What Should Be Done on Every PC in the Store

By installing Wubi on every PC in the store, we can help to promote Linux. I suggest in this video that we use LXDE, as it is very similar to Windows in appearance, feel, and interface. Note that these are GENERIC screen shots, and I'm NOT leaning towards any version of Ubuntu, LXDE, or GNOME, this is just for a GENERAL EXPLANATION of how this can be done. Also note: I tried LXDE after a fellow Linux user told me KDE 4 was crap. Honestly, compared to LXDE, I agree. Also LXDE gives you a Windows like interface, and is roughly 300 MB or so lighter. I know I said KDE in the video, but replace that with LXDE, and replace the command prompt I gave with "sudo apt-get install lxde"

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Linux
• Wubi
• Install
• Promote
• Free
• Open Source
• Ubuntu
• GNOME
• KDE
• LXDE

[david520able]

So, if I'm correct, you download Wubi, install it, and it automatically downloads and installs the latest Ubuntu version on your PC without it having to partition your hard drive, then you can enter a password?

[rml695]

@david520able I think you can download it or use a locally stored ISO but yeah that's right.

[rollokb2]

I am aware of that and disappointed, i loved os9. But i was wondering if the principal was the same because the two systems had completely different kernels.

[rml695]

Couldn't really tell you. I have barely used OS 9.

[rollokb2]

Forgive Me if I am wrong but does this work in similar way that you could boot OSX and OS9 on a mac from the same partition. I am stupid 12 year old

[rml695]

There used to be a Classic emulator. This has since vanished. I don't see being able to run OS 9 on the current Intel Macs.

[david520able]

I downloaded wubi earlier, and I really would actually love to use Ubuntu. The main reason is that it is fast and it won't slow down in the future. I like that about Ubuntu. Plus, I love the accessibility.

[rollokb2]

OS9 was briliant, it was a great system to learn how touse a computer because everything felt real, the way that all of the folders open gave you a pleasant dilution that everything was real on that system. Everything appears it was, there was no command line making you feel that using the GUI was not an extra layer to 'pretty things up' . It's a great system to teach young people the basics of a computer operation, my little sister has real trouble understanding the concept of folders.OS9 easy

[rml695]

I know I already told u this, but I'm gonna say it again for those that read the comments. You'd said this would be an issue for 8.04. The current Wubi build, and the one that most people would download I think, is 9.04. I loaded LXDE onto my copy of Jaunty & had no issues with it.

[TheOriginalRootbrian]

You forgot to tell those to go to the LXDE website and add those two deb lines to the sources, then close & reload.

If not, you can't install LXDE.