Work has begun on a Windows-based installer for Ubuntu. "The aim of this installer is to provide an easier way for a Windows user to install Ubuntu without having to know how to burn a CD .iso, set the BIOS to boot from CD, repartition the disks, set up a multiboot system, etc. It will not replace any of the current Ubuntu installation options, and will not require that Windows is installed prior to the installation of Ubuntu." Update: Screenshots.
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But one might still ask the question, will making it THIS easy to install linux really be helpful to a user who can't really burn their own .iso, think about it, once you plunge them into the Linux World who is going to help them along the way.
Exactly. Who is going to tell them how to get to all the music they ripped and locked into iTunes which is now on another partition? Who is going to tell them how to type 'mkdir /mnt/bla && mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/bla' to get to some files on their usb flash drive?
I thought this was neat too, but then I had the same thought as you. If you're not competent to install Linux using the other available methods, you're probably not competent to do anything useful in it besides browse the web once you install it with the windows installer.
Not bashing Linux, but as crappy as Windows is, its just sad that Linux hasn't been able to pick it up in the past 10 years. Seriously, windows hasn't changes in 10 years and Still Linux didn't catch up.
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"Exactly. Who is going to tell them how to get to all the music they ripped and locked into iTunes which is now on another partition? Who is going to tell them how to type 'mkdir /mnt/bla && mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/bla' to get to some files on their usb flash drive?"
Interesting. You have not needed to do that for a couple of years at least, as USB drives are auto-mounted, just like on Windows, so the user will not need to know anything different for that. Windows partitions are auto-mounted as well during install. Please use a newer distribution then Redhat 5.2 
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2006-02-11
This is a good thing. I was glad when I read this , because the barriers of entry to using linux are continously being lowered. And this, I have to say ,is a new low , :-)
But one might still ask the question, will making it THIS easy to install linux really be helpful to a user who can't really burn their own .iso, think about it, once you plunge them into the Linux World who is going to help them along the way. For this strategy to be robust the desktop top environment they find themselves in has to have enough guides/help avaailable, to get them doing the tasks they enjoyed so much in Windows. ....