Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Daniel James wrote: > >> Hi Rosea, >> >> >> >>> Does 64studio has an win32 installer, which makes it possible to boot in >>> Windows and install from there? >>> >>> >> Not at present, it's not really a big deal for users to boot from CD or >> DVD anyway. There is Wubi, but I'm not keen on that because you lose the >> benefits of the ext3 filesystem. >> >> Cheers! >> >> Daniel >> > > Hi Daniel :) > > after reading Rosea's question I thought that this is an bad idea, but > reading about Wubi, http://wubi-installer.org/ and watching > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5x9iJWXbUY I changed my mind. Just > listen to the question at the beginning of the video ;). This kind of > install isn't good for people who prefer Linux, but it can help Linux or > at least open source software to become more common. > > Once I downloaded applications like GIMP, Thunderbird, Firefox, OOo and > a lot of other applications from the FLOSS world as Windows versions and > helped a friend to install them. Before some applications can run under > Windows, there's the need to install additional software and when you > run them under Windows, you're still limited to the DE, you aren't able > to enjoy the advantages of DE's like KDE. > > Wubi IMO seems to be a good way to install full access to open source > software as a sideline and also it might help people who are fixed to > Windows, to come to know the full advantages of open source operating > systems, e.g. various desktops that can be 'zaped' just by dragging the > mouse courser out of the current desktop. > > If enabling an win32 install for 64 Studio won't be too much work and if > it won't blow up the ISO's size, than it would be a good idea to have > this option for 64 Studio (and any Linux else). Not everyone needs the > administrative advantages of Linux, quite the reverse, less people 'from > other OSs' don't care about journaling and don't like permissions. > > Thinking self-interested (and I know some people have the same trouble I > have), I can run my workaday Linux as 'true Linux install' and the > Windows I need, because audio production isn't fine with my Windows and > I often can check, if latest distros are fine for audio productions with > my hardware, without having lots of partitions and lots of test Linux > installs or removing my workaday Linux. > > As previously mentioned, my first thought about an win32 installer was, > that this seems to be a bad idea, but reassessed I belief it's a good > idea. No repartitioning means no stress for users without any > experiences, because of less risks. > > >
win32 installer option and WUBI are NOT the same. Did you notice that? I was talking about win32 install option. \r _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users
