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About an hour ago I downloaded the windows installer for Ubuntu. It ran just like any other installer on windows and when I restarted there it was, right beside
by mhotchen 17y ago
About an hour ago I downloaded the windows installer for Ubuntu. It ran just like any other installer on windows and when I restarted there it was, right beside windows. I can also uninstall it with the add/remove programs window.
That was by far the most painless install of any OS I've ever installed.
- windsurfer 17y agoKeep in mind the ubuntu boot sequence you will experience will be slightly slower by doing so.
- htsh 17y agoIts not just the boot process, but disk access in general will be slower, especially if your disk is fragmented. The file system is implemented as a single file on the windows partition. http://linux.about.com/od/dist/gr/dstwubi.htm http://linux.about.com/od/dist/gr/dstwubi.htm http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-536450.html http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-536450.html
- jrockway 17y agoI use Debian in a Windows VMware host (at work), and it is more than fast enough. The only problem is that VMWare's X server is broken in such a way as to not be able to draw window decorations if they are drawn via X's standard function to draw window decorations. Very stupid.
- windsurfer 17y agoI had that problem in Ubuntu and switched to VirtualBox. Surprisingly, when I enabled 3D rendering in VirtualBox and enabled compositing in OpenBox, My performance and snappiness increased.