2009/10/19 Dave Hall <[email protected]>: > On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 14:33 +1100, Tim Mullins wrote: >> You must have missed the bit where the guy says he is using a WUBI >> install of Ubuntu inside the Windows C:\ Drive. > > I read that bit and for some users that is the best option for their > needs. > >> Your instructions probably will not work for a WUBI install, as it >> uses a Virtual Hard Drive Images like a Virtual Machine. > > As the file system sits on top of the disk, it most likely will work. > >> Even if they did work, it is known that a WUBI install is slower than >> a real install, so my point to the user who asked the question was >> that since your running a WUBI install you should do a clean install. >> Funny how you ignored that bit and took the rest completely out of >> context. > > If the user is happy enough to use ubuntu under wubi, then there is > little point in recommending the change. If they have a relatively > recent PC, they are unlikely to find ubuntu slow under wubi. Yes it is > slower, but so too is windows. Funny how no where has the OP suggested > that wubi is slow or he is unhappy with it, yet you encourage him to > drop it. > > So my point remains, it is a very valid option to upgrade to karmic > under wubi and then optionally upgrade the filesystem to ext4 - no > reinstallation is required. Many home users are unlikely to notice the > benefits of ext4, they just want an OS that works.
WUBI is slower, but for a normal user it's probably not noticeably slower. Ext4 can be upgraded in place, but only newly-created files will benefit from the new extents format. You won't get the full performance benefit, but if you've chosen to use WUBI you've already opted for a (slight) performance penalty. -- Bring choice back to your computer. http://www.linux.org.au/linux -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
