I just spent a good part of the evening installing Wubi, it is awesome!
Wubi is an unofficial Ubuntu installer for Windows users that will bring you into the Linux world with a few clicks. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other application. If you heard about Linux and Ubuntu, if you wanted to try them but you were afraid, this is for you.I've been wanting to dual boot my computer with Ubuntu for a long time. I went to go try it a few weeks ago and it turns out my CD drive isn't burning CDs correctly (or reading them) so I could never get the disc image burned. I tried Windows Virtual PC, but Ubuntu wouldn't install right. I do have a live book disc of Ubuntu which I use occasionally, but I've been wanting something a little bit more permanent.
I've been wanting to do this because it turns out that my sound card, which doesn't work correctly in Windows XP, works perfectly fine in Ubuntu. I haven't tried using my CD burner yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if that works fine too.
Wubi rocks! It runs Ubuntu as if it's on its own drive. It's not partitioned though, it's on my computer's hard drive. I even have access to my Windows files! This is way better than dual booting Ubuntu with XP.
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I know we've had this discussion before - but why are you running Windows, again?
If things work better in Linux, seems like there's little point in dual booting ;-)
I think I'm a masochist :)
I think it's just because that not everything I run or use will run in Linux. I use Office all of the time and my Rhapsody software doesn't come in a Linux version either. Of course I'm sure there's a lot more that doesn't come in a Linux version.
I don't hate Windows, I think I just find it challenging.
So you must have seen Librarian.net's video of her installation process?
Jeff and I have discussed intalling this as well. Glad it went well for you ;)
Awesome, let me know how it goes :)