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Re: [twincling] ubuntu installation

akshay sulakhe
Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:40:33 -0800

i wont recommend Wubi..i will recommend live cd..if u feel good,install
it,play with it...and then if u have problem..tell us...no one can exactly
tell u what to do now..its upto u...hope this helps...

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Saurabh Bhatia <saurabh.a.bha...@gmail.com
> wrote:

> Go for virtualbox <http://www.virtualbox.org/>, very simple and intuitive
> to use. no complex licensing issues like vmware and very good compatibility
>
> Also Ubuntu plays well with VB .
>
> Regards
>
> Saurabh
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:28 AM, bishal pantha <bishal...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hey if you want to get into linux a bit easier (without all those nasty
>> console struggling, which can be down turning at first) I can really
>> recommend WUBI 
>> (http://wubi-installer.org/<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Fwubi-installer.org%2F>-
>> Ubuntu Linux "Live") to you.
>>
>> Wubi can be installed next to Windows (tried myself a while ago). It does
>> so without affecting windows in any form, because it creates a virtual disk
>> (somewhere on your normal hard-disk), thus there isn't any harm done to your
>> regular windows installation. The only thing ALTERED is that Wubi needs to
>> add GRUB bootloader to you Master-Boot-Record. (Which btw. can easily be
>> restored with your windows installation cd/dvd)
>>
>> The advantage is that you have a (nearly) full speed, persistant (live CD
>> sadly aren't ^^) grafical linux without affecting windows, without the need
>> to use an emulator (like cygwin). The only downside is that hard-disk access
>> is a bit slower due to disk-virtualisation...
>>
>> Thanks and Regards
>> Bishal Pantha
>>
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> --
> Best Regards
>
> Saurabh Bhatia
>
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