[Novalug] Using Ubuntu on Windows 7 in a virtual environment

John Franklin franklin@elfie.org
Wed Dec 14 14:10:38 EST 2011


Cheap USB keys are worse than Live CDs.  I've tried on some 8GB MicroCenter USB drives and it took hours to install Ubuntu onto them.

jf

On Dec 14, 2011, at 1:47 PM, The Doctor wrote:

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> On 12/13/2011 09:10 AM, John Christopher wrote:
>> My neighbor has a Windows 7 laptop and wants to try Ubuntu Linux
>> but is nervous about and unwilling to mess with repartitioning,
>> etc.  I know zero about VMware, Windows Virtual PC and other
>> virtual environment software.  Is this the solution?  Looking for a
>> (hopefully) free, simple, and easy solution to get him started with
>> Ubuntu.
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> Great, here comes the "live media causes cancer" argument again.
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> Has your neighbor tried booting the Ubuntu live disk to experiment
> with on $laptop?  If there is no optical disk drive, has your neighbor
> considered installing Ubuntu to a $5us USB key to boot off of?
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