Ubuntu help

[Lord Valmont Illamato]

You can launch some linux installers from within windows.

How would u go about loading linux within windows??

[mr_doc]

Use Alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools or something else to mount the iso and then double click the icon in 'my computer'

[Lord Valmont Illamato]

I finally got "Ubuntu". Now i juss need to figure out how it works and how to configure it to work with my built in wireless card. I figure it out, I am juss so excited tht i finally got rid of vista and now i am working with linux. Thanks for all your help, I appreciate it!!!

[kom0dor]

Congrats on getting Ubuntu installed. For future reference here's an alternate, albeit seemingly complex method:

My DVDRW drive blows, and correctly burns things about 25% of the time.

So, I resized my current partitions to create a 800MB partition, copied the contents of the downloaded ISO there, and booted from that partition. 

Note: you can use programs such as gparted, cfdisk, fdisk, resize2fs, mkfs, etc, for the above.

Also, you will have to configure your boot loader.

If you can indeed boot from your CD drive, you can usually find a live CD with gparted installed. Make sure you backup any important information before you mess with your partition table.

I use Zenwalk Linux, and FreeBSD, and installed them with the above method.

Ubuntu should now come with "wubi", which is a windows ubuntu installer if I recall correctly. I haven't used it, though, so use at your own discretion. I also have Xubuntu Hardy Heron installed on a laptop, but I installed with the alternate install CD, not wubi.

Also, you will want to mount the partition where the CD would normally be mounted during install if the OS you're installing is going to look for files there.

(Hopefully that was worth bringing this thread back up again.)

[rogueclown]

(Hopefully that was worth bringing this thread back up again.)

nothing is worth rescuscitating a three-month-old thread.

[MattGSX]

It was totally worth bumping.

In case anyone else is wondering, though, Wubi actually installs Ubuntu inside the Windows system. I don't know if this means both run at the same time, but you can actually manage your Ubuntu installation like an application inside Windows, and the entire Linux directory falls in one folder on your Windows tree. I can see good and bad for this, but in a situation like kom0dor's, this could really be an ideal solution. I dislike the lack of partitions and lack of a dedicated bootloader, though. I've lost Windows partitions before, which eliminates the possibility of using the second (Linux) partition for recovery.

My $.02

[PHISH-PHREAK]

my ubuntu machine is full of porn.

[MattGSX]

my ubuntu machine is full of porn.

I now have two Ubuntu machines. I just upgraded my work machine to 8.04 with Gnome, and I have a 500mhz PIII laptop (IBM 600X) that I *was* running Sidux on, but I did the minimal install for 8.04 and added IceWM and my basic apps. I tried Enlightenment, but I really wasn't crazy about it. I might try Fluxbox/Blackbox, but it's running pretty fast already.

[kom0dor]

In case anyone else is wondering, though, Wubi actually installs Ubuntu inside the Windows system. *snip*

Ah, thanks for clearing that up. I'm not really impressed with the idea of running Ubuntu like that.

I don't actually have a need for wubi, as I have Linux on three partitions (/boot, /, and /home), and freebsd on an ufs one. I have a dedicated Ubuntu machine, but it sits in the corner gathering dust.

Also, I love Fluxbox. It might not be the prettiest window manager ever, but I think it's the most efficient one I've used. Some points: Tabbed windows, window auto-grouping, being able to set window priority, simple configuration, and low resource usage. You can choose your own desktop/file manager though, since fluxbox doesn't include one. 

Also, I only resurrected this thread because I think that the way I installed Linux is useful, but uncommon. I thought it on topic, and the reply is now searchable for any lurkers out there about to post, "I can't install Ubuntu...", etc. 

[rogueclown]

i used Wubi for a while earlier this year.

was it a good permanent solution?  no.  but, was it a good way for someone who had never used linux before to give it a shot and learn some basics about it before i went about formatting my hard drive and installing it for real?  yeah.  i ran it for a month or so to gain some fluency with the environment and the commands, and make sure i could run everything i wanted to run, before i finally deleted windows.  Ubuntu definitely runs better alone than it does over Wubi, but it's a great way to dip your toes in if you're like me circa March of this year, and lacked the confidence in your computer skills to install a new, as-yet-unfamiliar OS.

and, as for the resurrection of the thread...i was kidding more than anything, when i said no thread was worth resurrecting like that.  there has been useful information in it, so it's clearly worth resurrecting.  i can be a bit of a snarky ass on the internet, and i apologize to anyone i offended.

[MattGSX]

i used Wubi for a while earlier this year.

was it a good permanent solution?  no.  but, was it a good way for someone who had never used linux before to give it a shot and learn some basics about it before i went about formatting my hard drive and installing it for real?  yeah.  i ran it for a month or so to gain some fluency with the environment and the commands, and make sure i could run everything i wanted to run, before i finally deleted windows.  Ubuntu definitely runs better alone than it does over Wubi, but it's a great way to dip your toes in if you're like me circa March of this year, and lacked the confidence in your computer skills to install a new, as-yet-unfamiliar OS.

and, as for the resurrection of the thread...i was kidding more than anything, when i said no thread was worth resurrecting like that.  there has been useful information in it, so it's clearly worth resurrecting.  i can be a bit of a snarky ass on the internet, and i apologize to anyone i offended.

+1 for use of the word snarky. No harm done.

kom0dor - For fluxbox, I've always had the best experience running Midnight Commander as a file manager, though you may be able to install thunar. The only downside I have with fluxbox is having to edit text files to change even the simplest of settings, though I do know that's what makes it so expandable, so I'd deal.