Tell me about Linux

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Originally Posted by BDBohnzie

Read about this a bit the other day: Wubi - Ubuntu Installer for Windows

It allows you to install Ubuntu inside Windows, so you don't have to mess with any partition managers...just install it where you have room, and it adds Ubuntu to your boot menu. Don't want it anymore? Just go into your Windows Add/Remove Programs and uninstall it...

Not worth it honestly. It's really easy to create a new partition in Ubuntu without messing up your current data. Now it's EASIER to use Wubi but it's going to be VERY dependent on your disk being nearly perfectly defragmented. When I used Wubi to install Ubuntu it worked fine from the start, but sometimes it wouldn't go as long as a day before I'd have to defrag the disk from Windows to make Ubuntu boot properly.

Most Windows users aren't going to know how to properly launch the linux kernel from the GRUB command line since it doesn't come up with the GRUB menu in that case. I got really tired of defragmenting every day or three to bring up a silly boot menu so I uninstalled and did a proper install which is only a tiny bit more time-consuming and TOTALLY worth it.