Posted on Friday, October 22 2010 @ 5:00 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Being developed since 2007 and integrated in Ubuntu since 2008
with their Ubuntu 8.04 LTS release has been Wubi, the Windows-based
Ubuntu Installer. While most Linux users tend to install Ubuntu using
the LiveCD or the alternate CD installer, by using Wubi you can setup a
full desktop from within Microsoft Windows. Wubi places Ubuntu into a
disk image still residing on the Windows partition, thereby making it
easy to install and remove without risking any problems of messing up
your drive's partitions. While Wubi may lower the barrier for entry to
trying out an Ubuntu Linux desktop, it does not come without some
performance penalties associated to using the loop-mounted device stored
on the Microsoft file-system.
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