On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Gaurav Menghani
<gaurav.menghani(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I would like to chip in with my experiences of seeing people use
Ubuntu. Apart from the 'stability' thing, one important feature that
Ubuntu has on the install disc is Wubi [0]. If a newcomer gets the
option of trying out Linux without any messing with his/her Windows
partitions, it is a great deal.
Personally, Wubi helped me install Ubuntu on all the computers in one
of the college labs after assuring the people in-charge that doing
this that there would be no harm done to their Windows installation,
and they could uninstall it later if they like, from within Windows,
just like we uninstall any other Windows software. Same was the case
with encouraging friends to use Linux.
That's one bit. The other bit is having a live media that has gparted
or, similar utility installed allowing someone to keep the existing OS
while re-partitioning the disk space to install Fedora. Those who do a
lot of installs know about this requirement but it hardly gets talked
about or, made into a note.
--
sankarshan mukhopadhyay
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