Wubi paranoid friendly?

[Ric Moore]

On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 02:17 +0000, ms wrote:
> On 07/12/10 18:15, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > I date from the era of vacuum tubes and 026's.
> > Though I've programed, I'm a user not a programmer.
> > I am a Windows(tm) user who wishes to be a *nix user.
> >
> > I wish to try Ubuntu.
> >
> > Full install OBVIOUSLY *NOT* acceptable ;/
> >
> > Dual boot *NOT* acceptable as it requires repartitioning my hard
> > drive. I've had bad experiences with repartitioning.
> 
> Be less paranoid and repartition. The Ubuntu installer will do it for 
> you. Do a backup of your stuff of course before, but it's safe, really.

I think it's safe to say that everyone of us, on this list,
repartitioned our hard drives to install Ubuntu or another distro, at
one point or another. So, while it may not be acceptable to you, you are
in a minority of one. If it didn't work, none of us would be here. 

If you're not a programmer and just a casual user, a full install is not
"OBVIOUSLY *NOT* acceptable". As a matter of fact, it is OBVIOUSLY
acceptable. I haven't run Windows since 3.1. I've managed just fine.
Ric

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