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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: July 10, 2008
- Total Downloads: 99,244
- Downloads last week: 673
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 128 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This app is one of the easiest ways to add Ubuntu to your Windows system. Wubi's dialog interface requires users to select a mere six options to install the Linux OS. Don't expect help with this utility. Users are expected to have a basic understanding of Linux and booting into alternate operating systems.
Selecting the install drive, hard-drive space, language, username, and password is quick with pull-down selectors. The most difficult decision is choosing the environment from Ubuntu, Kbuntu, Xubuntu, and UbuntuStudio. Users are expected to know which they would prefer, as no information is given about the options. While this is truly a one-click install of Linux, it isn't fast. The first step downloads an almost 700MB ISO image used to install Linux. After the download, the app takes a considerable time unpacking and installing the OS. Boot into Ubuntu and there is another wait as the OS completes setting preferences and options. It is all without user intervention, though.
A last reboot and you have a clean, handy Linux OS on your PC. Numerous apps are preinstalled and configured. Seconds after first log-in our testers were browsing the Internet and using a freeware word processor without any extra configuration. This is a great simple install package for anyone interested in trying out Linux.
Publisher's description
From Wubi :Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu installer for Windows users that can bring you to the Linux world with a single click. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other Windows application, in a simple and safe way. No need to burn a CD, just run the installer, enter a password for the new account, and click "Install". Wubi will download and prepare the required files, and ask you to reboot in order to complete the installation. You keep Windows as it is, Wubi only adds an extra option to boot into Ubuntu.
Wubi does not require you to modify the partitions of your PC, or to use a different bootloader, and does not install special drivers. Wubi keeps most of the files in one folder, and if you do not like it, you can simply uninstall it as any other application. Version 8.04.1 includes unspecified updates.
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Version 8.04.1 includes unspecified updates.
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User reviews of Wubi 8.04.1
- Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 128 votes
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0 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Wubi 8.04.1
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Wubi 8.04.1
Pros: it's the first time I've installed Ubuntu so easy, no drivers at all, no problems
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Wubi 8.04.1
"Works quite well small partitioning problem"
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Wubi 8.04.1
Pros: lets you try out a linux OS with a minimum of fuss
Cons: installing Java is tedious
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Version: Wubi 8.04.1
"It's like a breath of fresh air after years of buying bloated software."
Pros: I have Ubuntu running on my two main laptops. I am done with Windows. My son didn't want me to put it on his laptop. So I used Wubi and he has a choice of which OS to use, so far XP has not been used. Ubuntu is just so stable and easy to use.
Cons: Nothing! MS should be quaking in their shoes.
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