Comments on: Install Ubuntu Hardy on Your Windows PC With Wubi

By: Smilisav

Smilisav — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:01:27 +0000

Installed Karmic Koala on XP system. Installation on C: works well. Installation on D: works well, but after next reboot it won't boot. Remains in sh:grub> and have to set boot manually to point to /dev/sda5.

How to edit wubi cfg file(s) to point to /dev/sda5 ?

By: Juan G

Juan G — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:19:30 +0000

I installed ubuntu using wubi on several computers. On all of them I had problems using firefox in both windows and ubuntu. This finally forced me to uninstal ubuntu and then totally uninstal firefox in windows, including having to delte files manually. The problem with the dual boot is that ubuntu doesn’t work well with some basic firefox addons. I love foxmarks since I use so many comput3ers. With ubuntu it just doesn’t work and causes firefox to have bugs and the enter button not working.

By: Sumesh

Sumesh — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:15:40 +0000

I have installed Wubi too, and am very impressed. I had installed Ubuntu on dual boot even on Ubuntu 7 (which had no Wubi), so that speaks volumes.

One worry that I have is what use Windows users (and mostly non-geeks) will have with Ubuntu. Security, stability etc. don’t really impress them because they do not look at such factors, usually.

By: Sandip

Sandip — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:26:23 +0000

great finding keith, i am still using ubuntu in vmware but take hell lots of space will plan to use Wubi soon

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:15:16 +0000

Just installed this on my xp system. Had it downloaded and running within 2 hours with no problems. I’ve always wanted to dig into Linux with something other than a live CD.

If Wubi is pushed hard enough, M$ should be very afraid.