WUBI, VMs etc
Mark C. Miller
mr.mcmiller at gmail.com
Sat Jan 16 01:13:08 UTC 2010
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:34:49 +0000, Steve wrote:
> Rather then bog down another, unrelated, thread on this I thought I’d
> start a new one.
>
> I’ve seen the suggestion more than a few times that people, often
> newbies, use WUBI or a VM to try Linux out. While WUBI is a quite good
> system for testing a distro without the problems of partitioning, which
> often frightens people and can be occasionally problematic. I don’t
> believe VMs are a very good suggestion at all. Apart from the problem
> of setting one up, you won’t know where problems lie. Is it with
> Windows, Linix or the VM? Nor is it a good test of the hardware for
> Linux.
>
> Discuss
>
> --
> Steve
I never would have gotten into Ubuntu without WUBI. I've never been able
to successfully launch a virtual machine. I don't know what I do wrong,
but it just never works. WUBI worked for me right away; has worked for a
number of my friends too.
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