Comments on: Ubuntu Linux Install Week at AIS Picture Gallery

By: Kevin Miller, Jr.'s, SaigonNezumi.com | First Ubuntu Linux Lesson at AIS

Kevin Miller, Jr.'s, SaigonNezumi.com | First Ubuntu Linux Lesson at AIS — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:20:33 +0000

[...] Ubuntu Linux Install Week at AIS Picture Gallery [...]

By: danny

danny — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:18:00 +0000

I am new to using linux. I have not installed on my laptop yet and am a little nervous about doing so. I have windows vista (before you say it i actually like vista) I have many questions and would like the opportunity to bounce some ideas off someone. Feel free to contact me at the email i provided. Thanks

By: Boycott Novell » Links 24/11/2008: Compiz 0.8; Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha; Fedora 10 Coming

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:29:45 +0000

[...] Ubuntu Linux Install Week at AIS Picture Gallery Finally, the last group of students had netbooks already, mainly Eee PC 1000s, Asus Aspire Ones, and MSI Winds. My new bright student, Katherine, installed Ubuntu 8.10 herself without even asking me. Yeah, that makes an IT teacher proud. The rest used Ubuntu eee with my LiveUSB. [...]

By: SaigonNezumi (Kevin)

SaigonNezumi (Kevin) — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:19:15 +0000

@Urko: Cool, just read up on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_(Ubuntu)

Nice to see that you can move an image over to a partition later as well.

By: Urko Masse

Urko Masse — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:53:31 +0000

Wubi installs into a filesystem inside one big file in the Windows filesystem.

It is slightly slower than the normal setup, but in most cases should not be noticeable.

That’s how they achieve the easy, risk-free installation and uninstallation. Wubi doesn’t change anything of the partitions on the hard disk. Uninstalling is just a matter of deleting the big file and the entry in the Windows menu.

By: SaigonNezumi (Kevin)

SaigonNezumi (Kevin) — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:36:03 +0000

@Peter: I agree with Wubi but again, it creates a separate partition so it should not be affected by Windows. That is my understanding.

I will email you when I get home later. Nice to see other FOSS teachers.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:56:35 +0000

My understanding of Wubi is that it acts as a complete file inside the Windows file system. So when it is first installed, it is not any slower than a partitioned installation but as a user writes and deletes files from Windows, fragmentation can slow the Ubuntu installation down.

Kevin, I wrote your school a couple days ago to try to make contact with you. I too am an IT teacher at an international school in east asia. I’m teaching all IT classes using GNU/Linux and so is our elementary IT teacher. I’d certainly like to hear more of your experiences. Feel free to contact me at the email address I gave along with this comment.

By: SaigonNezumi (Kevin)

SaigonNezumi (Kevin) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:15:54 +0000

Hey Hung, thanks for the comments. You should visit the lab when you are free.

By the way, Wubi is just an installer. It is just making Ubuntu easier to install for Windows users. It is not actually installed inside Windows as a virtual machine. Once it finishes, the real installation will start after the computer reboots. From there, it is like a normal installation.

If Ubuntu is slow, it has to be for another reason.

Have a good weekend.

By: Anh Hùng

Anh Hùng — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:05:41 +0000

That looks decent. What I don’t like about Wubi is that it’s actually slower than a real Ubuntu. But you’re doing a great job. Hope your students enjoy Ubuntu. Come teach me Linux sometimes