desktoplinux.com — The Ubuntu development team announced today that it is looking for testers for a new, Windows-based installer for its popular Linux distribution. The idea is to provide a simple-to-use, no-risk way to install Ubuntu in a partition on a Windows machine.
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megatog615Jan 21, 2007
Maybe they'll make an OSX version so Mac users can install right within OSX?
mojaamJan 21, 2007
Perfect timing or what? I just tried to install ubuntu and crashed my windows in the process. Should have backed up. But oh well.
halflifesalesJan 21, 2007
in soviet Russia, the boot duels you!
sabaharifJan 21, 2007
Reminds me of BeOS Personal Edition, which created a BFS image on the hard drive through a Windows installer and booted with either a Windows application or boot floppy. Shame it didn't support NTFS, though.<a class="user" href="http://www.bebits.com/app/2680">http://www.bebits.com/app/2680</a>
curmudgeon7205Jan 22, 2007
I look forward to this. As an absolutely clueless newbie, I have tried Ubuntu 6.10 Live CD and had unresolved issues with USB devices (but had Internet). "Unresolved", in that I tried to get help in U forum and my issue withered on the vine. I also tried each of Ubuntu 6.10, 6.06, and 5.10 on my VMWare Player (downloading the three versions as VMWare appliances from the VMWare site. Of the three, only version 5.10 (in the form of a VMWare "Browser appliance") was able to connect to the Internet through the VMWare player. The later versions could not connect to Internet. None of the 3 VMWare "appliances" was able to see my USB drives and flash drives.My postings to the Ubuntu forum left those issues, too, unresolved. Probably because I didn't RTFM (but there are so many FMs, it's hard to know which one to read).Maybe this new development will yield different results. I, too, am not about to abandon my tax software and my Excel models (which use Excel-specific functionality which I have been unable to duplicate using the latest version of OO). Consequently, I need to "ease into" Ubuntu gradually, while retaining essential functionality in Win XP (not to mention my sanity).
mweatherJan 22, 2007
That's what put me off Windows for life. Every single time I install it, it Fubar's my Linux install. I can reproduce this 100% of the time on any system.
raynevandunemJan 23, 2007
@ regeya<a class="user" href="http://gobolinux.org/">http://gobolinux.org/</a>OR<a class="user" href="http://rox.sourceforge.net/desktop/static.html">http://rox.sourceforge.net/desktop/static.html</a>They both accomplish what you were asking for (the AppDir thing).
tuxcantflyJan 27, 2007
If you have vista and XP dual-booting, it will still work; just install within XP and boot into XP, then select ubuntu. If you only have vista, and no XP, though, it won't work, at least not until GRLDR gets support for the Vista bootloader.