Friday, August 10, 2007

Wubi - user-friendly Linux Ubuntu installer for Windows

I just learned about something called Wubi. Sounds like a new Furby or something similarly sickeningly cute.

What it is, is a Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows. The neat thing is that it doesn't require a separate partition, or even a boot disk.

You download it, you run it, and Wubi will create a virtual drive. Next time you boot you will boot into a menu where you choose between loading Windows or Ubuntu. Should you ever need to uninstall it, it works just like uninstalling a Windows app. You boot into Windows and run the uninstaller; you know the drill.

Check this site for more information: http://wubi-installer.org/

By the way, I learned about this on the latest show of DL.TV, an online tech show; http://dl.tv/

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