loving it.
This has been my first experience with Linux in years.
Hope everything goes well for you.

JohnA, I opened FocusWriter today to do some work and my sounds are now working just fine.
Don't know for sure why they started working for me all of a sudden but it makes me happy. 

The program is running very smooth and has a nice snappy response.
This is a really excellent program for writing!
I am enjoying using it very much.
I'm trying to figure out how to give FocusWriter a five-star rating in the package manager but i can't remember how to do that.

ps...glad you're finally able to replace Ubuntu with Pardus.
It's great having you around.