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0 out of 5 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: Wubi 8.04.1
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Wubi 8.04
"Handy utility to install Ubuntu on your system without partitioning"
Pros: Easy to use.
No need to worry about partitioning your harddrive.
Installs Ubuntu automatically.
Works great over all.
Cons: None that I can think of.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: Wubi 8.04
Pros: I never actually tried the downloadable wubi because is destroyed my XP Partition, But, I tried the Wubi included on my Ubuntu 8.04 disc and it worked great on vista.
Cons: Can't access your windows files unless they are on a different partition, And if you let your PC/Laptop hibernate or sleep, Ubuntu will never work again(It won't even reinstall Without giving you errors then just giving you the console, I left my laptop on and it auto went into sleep and wouldn't boot up), If you want ubuntu to work with laptops then its recommended that you partition your hardrive for linux or just format the harddrive and install linux as the primary operating system.
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2 out of 5 people found this review helpful
3 stars
Version: Wubi 7.04.01
Pros: worked beautifully on one of my xp machines. Does have some bugs tho.
Cons: I tried to install it as directed and the way a reviewer suggested. Both failed. Do not try to install if you have vista, even by following the directions put forth by a fellow reviewer the installation failed and it also rendered my vista test machine unable to boot up vista. I had to do a complete reinstall of vista. Good thing it wasn't my main machine.
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4 stars
Version: Wubi 7.04.01
Pros: I do not have to use a live disc anymore (with a strange keyboard). It rememebers my settings. No partioning or booting from a USB (which caused problems).
Cons: Needs 10GB. Doesn't work with my built in speakers. Took an hour & half to set up. Would only use a downloaded version of UBUNTU & not my live disc.
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