Why Wubi is the stupidest idea in Linux history...NOT!

[Stephen]

honestly the installer in a wubi shell would be handy, but im not sure
how resizeing a partition that your actively running on will work

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Ryan Rix <phrkonaleash at gmail.com> wrote:
> Or an app that ran from cron once a month saying "hey, you're running wubi,
> switch to a dual boot. Click 'Install to HDD' and we'll do this for you,
> making sure that Windows is set up in Grub to dual boot."
>
> On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> It is true that there is not a graceful path to full lobix or linux
>> dual boot but its a start
>>
>> For instance a doc on how to back up then restore with a usb hdd I
>> think is a good place to start
>>
>>
>> On 5/1/09, Ryan Rix <phrkonaleash at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > The problem is that most users will not see the upgrade path when they
>> > are
>> > ready for it, leaving them at the will of the windwos boot loader utnil
>> > it
>> > goes kaput and their ubuntu install is at the will of a fussy ntfs
>> > filesystem.
>> >
>> > Imo wubi gives a new user a small paddle boat to get out to the main
>> > ship,
>> > but no ladder to climb on board once they've paddled out to the main
>> > ship.
>> > (it's midnight, sorry)
>> >
>> > Ryan
>> >
>> > On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Mark Jarvis <m.jarvis at cox.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Someone who has never known anything but Windoze and who wants to try
>> >> (or
>> >> has been talked into trying) Linux wants to do so with an absolute
>> >> guarantee
>> >> that their precious Windoze installation won't be hurt or permanently
>> >> affected. If Ubuntu is the trial distro, that means either a live CD or
>> >> Wubi. As anyone who has used a live CD for any length of time knows,
>> >> it's
>> >> a
>> >> royal pain. The boot is slow, it runs slowly, if you want to save
>> >> anything,
>> >> you've got to be careful to save it to a flash drive, and aside from
>> >> what
>> >> you put on a flash drive, everything is new each time you boot. Wubi
>> >> isn't
>> >> perfect, but it has the live CD beat all hollow for anything more than
>> >> a
>> >> short term look-see. Best of all, if you decide to either do a "real"
>> >> install or--heaven forbid--dump it, a simple uninstall from the Windoze
>> >> control panel gets rid of it.
>> >>
>> >> Live CD and Wubi are for those dipping a toe into the Linux water, but
>> >> neither is a good solution for more-or-less permanent use. So what's
>> >> all
>> >> the
>> >> fuss?
>> >>
>> >> -mj-
>> >>
>> >> Ryan Rix wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Or, you know, a dual bootable setup is deathly easy with the ubuntu
>> >> installer and as was pointed out, much safer...
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Matthew A Coulliette
>> >> <matthewlug at cox.net
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>>
>> >>> I think wubi is a great idea.  It reminds me of the OpenCD project
>> >>> that
>> >>> had all multi-platform software on it.  The idea was to make it easier
>> >>> for windows and apple people to gain linux experience.  After having
>> >>> read this thread, I am thinking about installing it on a friend's
>> >>> computer.   He has never used linux before, and I think this would be
>> >>> a
>> >>> great way for him to try it out.
>> >>>
>> >>> MatthewMPP
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Bishmer Sekaran wrote:
>> >>> > If it wasn't for Wubi I'd have to use Winblows at work.
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Thanks and best regards,
>> >> Ryan Rix
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>> > Ryan Rix
>> > TamsPalm - The PalmOS Blog
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>> > Jasmine Bowden - Class of 2009, Marc Rasmussen - Class of 2008, Erica
>> > Sheffey - Class of 2009, Rest in peace.
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>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>
>> Stephen
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> Sheffey - Class of 2009, Rest in peace.
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A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

Stephen