Wubi is a Ubuntu installer for Windows users that will bring you into the Linux world with a single click. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu Linux as any other application. Hello, Im new at Linux and have problem with instalation Other Mint version has an instalation file like mint4linux, Ubuntu has a wubi to install it through.
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(Solved) - Will Wubi install other Linux OS's or just Ubuntu?
(15 posts)I'm thinking of Using WUBI to install Linux on my new laptop. I haven't decided what Linux distro i want to install yet. Will Wubi install Linux Mint, Fedora Core, etc. ...or is it only for Ubuntu?
Hi InDiSent, only Ubuntu or variations thereof I'm afraid.
Other distro's may have there own installers though.
Other distro's may have there own installers though.
Mike
Just found these
Mint comments
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=125858
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=125858
![Windows installer download ubuntu Windows installer download ubuntu](http://www.poluoluo.com/server/UploadFiles_7037/201704/2017040621404827.png)
And I came across this
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
![Wubi Wubi](/uploads/1/2/6/2/126238717/957839068.png)
Just out of interest will the distro just be Linux?
Mike
Thanks Mike. Not sure what you mean by 'Just out of interest will the distro just be Linux?'.
I'm currently running Windows 7 Pro X64 on the laptop.
I run Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora and Opensuse as VMS on my desktop. However, i wanted to do a dual boot on the laptop since there are some limitations with the VM. I'm considering the WUBI route cause it seems like a real dual boot situation just setup from within windows. Is that correct? Is using WUBI noting more than the same as a VM or will it be a true dual boot scenario?
I'm currently running Windows 7 Pro X64 on the laptop.
I run Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora and Opensuse as VMS on my desktop. However, i wanted to do a dual boot on the laptop since there are some limitations with the VM. I'm considering the WUBI route cause it seems like a real dual boot situation just setup from within windows. Is that correct? Is using WUBI noting more than the same as a VM or will it be a true dual boot scenario?
Now that I'm thinking about it, i was only considering WUBI since it makes it easy to dump Linux if i ever decide to. However, even with a traditional dual boot it's easy enough to dump Linux if i wanted to anyway.
Decisions, decisions...
Ok, I wondered if you were not running windows, just Linux.
I run Ubuntu 10.04 from wubi and it works fine. The reason being is that you can uninstall it like any other software. Ubuntu support is better than the rest with upgrades every 6 months and very few problems with drivers. It is dual boot but not from a separate partition.
There are problems with VM installs, speed, and saving docs etc.
Give wubi a try
http://wubi-installer.org/
I run Ubuntu 10.04 from wubi and it works fine. The reason being is that you can uninstall it like any other software. Ubuntu support is better than the rest with upgrades every 6 months and very few problems with drivers. It is dual boot but not from a separate partition.
There are problems with VM installs, speed, and saving docs etc.
Give wubi a try
http://wubi-installer.org/
Mike
One Mike mentioned,
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/13379/create-a-bootable-ubuntu-9.10-usb-flash-drive/
(the UNetbootin thingy)
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/13379/create-a-bootable-ubuntu-9.10-usb-flash-drive/
(the UNetbootin thingy)
Thanks Mike.
So here's the deal. I have a 60GB partition on the laptop just doing nothing right now. It's not formatted or anything. Can i tell WUBI to install Ubuntu there? Do i need to format it first?
That's the part that's confusing me. How can it run from the windows partition if Linux doesn't use NTFS? From what i'm gathering it sounds like i creates a folder that all the linux files are kept in ...OS and all. Sounds just like a VM. Can you clarify that for me? Not trying to be a pain, just trying to understand it. Thanks.
So here's the deal. I have a 60GB partition on the laptop just doing nothing right now. It's not formatted or anything. Can i tell WUBI to install Ubuntu there? Do i need to format it first?
That's the part that's confusing me. How can it run from the windows partition if Linux doesn't use NTFS? From what i'm gathering it sounds like i creates a folder that all the linux files are kept in ...OS and all. Sounds just like a VM. Can you clarify that for me? Not trying to be a pain, just trying to understand it. Thanks.
Not a pain!
I used my D drive successfully (20Gig) and the rest for data.. if it needs formatting wubi will ask you but I doubt it.
I think its only Ultimate Edition has a problem with NTFS. It is I suppose a VM install!
I used my D drive successfully (20Gig) and the rest for data.. if it needs formatting wubi will ask you but I doubt it.
I think its only Ultimate Edition has a problem with NTFS. It is I suppose a VM install!
Mike
OK, so that's what I'm trying to understand. If it's really just saving files in folder within windows then how is it different from a VM? What's the benefits of using WUBI as opposed to a VM? Why does it give you the dual boot option?
I know with the VM i can not do the advanced graphics stuff. If i use WUBI will i be able to use compiz cube and other advanced 3D stuff that you can't do in the VM?
Yes you can use compiz and 3D in wubi but not in VM, never had much success with Linux in VM.
Mike
Just out of interest, have you seen this? Based on the 10.04 lucid lynx but with plenty more to blow your mind. No wubi install yet for this.
You want 3D! APPS! Games etc......
You want 3D! APPS! Games etc......
http://ultimateedition.info/
Mike
hi guys, to back mike up not that he needs it,lol. nice runs lovely effects WOW! and as mike says 'blow your mind' it will ask to format again mine did.. :)
when installing put ethernet cable in #update at same time#.. as pointed out to me by mike :) ps @ inDisent # thats for 'ubuntu ultimate' update tip#
its great !!!@ mike will e,mail asap. sorted that dongle thing out had to restore:( all well now.
also i find it real, real, fast on line.... trust!
when installing put ethernet cable in #update at same time#.. as pointed out to me by mike :) ps @ inDisent # thats for 'ubuntu ultimate' update tip#
its great !!!@ mike will e,mail asap. sorted that dongle thing out had to restore:( all well now.
also i find it real, real, fast on line.... trust!
@Mike - yeah, i've played with that in the past. I love all the eye candy.
So i finally did it after reading Matts, write up the other day. Works great!!! I can do all the eye-candy stuff and everything just as if it was a stand alone install. Thanks guys.
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