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Linux (Ubuntu) Installer for Windows – Wubi
Posted on December 26th, 2008 by Fred
Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other Windows application, in a simple and safe way. Are you curious about Linux and Ubuntu? Trying them out has never been easier!
Wubi is Simple
No need to burn a CD. Just run the installer, enter a password for the new account, and click “Install”, go grab a coffee, and when you are back, Ubuntu will be ready for you.
Wubi is Safe
You keep Windows as it is, Wubi only adds an extra option to boot into Ubuntu. Wubi does not require you to modify the partitions of your PC, or to use a different bootloader, and does not install special drivers. It works just like any other application. Wubi is spyware and malware free, and being open source, anyone can verify that.
Wubi is Discrete
Wubi keeps most of the files in one folder, and if you do not like it, you can simply uninstall it as any other application.
Wubi is Free
Wubi and Ubuntu cost absolutely nothing (free as in beer), but yet provide a state of the art, fully functional, operating system that does not require any activation and does not impose any restriction on its use (free as in freedom).
I loaded wubi on download for ubuntu, everything worked fine, after reboot ,the options came up, but my keyboard would not work to boot ubuntu. I have a gateway computer, but I am using a different keyboard ,I have a usb keyboard,should that be a problem???
This is not a wubi specific problem, but a windows issue.
If you can see Ubuntu but you cannot move the selection it means that the keyboard is not supported by BIOS/ntldr.
Sometimes there is a setting in the BIOS that makes things work otherwise a different keyboard would need to be used. Try to (de)activate “USB Legacy Support” in BIOS or change similar settings referring to USB/keyboards. You can use a ps2 keyboard too if it’s possible.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=850864
https://answers.launchpad.net/wubi/+question/7517