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| |  Try Ubuntu Linux The Easy Way
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Oct 18, 2009 at 04:39 AM by CaptainPC
If you have wanted to try a Linux operating system, but felt intimidated, the good news is there is an easy way to try Ubuntu Linux without all the hassle of creating a new hard drive partition and formatting for the Linux file system. Ubuntu Linux, in the last few releases, comes with an application called ‘Wubi’ which is a short term for ‘Windows Ubuntu Installation’. Wubi allows you to install Ubuntu as you would any other Windows software, and if you decide Ubuntu is not for you, it can be uninstalled using Windows Add/Remove Programs just like any other Windows application.
The only requirement for your hard drive is that you should have enough free space to dedicate at least 17 Gigabytes to Ubuntu. Ubuntu will be the only software that can use this drive space unless you uninstall Ubuntu. So if you are low on free disk space, then installing Ubuntu would be a mistake. Windows of any version needs a minimum of 15% of your hard drive as free space in order to operate in a stable manner. So if you have a 100 Gigabyte hard drive, you should always be sure to leave 15 Gigabytes of free space.
To get started, click the following link to the Wubi installer web page to download the Wubi installer:
Wubi Installer Next, defrag your hard drive and create a restore point. Start Wubi.exe and you will see the following: 
Aside from entering your personal username and password, I would leave the installation size as is or increase it to 20GB if you have the hard drive space. The installation drive is the hard drive on which you want to install Ubuntu. When you have set your preferences, click install and Wubi will begin to download and install the Ubuntu 9.04 operating system. This will take some time, so relax, and note the progress from time to time, and before you know it you will be able to enjoy a dual boot Windows and Ubuntu system. And remember, if you are not happy with Ubuntu, you can uninstall it just like any other Windows application by using Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.
Ubuntu forums are a great place to learn more about Ubuntu, and they are chock full of help on how to do this and that in Ubuntu. Be sure to check out the features of Ubuntu on the web site to see all the free applications that come with Ubuntu. The following link is your door to check out all about Ubuntu:
Ubuntu Web Site
Have you used a Linux distro before? Which one and what do you think of it? Have you used Ubuntu? If so, what do you like or dislike about it?
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