I usually suggest to install it as a windows application first, especially on the old hardware. A student would need to run wubi.exe from cd/usb under windows, click on "install as app". It would install on c:/ubuntu and create a link in boot.ini. This is really friendly ;-)
On 14 July 2010 09:58, Mark Philip <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 14,July,2010 09:55 AM, Soh Kam Yung wrote: >> >> Mark, >> >> Thanks for the share. >> >> BTW, if you have the Hard Disk Space and RAM, you can encourage your >> students still using Windows to experiment by installing linux in >> virtual environments (using VirtualBox, VMWare, etc.). This is a very >> pain-free way to trying out different distributions (Fedora, Ubuntu, >> Linux Mint, etc.) and allowing them to discover the distribution that >> best meets their needs/likes. >> >> Regards, >> Kam-Yung >> > > Yes - my students are using Ubuntu full-time, with Windows 7 running in > Virtualbox. > > They love it. I guess almost everyone is sick and tired of viruses and > Windows, but most, if not all students don't know any better (my students > are 17+ years of age), since they have been trained from Primary One by the > Microsoft Ministry Of Education. > > Oh well... > > Those who have the $$$ have moved on to the MacBook (also a result of the > iPhone halo effect)... > Those who regretted buying PC notebooks with Windows are now game to try > Ubuntu. > > > _______________________________________________ > LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] > List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq > Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected]
