Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Wubi - nuke it from orbit

2015-08-23 Thread Timo Jyrinki
I'm sure almost nobody starts to consider copying an executable off the installation media and running it that way, but I agree even that functionality should be removed. .Timo 2015-08-22 21:10 GMT+03:00 lukefro...@hushmail.com: The linked post or one of it's replies warns of bricking windows,

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Wubi - nuke it from orbit

2015-08-22 Thread Kaj Ailomaa
I have only used wubi to install Ubuntu, and my experience with that is not exactly great. The virtual hard drive is really, really slow. I fear that even if Ubuntu Studio works with wubi, it will give the user a bad impression. So, there's that too. I could give it a try on a Win8 machine

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Wubi - nuke it from orbit

2015-08-22 Thread Timo Jyrinki
Didn't https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2015-August/015757.html just tell wubi has had only a simple please reboot functionality for a long time, but causing confusion since it's still named wubi, and all the documentation everywhere? It's useful that there's a dialog

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Wubi - nuke it from orbit

2015-08-22 Thread Kaj Ailomaa
On Sat, Aug 22, 2015, at 04:10 PM, Timo Jyrinki wrote: Didn't https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2015-August/015757.html just tell wubi has had only a simple please reboot functionality for a long time, but causing confusion since it's still named wubi, and all the

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Wubi - nuke it from orbit

2015-08-22 Thread lukefromdc
The linked post or one of it's replies warns of bricking windows, if it is moved off the disk, the exe file executed from the windows drive, and installer mode selected. I have no idea if that is true or not, but be sure to do any testing of this beyond the reboot greeter on an expendable

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Wubi - nuke it from orbit

2015-08-21 Thread Jimmy Sjölund
On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Kaj Ailomaa zeque...@mousike.me wrote: Anyone feel any love for wubi at all? If not, I will make sure it is removed from Ubuntu Studio at least. I'm guessing it never worked for Ubuntu Studio anyway? I have never used it, but seen questions when people have

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Wubi - nuke it from orbit

2015-08-21 Thread Len Ovens
On Fri, 21 Aug 2015, lukefro...@hushmail.com wrote: Has anyone with a Windows box tested it lately? Our upstairs windows have window boxes on them. There are flowers there. On 8/21/2015 at 10:39 AM, Jimmy Sjölund ji...@sjolund.se wrote: On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Kaj Ailomaa

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Wubi - nuke it from orbit

2015-08-21 Thread lukefromdc
Has anyone with a Windows box tested it lately? On 8/21/2015 at 10:39 AM, Jimmy Sjölund ji...@sjolund.se wrote: On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Kaj Ailomaa zeque...@mousike.me wrote: Anyone feel any love for wubi at all? If not, I will make sure it is removed from Ubuntu Studio at least.

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Wubi - nuke it from orbit

2015-08-21 Thread Mike Holstein
On Thursday, August 20, 2015, C. F. Howlett cfhowl...@hotmail.com wrote: As I understand it, wubi has not been supported, developed or upgraded for YEARS. Moreover, wubi is known to conflict with Ubuntu 13.XX and newer. So WHY is wubi not only present in the Ubuntu ecosystem, but actually

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Wubi - nuke it from orbit

2015-08-21 Thread lukefromdc
There's enough buggy UEFI setups out there that I advise people to never buy new anymore without searching the exact model they plan to buy online along with the word Ubuntu and/or Linux to see what pops up. Long has this been so for printers and wireless devices, not it's also true for laptops,

[ubuntu-studio-devel] Wubi - nuke it from orbit

2015-08-20 Thread C. F. Howlett
As I understand it, wubi has not been supported, developed or upgraded for YEARS. Moreover, wubi is known to conflict with Ubuntu 13.XX and newer. So WHY is wubi not only present in the Ubuntu ecosystem, but actually packaged with Ubuntu .iso's? For the love of kittens, puppies and all