What you're telling us is a bit annoying… :( I must say I'm a bit surprised however. I thought Wubi was not a VM but a standard Linux kernel launched by the Windows bootloader, reading its Linux partition in a Windows file – a trick then :). Unfortunately I haven't been able to find detailed and clear information about what it is exactly doing, even on the Launchpad project page (https://launchpad.net/wubi).
The only relevant information I found is on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_%28Ubuntu_installer%29 It seems to tell what I thought it is. So if Wubi is just doing a standard install in a virtual disk, there is no reason to have more issues than usual. I propose that either Nava or you try to summarize the kind of issues Wubi causes in order to have an idea of the origin of hardware problems. Wubi has 2 advantages: * no need to play with the computer boot order to launch Linux * no need to repartition the disk, which is risky and may even be difficult when 4 primary partitions are already in use Anyway I've never tested what's happening when you insert the DDL CD in a running Windows. Ideally it would be nice to have a short message explaining how to start DDL and, better, a video playing from our website to show a typical boot operation. Cheers, JM. > It is a somehow a ratio issue...Wubi was intended to help Windows > users > (most of them computer`s inexperienced users) to have an ideea about > Ubuntu (Linux) without worries about installing such os, having to > deal > with partition, etc. > But because inside Windows Ubuntu is acting in a VM, this os can not > talk directly with the hardware, therefore appears problems about > graphic drivers and sound drivers. > > When Ubuntu (Linux) is installed properly, the odds to appear > something > wrong is about 1%, maybe less. With Wubi, this ratio is around 20%, > maybe more. So instead of being happy about the new os, many users > will > have a wrong impression and will not try it in a proper environment. _______________________________________________ Doudoulinux-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/doudoulinux-dev
