Grammostola Rosea wrote: > 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. > > I think a Wubi installation doesn't give you a good Linux and especially not an good studio preformance.
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