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04-24-2008, 10:04 PM
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Ubuntu 8.04 under Wubi
Check it out, you can install the new version of Ubuntu using Windows and wubi and you get a dual boot style setup, without actually having to setup partitions. It's a safe way to try out Linux without taking any chances with your windows setup. I set it up this way today and it works great.
Wubi - Ubuntu Installer for Windows
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04-24-2008, 10:14 PM
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Check it out, you can install the new version of Ubuntu using Windows and wubi and you get a dual boot style setup, without actually having to setup partitions. It's a safe way to try out Linux without taking any chances with your windows setup. I set it up this way today and it works great.
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I saw that in the beta preview but now its looks ready and good definitly trying that out now. Thanks Parks.
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04-24-2008, 10:16 PM
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Papa parks, can you link me to the user-friendly version of Linux?
What is the different between the user-friendly one and the regular one?
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04-24-2008, 10:16 PM
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Yeah, it's good stuff. no risk to windows, don't need a high end machine to run a virtual machine and you can set up the eye-candy features using this method. I'm very impressed. It's pretty cool
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04-24-2008, 10:18 PM
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Is there a minimum to install my desktop only has 55 gbs left free space so it seems it wants me to use 10 or should I use 5 parks.
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04-24-2008, 10:18 PM
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Papa parks, can you link me to the user-friendly version of Linux?
What is the different between the user-friendly one and the regular one?
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The version of Linux here is Ubuntu. There are a number of things in Ubuntu that make it more of a good choice distro for new users. This however doesn't mean that it isn't powerful or full featured. Linux is Linux and Ubuntu is linux. It's what I use on my laptop. More often than not, things just seem to work better out of the box with Ubuntu.
Ubuntu Home Page | Ubuntu. Keep in mind, version 8.04 just came out today...so their site is hammered and downloads are slow right now. It will take a few days for everybody to get their downloads completed and the speed to come back
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04-24-2008, 10:21 PM
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I will just use 10 gbs so it will run better.
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04-24-2008, 10:22 PM
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It won't run better with 10GB..but will have more space to install some software. A typical Linux install takes about 2GB of space or so.
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04-24-2008, 10:23 PM
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That's sweet. I will try this at work tomorrow.
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04-24-2008, 10:24 PM
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Yeah just one more question before I do this how will you be able to access it after you reboot. Is it like GRUB or is it in Windows somewhere.
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