Wubi

Wubi is an application that can let you try Linux without a live CD and without partitioning your hard drive. It's great for those that don't want to dive in to Linux completely, but don't want to be bothered with the sluggishness of the Live CD either. The one thing I love about it is Accessibility features can be initiated from the get-go right before the first initial boot :) The one thing that doesn't work however, that I forgot to mention in the video, is that you cannot Hibernate the system when you use Wubi.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Ubuntu
• Wubi
• Windows
• Live CD
• Partition

[david520able]

Is that because you don't like it? Or does it half to do with your schedule.

[rml695]

@david520able The issue was that I had issues getting Orca to run smoothly (the magnifier) on my Toshiba. So if a distro wasn't working well with Compiz, I couldn't use it. In this case? Ubuntu 11.04's launch bar didn't play well with the compiz magnifier, in other words, it wasn't magnified while everything else was. :(

[david520able]

Oh, and which setting in accessibility do I choose for the scren reader? I have visibility 1, 2, 3, braille, and mobility 1 and 2. Thanks for the help!

[rml695]

@david520able The difference is in the amount of storage you are going to use total (30 GB for an Ubuntu partition in total for example). As far as accessibility? You want Visibility and whichever tab has Orca on it. The problem is I haven't touched Ubuntu since 11.04

[GameCentralTV]

YO NICE COMPUTER WTF!

[rml695]

Had it since 06 and I needed it for the extreme portability. I haven't used it so much as of late except for when I needed Windows for something.

[david520able]

Now that I followed your procedure, I now know that the third visibility option is the screen reader. Thanks a lot!

[david520able]

Oh I completely understand. Do you think I should just go ahead and select the first visibility option and hope that it works?

[david520able]

What is the reccomended install size for Ubuntu? I can choose between 5GB and 30GB. Is there a difference in how much space I use?

[roketjack]

Yes, I think it did it at the end also, comments are welcome twice.

But anyway, thanks for yet another informative and useful video.