Ubuntu: Smarter way to install

This is a pretty neat way to install and play around with Ubuntu without fluffing up your Windows installation or partitions.
In fact, it does not touch the MBR either:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/install.exe

I think this sort of approach will get more people interested because of the much easier way to set up without blowing Windows to bits.

Oh, there is a debian version too:

http://goodbye-microsoft.com

*YOINK*

I've been wanting to use ubuntu for a while, this makes it a little easier :)

ubuntu is really nice, starts off minimal without being too much so and lets you add the fancy stuff you want ( like fmv icons etc.. )

I have been using it instead of windows for almost everything (from 3dmodelling to video-editing) for 2 years with only 1 major problem (due to my inexperienced tinkering)

I now only use windows on my laptop for games and b3d stuff.

This virtual one seems good to taste it, but if you want to get ubuntued properly its best to buy a cheap second hdd and dual boot it,
(i reccommend against partitions unless you REALLY know what your doing. good knowlage of FDISK & PMagic doesnt count (as i found out))

as an alternative to ubuntu, you can install VMware then stick Ubuntu/Fedora Core {x}/any install of your choice. within your VMWare install. This also doesn't fluff your Windows install or partitions. Might give Vista a blast within a Virtual install soon, despite having a backwards 1800 Athlon with (only?) 600MBytes of ram and a 128MByte grafix card,.,., Byte me.

There's also Wubi, which installs Ubuntu into a 'virtual partition' (ie one big-ass file on the Windows filesystem) so you don't have to worry about partition woes - and it makes it easy to uninstall if you don't like it.

The best of virtualisation and native installation in one?

[edit] ...er, much the same way install.exe does it. Duh. [/edit]

I can’t even *try* Ubuntu. Neither the 6.06 nor 6.1 LiveCDs will boot on my 18 month old, mass-market Acer Aspire 1691 notebook computer. All I see is a black screen after an initial loading status screen. Apparently it has something to do with my ATI Radeon Mobility X700 chipset and I need to edit some X configuration files somewhere… Huh? So, I need to modify and remaster the install cd?

Perhaps some of the links in this thread will help me... But can I be arsed, when my mass-market Intel wireless networking chipset probably won’t work, given my recent experiences with OpenSuse Desktop Linux 10.1 and 10.2? That would mean no Yast or Synaptic-assisted OS upgrades or application installation… [shudders]

And people say Linux is ready for the mass market? I don't think so...

Until recently, I'd been using SuSE Linux as my primary operating system. I love the the new generation of Linux operating systems for the way they combine ease-of-use with the geek factor. You CAN go the point-and-click/plug-and-play route, but if you're a hopeless tech geek like me, there is still plenty of fun to be had.

The newer *nix home systems are superior in just about every way to Windows, at least for my purposes. I hope they continue to gain ground. I am going to go Ubuntu myself right now. I've been hearing about it for quite a while and I think it's time for first-hand experience.

Edit: Partitioning yourself is not too hard, just read up and PAY ATTENTION when you do it. VMWare is an awesome, awesome tool if you don't want to hassle with partitioning and dual-boot.

SpaceAce

Hehe, there's always someone :b

If you ever feel like it, you could check if the Feisty alpha is working. It is using the new version of X and has lots of improved compatibility as usual. If not, a bug report has a good chance of getting addressed for the 7.04 release. (Hint, hint).

I like this Windows installer idea because there are a lot of people who really cannot get into their bios to turn on booting from CDs. The key to do it always seems to be different, too... (And, potentially with some evil / ancient laptops, maybe not at all).

Bleh, the above downloaded, then restarted, then didn't install. Restarted again and selected "Ubuntu", it started booting, saw two options- chose both (on seperate startups) and both crashed.

Not impressed.

Ubuntu always crashed my pc to hell.

Setting stuff up on linux can be a fight, but once its set up, its solid. You can then save it all down and make your own 'install disk 2'.

Yes, well, I couldn't set stuff up because it wouldn't install...

Well, it is still a beta and what you are reading is a feature specification entirely discussed in the forum for an unreleased version of Ubuntu, so this isn't too surprising. (Besides, it's running in Windows :b)

I hope you aren't totally put off by a crash in software that is expected to crash. Apparently it isn't very useful to debug, though, so I don't blame you if that is all the information you can gather.

Oh i've not given up, I shal try again at a later date, but I was a bit annoyed because I put off playing a game last night (because it crashes on occasion and would have stopped my ubuntu download. :P)

they send you a free CD through the mail, that worked OK for me