Full install vs wubi...

[chris]

Also is subject to the problems inherit with the ntfs file  system, and
the windows need to defrag, and the general security issues that effect
windows.
cheers the kiwi
On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 15:18 +0800, Raphael Ong wrote:
> Disadvantages of Wubi:
> -Slower disk reads
> -The filesystem is less reliable than in a real installation,
> especially if you do hard reboots.
> -Hibernation  and suspend doesnt work
> Advantages of Wubi:
> -Dont need to partition
> -Saves time
> -Usually failsafe!
> 
> On 11-Jan-2010, at 1:55 PM, Johnneylee Rollins wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 4:22 PM,  <mdovell at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > I use Ubuntu solely on my laptop for which I have no issues with.
> > > However on
> > > my desktop I've largely kept windows mostly due to the QQ program
> > > but I
> > > think I might try to run that in wine. I've had issues with the
> > > installation
> > > because I've burned countless cdroms and most of them had issues
> > > in some
> > > way.
> > > 
> > > If I were to buy a linux magazine that has a cd of ubuntu and
> > > install it
> > > from that would I have better performance than under wubi?
> > > 
> > > I recently had a problem with a kernel upgrade. It got to a OS
> > > selection
> > > screen and selecting ubuntu stated "unknown error" and put me in
> > > the command
> > > line. I had to reinstall Ubuntu which wasn't bad...I was just
> > > wondering what
> > > would be the advantages of doing a full version rather than wubi.
> > > thanks
> > 
> > I think you should look into this:
> > http://wubi-installer.org/faq.php#requirements
> > That might explain it better than anyone else can.
> > 
> > ~SpaceGhost
> > 
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