December 2012
Intermediate to advanced
888 pages
48h 24m
English
Another option is the Windows installer, sometimes called Wubi, which allows you to install an Ubuntu system within Windows. In effect, Wubi creates a large file to hold all the Ubuntu information and provides a way, using the Windows bootloader, to boot into Ubuntu without having to do any partitioning at all. What’s more, it’s almost as fast as the real thing and much faster than a Live CD.
To get started with Wubi, you need to download it from www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop while Windows is booted. You see a screen similar to Figure 1.5.
Figure 1.5. The auto-start menu gives you a gateway to Ubuntu. Click ...
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