Lazycoder » Linux http://www.lazycoder.com/weblog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:26:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Wubi – Ubuntu Installer for Windows http://www.lazycoder.com/weblog/2008/12/16/wubi-ubuntu-installer-for-windows/ http://www.lazycoder.com/weblog/2008/12/16/wubi-ubuntu-installer-for-windows/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:50:20 +0000 Scott http://www.lazycoder.com/weblog/?p=1056 Wubi – Ubuntu Installer for Windows

I’ve been running Linux on various boxes for years. For the most part, Iv’e either dedicated a machine completely to Linux, run Linux in a VM, or dual-booted. The dual-boot always required setting up a separate partition and messing with the boot.ini, or whatever, file after installing Linux into the new partition. Then I discovered the Wubi project.

Wubi lets you install Ubuntu into a virtual partition, represented by a file, and modifies your boot loader, adding a new entry. It will automatically detect your CPU type and download the appropriate version of Ubuntu (e.g. If you are running an AMD x64 chip, it will download the AMD x64 version of Ubuntu). You can select from four different desktop environments, KDE, GNome, XFCE, or the Mythbuntu media server.

After you install and reboot your machine, your new Ubuntu installation will appear in your list of boot options. All without the need to shrink and create new partitions.

If you are thinking about trying Unbuntu, but don’t have the resources to run a VM or re-partition your machine, I’d encourage you to try Wubi.

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if you can’t make your mind up,
we’ll never get started.
and i don’t wanna wind up
being parted, broken-hearted.
so if you really love me,
say yes.
but if you don’t, dear, confess.
and please don’t tell me
perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.

(I’m sure some British Linux fans are getting a chuckle at that one. Or maybe their caught in the Giggle loop?)

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I installed Ubuntu on an old machine I had last night. All I had were 6.06 install disks so I figured I would just upgrade the distribution after I got it up and running. No problem with the install, I start the upgrade. It says the upgrade will take about 4 hours to download the files and run and can not be stopped once it has started. No problem, I started this at 10PM. I wake up this morning and check on it. Guess what? After it finished downloading the files the upgrade ran and stopped. It popped up a dialog box asking me if I wanted to replace a file. I clicked “Replace” and it went on. I had to leave so I hope it finished the upgrade and restarted without my babysitting services.

That’s how I know it’ll be the next big desktop. That’s what people are used to. Long running processes that stop for user confirmation at random points during the process requiring you to babysit them.

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