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On 01/27/2011 02:15 PM, Marcelo Gutierrez wrote:
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<div>On 01/27/2011 12:28 PM, Costales wrote:<br>
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release party shows their interest<br>
and who knows, a longer term collaboration may follow. I don't
see<br>
anything unethical there, remember free software is there for
anyone to<br>
use and learn about. Make sure you're ready to explain what
Wubi is as<br>
you may end up using it that day on those Windows machines ;)<br>
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Hello, you can also try the old dual boot technique<br>
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I would strongly advise against that. Most new machines use all 4
primary partitions, and rolling back such an install if someone
changes their mind is problematic. </div></blockquote><div><br>Why would you roll back an installation? and why would someone change his mind in the middle of an install party?<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>Unless you know your way around
GRUB and / or you have the original DVD, I would never install
Ubuntu as a dual-boot on a new machine for a new user.<br>
<br></div></blockquote><div><br>The person who is installing must have some experience installing Ubuntu, of course you dont allways know everything but when installing we use our Ubuntu Gurus :)<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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In fact I've found it's easier to convert a Windows install to a
virtual machine, then wipe a system and install Ubuntu bare-metal,
then use VirtualBox (from Oracle) to get back 100% Windows
functionality. That's more than the typical 5-minute pitch though :D<br>
<br></div></blockquote><div> <br>In an install party we never install Windows at all, that is why we use dual boot if a person wishes to keep their Windows, we encourage people to use Ubuntu when they want to so the change is not that radical and hope that they forget about the W<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Fabian<br>
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