Wubu and minimal cd

[Amedee Van Gasse]

On 05/27/11 13:54, Billie Walsh wrote:

> As far as I could tell it was just for people without the intelligence
> to set up their computer to boot from a CD before the hard drive.
> Someone that was so used to Windows Autorun they didn't have a clue how
> else to do it.

I'm not really happy with this.

Wubi doesn't exist because there are people without intelligence. Wubi 
exists, because it is possible. It is an example of virtualization. We 
all know Virtualbox and Vmware, they are examples of *machine* 
virtualization. Wubi is *filesystem* virtualization. It's actually a 
_very_ intelligent way to install Linux on a pc without leaving any 
trace of it when you're done, just like a livecd, but with persistence 
and a lot faster than a cd that you have to keep in the drive all the time.