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Re: wubi

 

i thought i just did scream? ;)

in any case, i think if that's carefully explained (karl's word wielding i'm sure will be sufficient) that will do more than improve the situation.

thanks all!

wxl

On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:26:13 +0100
Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> Wubi has only just been released (there was a problem with the licence
> having expired).
> 
> What has happened for this time is, instead of there being one Wubi per
> architecture (i686 & AMD64) per flavour which meant lots of Wubi's, there
> would be two Wubi's - one for i686 and one for AMD64. In the list of
> installable flavours, you should see lubuntu listed[1].
> 
> I'll have a chat with Karl and get a link placed into the 'GetLubuntu' area
> noting its existence.
> 
> If it's not there, please do feel free to scream... it 'should' be there.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Phill.
> 1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide
> 
> 
> 
> On 16 October 2012 19:54, ∅ <carsrcoffins23@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > ok, so who has a windows machine they want to test on? i don't want to
> > corrupt my work computer XD yes, they make me do windows at work.
> >
> > wxl
> >
> > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:42:08 +0400
> > "Ali Linx (amjjawad)" <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > That is why I agreed with you ;)
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:40 PM, ∅ <carsrcoffins23@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > i'm not necessarily a fan either (hey, i don't even like synaptic/lsc),
> > > > but it's good for those frightened windows users putting their wee
> > little
> > > > toe in the linux water with trepidation, terrified of the unknown. how
> > will
> > > > they survive without that god forsaken paperclip telling them what to
> > do?
> > > >
> > > > </sarcasm>
> > > >
> > > > wxl
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:32:34 +0400
> > > > "Ali Linx (amjjawad)" <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm not a fan of Wubi at all and will not be but I second that:
> > > > >
> > > > > in any case we should have some official documentation.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:30 PM, ∅ <carsrcoffins23@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > hey we don't have any info on how to use wubi with lubuntu
> > anywhere.
> > > > > > forums suggest installing ubuntu, then installing lubuntu
> > metapackages
> > > > and
> > > > > > then removing ubuntu metapackages.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > however, if i download wubi and run it, it offers lubuntu as one
> > of the
> > > > > > options. i haven't tried it yet but it sure seems that would do the
> > > > trick
> > > > > > or else it wouldn't be there, no?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > in any case we should have some official documentation.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > thoughts, comments, etc?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > wxl();
> > > > > >
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