[ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu using wubi on Vista Home machine.....

[John]

Neil Greenwood wrote:
> 2009/5/20 John <jakewc2 at sky.com>:
>   
>> Sean Miller wrote:
>>     
>>> Virtual machine is something like Sun's Virtualbox or VMWare.
>>>
>>> Virtualbox is, imho, better for running things like Linux.
>>>
>>> Some screenshots here...
>>>
>>> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Screenshots
>>>
>>> Let's say you install Virtualbox on a Vista machine.  You then go into
>>> it and say "Create Virtual Machine", tell it how much memory to give
>>> it and how much disk space.  It then effectively boots into a BIOS
>>> type screen and will say "no operating system installed", so you stick
>>> in a Ubuntu CD, try it again and it'll hopefully install the operating
>>> system.
>>>
>>> Once installed you open virtualbox, say "start virtual machine" and it
>>> starts in a window.  You can use the right-ctrl key and F together to
>>> toggle between windowed and full screen.
>>>
>>> So if, for instance, you don't want to use Vista at all you just boot
>>> into it, start the virtual machine and then do right-ctrl-F and forget
>>> Vista is even there.
>>>
>>> But if you have a decent sized resolution better, maybe, to run the
>>> Linux in a window - you should be able to cut and paste between the
>>> two as well, I believe.
>>>
>>> Sean
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Hiya,
>>
>> that sounds really interesting. I was just wondering, is there a version
>> that will install on XP so I can run Ubuntu in that?
>>     
>
> Yep, it's multi-platform and there are binaries available for Linux,
> Windows and (if I recall correctly) Mac too.
>
> The configuration works the same on both Linux and Windows.
>
> There's a version for Ubuntu in the repositories (i.e. you can install
> it using the Synaptic package manager or the Add/Remove Programs
> option). There's a Windows installer at http://www.virtualbox.org
>
> Cofion,
> Neil.
>
>   
Thanks Neil,

I think I might give that a go on the pc, see if I can get it to work. I 
have to clean it up first. I really appreciate that. Thank you.

John.