Comments on: Wubi rocks http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/05/03/wubi-rocks/ Manifesto-driven development. Eclectic thoughts. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:00:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Chris http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/05/03/wubi-rocks/#comment-40357 Chris Tue, 20 May 2008 08:57:21 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/05/03/wubi-rocks/#comment-40357 Well that sucks. On the bright side a fix is probably less than 18 months away given the timeframe for XP end-of-life. Well that sucks. On the bright side a fix is probably less than 18 months away given the timeframe for XP end-of-life.

]]> By: Tonio http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/05/03/wubi-rocks/#comment-40342 Tonio Tue, 20 May 2008 06:49:31 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/05/03/wubi-rocks/#comment-40342 Here's what's really sad. I was considering installing Ubuntu on my Dell laptop over its existing Vista install, but stopped short because I wasn't sure I really wanted to lose Vista. The reason I'm frustrated with Vista is that my company's permissions policy* is blocking me from installing ANYTHING (including simple updates to existing installed programs) ... so while Wubi would be perfect... if I could install it, I wouldn't be considering it. * And it's messed up this way because this was an experimental Vista install (this isn't their normal policy) and since we're still using XP on most desktops it's not getting fixed any time soon. Oh, and my Help Desk folks are 2000 miles away. Here’s what’s really sad.

I was considering installing Ubuntu on my Dell laptop over its existing Vista install, but stopped short because I wasn’t sure I really wanted to lose Vista. The reason I’m frustrated with Vista is that my company’s permissions policy* is blocking me from installing ANYTHING (including simple updates to existing installed programs) … so while Wubi would be perfect… if I could install it, I wouldn’t be considering it.

* And it’s messed up this way because this was an experimental Vista install (this isn’t their normal policy) and since we’re still using XP on most desktops it’s not getting fixed any time soon. Oh, and my Help Desk folks are 2000 miles away.

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