I tried Wubi and it works awesomely for me. Nice way to get Linux working on your system. :yahoo:
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Wubi works awesomely for me!
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ya i understood that..what I meant was noobs who cant understand partitioning and stuff like swap partition , root partition etc..for them its good that they can learn without screwing up their partitions and then blaming Linux for the mess!!
Neat thing.
Does it work if the file is in NTFS partition?
I was introduced to Linux in similar manner, around 94 Slackware used to come with a 10 MB distro that could unzipeed in c:\linux to create an installation.
umm. i installed it from xp on an ntfs partition. it works fine.
gnome mounts all the existing partition automatically. everything is accessible.
writing is not enabled. but automatrix would add that support for ya. i am yet to try it out. would hate it if it messes up my ntfs partitions. 😱
everything seems to be stored in files in the wubi folder. i dont see any random partitions created for linux... and i see no performance hit on this 4 year old machine. even beryl works fine!
and they say i can uninstall ubuntu like a windows application from XP like regular applications!
Does it work if the file is in NTFS partition?
I was introduced to Linux in similar manner, around 94 Slackware used to come with a 10 MB distro that could unzipeed in c:\linux to create an installation.
umm. i installed it from xp on an ntfs partition. it works fine.
gnome mounts all the existing partition automatically. everything is accessible.
writing is not enabled. but automatrix would add that support for ya. i am yet to try it out. would hate it if it messes up my ntfs partitions. 😱
everything seems to be stored in files in the wubi folder. i dont see any random partitions created for linux... and i see no performance hit on this 4 year old machine. even beryl works fine!
and they say i can uninstall ubuntu like a windows application from XP like regular applications!
heh. i can tell u things u cant do in linux easily... gimp is no photoshop and none of the wysiwyg editors are as nice as dreamweaver. i also hate ooo compared to mso 07.
the good thing is the update and install mechanism. you dont hunt for software, they are all available ready to be installed. you dont have to look for updates as they get updated automatically using the inbuilt mechanism.
you get tons of flexibility. you can change your shell, the themes, everything. and you can use beryl which can give vista visual effects a run for their money.
personally i like the fact that i did not have to do much to get the basic things i needed. players, codecs, softwares like browser, word processer, torrent and file downloader and stuff like that.
i had to install no driver. everything worked fine out of the box. i did had to tinker with some settings to get beryl working with my nvidia card but the support forums are damn useful.
and i now have less fear of ending up with viruses or worms... 😛 i would add more as i get to learn more abt this SWITCH. 🙂
from the faqs:
Wubi adds an entry to the Windows boot menu which allows you to run Linux. Ubuntu is installed within a file in the windows file system (c:\wubi\disks\system.virtual.disk), this file is seen by Linux as a real hard disk.
No. This is a real installation, the only difference is that Ubuntu is installed within a file as opposed to being installed within its own partition. Thus we spare you the trouble to create a free partition for Ubuntu. And we spare you the trouble to have to burn a CD-Rom.
The performance is identical to a standard installation, except for hard-disk access which is slightly slower. If your hard disk is very fragmented the performance will degenerate.
(i guess defrag from windows would solve this hassle!)
You uninstall it as any other applications. In windows go to the control panel and select "Add or Remove Programs", then select Wubi and uninstall it. You can also use the uninstaller that you find in C:\wubi\uninstaller.exe.
Wubi - FAQ
some things that worry me
Since Wubi seems to keep the entire Linux thing in a single file... If that file gets corrupted. I am doomed i think!
But i have had couple of instances where i had to hard boot the system. nothing messed up.
Also...
How could I turn this mounted installation to a regular Linux installation. WOuld have to read on that.
