[ubuntu-studio-devel] Wubi - nuke it from orbit

[Timo Jyrinki]

I'm sure almost nobody starts to consider copying an executable off
the installation media and running it that way, but I agree even that
functionality should be removed.

.Timo

2015-08-22 21:10 GMT+03:00  <lukefromdc at hushmail.com>:
> The linked post or one of it's replies warns of "bricking windows," if it is moved
> off the disk, the exe file executed from the windows drive, and installer mode
> selected. I have no idea if that is true or not, but be sure to do any testing
> of this beyond the "reboot greeter" on an expendable install.
>
> On 8/22/2015 at 10:09 AM, "Timo Jyrinki" <timo.jyrinki at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>Didn't https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2015-
>>August/015757.html
>>just tell wubi has had only a simple "please reboot" functionality
>>for
>>a long time, but causing confusion since it's still named wubi, and
>>all the documentation everywhere?
>>
>>It's useful that there's a dialog popping up when a Windows user
>>inserts USB/DVD.
>>
>>-Timo
>>
>>2015-08-22 15:22 GMT+03:00 Kaj Ailomaa <zequence at mousike.me>:
>>> I have only used wubi to install Ubuntu, and my experience with
>>that is
>>> not exactly great. The virtual hard drive is really, really
>>slow. I fear
>>> that even if Ubuntu Studio works with wubi, it will give the
>>user a bad
>>> impression.
>>>
>>> So, there's that too.
>>>
>>> I could give it a try on a Win8 machine during the coming week,
>>just to
>>> see how it works.
>>>
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