Ubuntu "Windows install"
Just did a test install of Ubuntu within Windows. It's a very easy installation and one that an "average" computer user could cope with. The downside, of course, is that Ubuntu is at the mercy of the Windows files system. That shouldn't be too much of a problem. Buoyed by that success, I tried it to do it with Windows 7 Beta. No such luck! Microsoft has changed the boot system and as a result Ubuntu won't boot to finish the installation. It's possible there are a few hacks to get around that. I haven't done any research. No doubt Canonical will devise a way of making it work with Windows 7. I suspect an attempt to do a "manual" install of Ubuntu would result in Windows 7 no longer booting. Michael
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Michael McDonald <mikencolleen(a)gmail.com>wrote:
Just did a test install of Ubuntu within Windows. It's a very easy installation and one that an "average" computer user could cope with. The downside, of course, is that Ubuntu is at the mercy of the Windows files system. That shouldn't be too much of a problem.
Buoyed by that success, I tried it to do it with Windows 7 Beta. No such luck! Microsoft has changed the boot system and as a result Ubuntu won't boot to finish the installation. It's possible there are a few hacks to get around that. I haven't done any research. No doubt Canonical will devise a way of making it work with Windows 7. I suspect an attempt to do a "manual" install of Ubuntu would result in Windows 7 no longer booting.
Michael
Is this that Wubi ive heard about or something else?
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On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Michael McDonald <mikencolleen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Just did a test install of Ubuntu within Windows. It's a very easy installation and one that an "average" computer user could cope with. The downside, of course, is that Ubuntu is at the mercy of the Windows files system. That shouldn't be too much of a problem.
2009/4/2 Ronnie Collinson <notthinking(a)gmail.com>:
Is this that Wubi ive heard about or something else?
Yes - to the first part. Michael
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Michael McDonald <mikencolleen(a)gmail.com>wrote:
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Michael McDonald <mikencolleen(a)gmail.com
wrote:
Just did a test install of Ubuntu within Windows. It's a very easy installation and one that an "average" computer user could cope with. The downside, of course, is that Ubuntu is at the mercy of the Windows files system. That shouldn't be too much of a problem.
2009/4/2 Ronnie Collinson <notthinking(a)gmail.com>:
Is this that Wubi ive heard about or something else?
Yes - to the first part.
Michael
On does have to wonder if this is result of other changes, or a result of Wubi
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