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

Tue May 5 09:12:37 MST 2009

ok, "here put a cd-r in and we'll burn you a nice automagic installer/data
moving thinger."
the qubi image is just an ext3 image right? dd, baby :)

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >> >> 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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> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Thanks and best regards,
> >> > 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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> > TamsPalm - The PalmOS Blog
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> > Sheffey - Class of 2009, Rest in peace.
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> Stephen
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Thanks and best regards,
Ryan Rix
TamsPalm - The PalmOS Blog
(623)-239-1103 <-- Grand Central, baby!

Jasmine Bowden - Class of 2009, Marc Rasmussen - Class of 2008, Erica
Sheffey - Class of 2009, Rest in peace.
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