[ubuntu-uk] Raring release .....

Colin Law clanlaw at googlemail.com
Thu Apr 25 13:03:12 UTC 2013


On 25 April 2013 13:49, alan c <aeclist at candt.waitrose.com> wrote:
> On 25/04/13 13:31, Muñiz Piniella, Andrés wrote:
>>
>> On Apr 25, 2013 9:22 AM, "alan c" <aeclist at candt.waitrose.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 24/04/13 21:07, Barry Drake wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I like this article about 10.04.  See:
>>>>
>>
>> http://ct.zdnet.com/clicks?t=1175492787-eef0371bfa001c7b947750c9172a1ab3-bf&brand=ZDNET&s=5
>>>>
>>>>      I especially like the fact that wubi is out!  My time spent on the
>>>> help forums suggests that it has caused more problems than it has
>>>> solved.  of course, I could be wrong!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Wubi is a lovely idea but I have been advising against it strongly for
>>
>> some time already in my leaflets for newcomers (in my Computer Fair
>> monthly
>> events) because of the problems that can happen. It is also very confusing
>> for a newcomer to use a cd/dvd in their machine, be invited to 'install',
>>   proceed in good faith, only to find that later, if problems occur, they
>> are hard to sort out, and that they have an installation which in some
>> ways
>> is deprecated.
>>>
>>> --
>>> alan cocks
>>>
>>
>> Agree with Alan on this. To add, I have found it hard to remove.
>>
>> Maybe separate instalation cd would be best?
>
>
> Very good idea, hope it materialises

Now that Raring is released someone could download the desktop image
and see if it contains wubi.exe.  If I remember correctly it was just
in the root folder on the image.

Colin



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