New feature specifications: install without configuring the BIOS

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Vmware is faster than Qemu (also with turbo), but on my mind emulation 
is not a good way : I larger prefer emulating  windows in Vmware on 
Ubuntu ;-)

Jordi Massaguer a écrit :
> That is a great idea. However, the feature
> specification is not about trying, but installing
> without configuring the BIOS. This step is important
> for some people (some people is already downloading
> instlux, around 6000 per month
> http://instlux.sourceforge.net).
>
> A part from the fact that is already being downloaded
> and used, it is implemented(*). So it is going to be
> easy and fast to included it.
>
> Qemu on windows sounds good for demonstrating but be
> careful with performance issues of using a liveCD on
> top of an emulation that is on top of windows (we do
> not want people think Ubuntu is much slower than
> windows), as well as the fact that the Ubuntu CD will
> depend on qemu...
>
> Just for reference:
> VMware is already being used for demonstrations. Check
>
> http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/
>
>
> greetings,
>
> jordi
>
>
> (*) There are some minor bugs.
>
>  --- t u <towsonu2003 at gmail.com> escribió:
>
>   
>> Peter Garrett wrote:
>>     
>>> On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 16:24:44 +1300
>>> Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt at canonical.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> On Oct 6, 2006, at 6:34 AM, David Balazic wrote:
>>>> Some measurable percentage of them will, and then
>>>>         
>> they'll get confused. 
>>     
>>>> They thought this CD would let them try Ubuntu
>>>>         
>> *without* nuking their 
>>     
>>>> Windows installation, but apparently it doesn't.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Indeed - remember that for many WIndows users
>>>       
>> "install" means "make this
>>     
>>> program usable for me *in Windows* " - they may
>>>       
>> have no concept of what an
>>     
>>> operating system actually is, and then get very
>>>       
>> upset when the "Install"
>>     
>>> button does something they were not expecting at
>>>       
>> all.
>>
>> I am imagining a portable qemu on a CD: portable
>> ubuntu (like portable
>> firefox) from inside Windows. I'm just imagining.
>>
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