Mafia_Penguin, what have you done? :-)

jmarkybb —Sun, 12/07/2008 - 08:02

Just downloaded your ubuntu software,

just something extra to get my teeth into.

Mark

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Re: Mafia_Penguin, what have you done? :-)

Submitted by Mafia_Penguin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 21:47

They are the same, but if you installed updates...
????

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Re: Mafia_Penguin, what have you done? :-)

Submitted by jmarkybb on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 21:58

ok, fair enough, I did install updates.

Mark

Can somebody please oblige and do this for me, Cheers. Thanks in advance Mark

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Re: Mafia_Penguin, what have you done? :-)

Submitted by jmarkybb on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 23:06

Got wireless working :-)

Mark

Can somebody please oblige and do this for me, Cheers. Thanks in advance Mark

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Re: Mafia_Penguin, what have you done? :-)

Submitted by Mafia_Penguin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 23:17

Got wireless working :-)
Good...
Keep at it (:
I wish I could install Ubuntu on my HDD, but the owner of the dektop I use sometimes says I she will think about letting me run a Virtual Machine w/ Ubuntu on it (:
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Re: Mafia_Penguin, what have you done? :-)

Submitted by chiaroscuro on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 02:39

@jmarkybb

Sounds like you are having fun.

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Is ubuntu running as a Virtual Machine in Windows, so you run it like it was a Windows applicaton ?

If you are running Firefox in ubuntu, can you still use Launchy ?

Maybe you know this stuff, but it seems there are some interesting tutorials on this page

Thanks

Re: Mafia_Penguin, what have you done? :-)

Submitted by Mafia_Penguin on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 03:04

He is using Wubi.
Wubi installs as a Windows application, BUT IS NOT A WINDOWS APPLICATION.
It is an entire seperate Operating System.

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Re: Mafia_Penguin, what have you done? :-)

Submitted by chiaroscuro on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 03:08

Mafia_Penguin

thank you

I think the fuller answer may be:

Wubi is an Ubuntu installer for Windows that lets you install and uninstall Ubuntu from a Windows desktop. Wubi adds an entry to the Windows boot menu which allows you to run Linux. Ubuntu is installed within a file in the Windows file system (a loopmounted partition), this file is seen by Ubuntu as a real hard disk. That way the hard drive does not have to be repartitioned before the Ubuntu installation. The resulting Ubuntu installation is a "real" Linux system, not just a virtual machine. Wubi makes it easy for Linux newbies to play around with

Re: Mafia_Penguin, what have you done? :-)

Submitted by Mafia_Penguin on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 03:13

That is a great description [:
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Re: Mafia_Penguin, what have you done? :-)

Submitted by chiaroscuro on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 03:17

Yes it certainly helps clarify things.

I could not work out how an OS could run as an application.

Re: Mafia_Penguin, what have you done? :-)

Submitted by Mafia_Penguin on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 03:18

I could not work out how an OS could run as an application.
As a VM, of course!
I'm thinking of installing WUBI onto a USBflash drive, or should I install normal Ubuntu on the flash drive?
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