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Post by Lynnrose on May 7, 2009 16:39:19 GMT
Wubi Ubuntu Installer 9.04
"The greatest obstacle to installing Linux has always been the need to carve up a hard disk to make space. Live CDs are a temporary alternative but are often very slow. The Wubi software installs Ubuntu from within Windows and without making any big changes to the hard disk."
Comments to follow from Mikkh
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Post by ken on May 7, 2009 17:42:09 GMT
I ran Wubi on XP and it worked quite well. As I'm only running Win 7 x 64 RC1 now, I haven't tried it. I want to test this system without taking any chances with open source stuff.
KC
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Post by elvisuk on May 7, 2009 19:15:54 GMT
I have tryed most ways to install Linux and i find to "carve up a hard disk to make space." much better then the rest and i use Linux Mint, Ubuntu and XP ;D
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Post by lazysod on May 7, 2009 20:33:27 GMT
;D Yes Lynnrose its great and mint has a wubi installer as well Mikkh told me about this when I got my notebook and did not want to just stick to XP its brilliant and easy to remove in add and remove programs as well if you decide you don't like it. I had a problem cos my notebook has no DVD/CD drive and I missed Linux this is a fantastic way for everyone to try it.
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Post by mikkh on May 7, 2009 21:26:03 GMT
There's no chances to take Ken, it installs a pseudo Linux file system inside a folder on a Windows drive and adds an entry to the Windows boot loader. It also adds an entry to add/remove programs (or whatever it's called in Vista onwards) where it will delete the folder and remove the boot entry should you decide to remove it
It stills runs outside Windows (via the boot loader) so it's much quicker than a live CD, but not quite full speed apparently. I say apparently because I've never noticed it and presume those claiming this must be running ancient machines that should really be occupying a landfill site!
You have access to the rest of the Windows drive via the 'host' folder, so you can easily get to music, photos etc that are on the rest of the partition/hard drive.
I first ran it on a multi booting drive with XP and Vista (and lots of Linux's too obviously) and it added boot entries for both XP and Vista, which I thought was quite clever of it - and removed both correctly too.
Nothing to lose, have a go
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Post by mikkh on May 7, 2009 21:34:34 GMT
.... and I (vainly perhaps) take some credit for that appearing in computeractive btw, after I left a long and slightly stinging reply to a Linux article that appeared many months ago about Linux for beginners
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Post by ken on May 7, 2009 21:52:34 GMT
I will give it a go then Mikk, very shortly. I want to get my drivers tidied up a bit first. I said in another string; that although Windows do provide very good drivers for Win 7, they are not the top shelf.
KC
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Post by lazysod on May 19, 2009 21:30:53 GMT
Hi ken yes give it ago it only takes a couple of minutes to remove it if you don't like it but I am sure once you try it you will really like Linux I really do prefer it now to windows but I do use both. Mikkh is great if you have any problems I knew absolutely nothing about Linux and with help from Mikkh I was had everything I wanted running happily.
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Post by mikkh on May 19, 2009 22:25:46 GMT
Yes I'm walking the walk as well as talking the talk a lot more just recently and only load Windows very occasionally now. I have Vector Light as my main system, with PClinuxOS as a backup. While Ubuntu is fine as an introduction to Linux, I don't like it as a main system with it's annoying you must not be root (administrator) way of working - smacks too much of Microsoft dumbing down for me and I prefer full control.
Vector does what I want, I can access my email, these forums, my favourite game site and (safer) surfing in general. I do all my online transactions in Linux and enjoy the freedom of not having anti-everything software running
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