I have turned on writing support for NTFS. moved some files to my regular folders. seems to have worked fine. not sure if my XP would boot up the next time 😉
the good thing is the update and install mechanism. you dont hunt for software, they are all available ready to be installed. you dont have to look for updates as they get updated automatically using the inbuilt mechanism.
you get tons of flexibility. you can change your shell, the themes, everything. and you can use beryl which can give vista visual effects a run for their money.
personally i like the fact that i did not have to do much to get the basic things i needed. players, codecs, softwares like browser, word processer, torrent and file downloader and stuff like that.
i had to install no driver. everything worked fine out of the box. i did had to tinker with some settings to get beryl working with my nvidia card but the support forums are damn useful.
and i now have less fear of ending up with viruses or worms... 😛 i would add more as i get to learn more abt this SWITCH. 🙂
from the faqs:
Wubi adds an entry to the Windows boot menu which allows you to run Linux. Ubuntu is installed within a file in the windows file system (c:\wubi\disks\system.virtual.disk), this file is seen by Linux as a real hard disk.
No. This is a real installation, the only difference is that Ubuntu is installed within a file as opposed to being installed within its own partition. Thus we spare you the trouble to create a free partition for Ubuntu. And we spare you the trouble to have to burn a CD-Rom.
The performance is identical to a standard installation, except for hard-disk access which is slightly slower. If your hard disk is very fragmented the performance will degenerate.
(i guess defrag from windows would solve this hassle!)
You uninstall it as any other applications. In windows go to the control panel and select "Add or Remove Programs", then select Wubi and uninstall it. You can also use the uninstaller that you find in C:\wubi\uninstaller.exe.
Wubi - FAQ
some things that worry me
Since Wubi seems to keep the entire Linux thing in a single file... If that file gets corrupted. I am doomed i think!
But i have had couple of instances where i had to hard boot the system. nothing messed up.
Also...
How could I turn this mounted installation to a regular Linux installation. WOuld have to read on that.
I have turned on writing support for NTFS. moved some files to my regular folders. seems to have worked fine. not sure if my XP would boot up the next time 😉
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The only downside is the 700 MB download of the 'alternate' release of ubuntu. I thought it would work fine with their normal release of ubuntu
oh yeah...i had no downloads of ubuntu iso so that did not bother me.the installer was having issues with the default download servers coz i think airtel was not letting me access that server.so i downloaded the file manually from a mirror placed it in the directory the application was dwonloading it in. and ran the installed. worked fine. 🙂one more thing... shockwave is not available on linuxjust installed google picasa and google earth. both works beautifully. 🙂
hey guys , i have had ubuntu on my system since very long .. this time when they released ubuntu 7.04 i requested a cd rather than downloading. i have received the cd today (after 20 days). they couriered it from the netherlands totally free! (along with some ubuntu stickers)but i feel obliged to do my bit now so whoever need a copy of ubuntu 7.04 pm me. i'll mail it to u.i hav not tried wubi but i dont really get the point. if somebody just needs to 'try' linux then all u hav to do is pop a cd and u can have nice feel of what the os is like. and if u intend it to use it for a longer period then y not go for a full install?also if one installs thru wubi then how does one get rid of windows without disturbing linux? since formating the drive with the windows installation is the only way i know to remove windows and in this case the user wont have that option. the way i fix my boot record after a linux install is thru a small bootable cd which i downloaded from somewhere on the net. -works every time🙂
https://launchpad.net/lvpm
they are working on an application to let user turn their wubi file to a real partition. i still consider using this to installing if you are not raelly sure if you are going to use linux for a long period. 😀
they are working on an application to let user turn their wubi file to a real partition. i still consider using this to installing if you are not raelly sure if you are going to use linux for a long period. 😀
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yaar i'm totally ametuer for linux - just like anyone handling the computer for the first time and really wanna taste linux without disturbing my system much. As linux need some gud knowledge of programming (i think early versions used to need, n it has evolved much), never tried it, as i'm totally out of the league.On Sushubh's suggestion i tried Wubi, but it starts downloading some approx 700 MB data without asking to save (after I install a 5 - 9 MB sized Wubi installer). So i thought, in case i need to install it again say on another desktop or after a fresh format, i may need to download it again. Is that so?If yes, then is there any full downloadable version of Wubi??Best part i like is 1. No need a seperate partition drive; 2. operable from windows; 3. no affect on bootloader...Hey nish, which utility you use for bootfixing??Please help!!!