So now I write this tutorial steps for him and also those who are still new into the Linux world.

Please note that this tutorial is just teaching you how to install Ubuntu under Windows to run natively. Not install to any partition.

For new users, I suggest that you download the Ubuntu Linux cd via here for a 32 bit version and here if your have a 64 bit PC such as AMD Athlon X2 or Intel Core2Duo or above and run it as live cd to play around with it before you install it.

Click here to read the full article.

If you're completely new to the GNU/Linux OS, try to use Ubuntu with Wubi

Wubi does not Modify your computer, so it's a great way to start out.

(Use whatever you want, I prefer Kubuntu.)

Now, Some basic Terminal Commands.

sudo - Uses the root (super mega-admin) account for this action, asks for a normal admin password.

passwd <username> - Does what you though - Changes the password.

apt-get install <program name> - Will, In most cases install the software you specified in the command.

dir - lists all folders and files in the current folder

<program name> - Yes, just the same name as apt-get after you installed it. Runs the program.

cd <folder name> - Points the terminal to the selected folder

./ <File name> - Runs the selected file.

Wubi: installare Ubuntu Linux in un modo nuovo

“Prima di installare una distribuzione Linux per la prima volta, spesso, si ricorre a live-cd o a virtual machine. La velocità e la reattività offerte da soluzioni simili sono ben differenti da un'installazione vera e propria. Una soluzione di compromesso, simile a una configurazione multi-boot, è offerta da Wubi ed è dedicata a Ubuntu Linux”

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Wubi's main attraction is that its super easy to install and it has no affect on your Windows installation. If you don't like it after you install it, its just as easy to remove as any program in windows, just use the normal remove programs utility. The one problem with wubi is it downloads the .iso file, and it takes forever. One way around this is to download Ubuntu Linux yourself because Wubi now comes packaged with it. The downside of downloading Ubuntu yourself is that you have to burn it to a CD if your not tech savvy enough to mount an .iso file (now that I've mentioned it I'll post a how-to in the near future), but if you just download and run Wubi you don't need to waste any CD's. Once Wubi is finished installing there will be a little menu every time you boot your computer asking which OS to boot into, and if you don't select anything then after a couple seconds it just boots Windows. Before you get all psyched to do this you're gonna need at least 5GB free on your hard drive, and that's the minimum. So go now, give Linux a chance, this way you can at least seem more knowledgeable than your peers.

If you are interested in testing out Ubuntu but don't want to deal with an ISO please be sure to check out Wubi.  Wubi allows you to install Ubuntu on your Windows machine as if it were just another application.  At the end of the day, if you don't like it, just uninstall it as you would an other app.

I have yet to try Wubi so please leave comments below if you have had a chance to run it.  If you are interested in going stright for Ubuntu's latest offereing, Hardy Heron, just click the image above.

Notizia dell'ultima ora! da poco tempo è disponibile la terza alpha di intrepid ibex, la nuova versione di ubuntu (la 8.10 per la precisione), questa volta disponibile in versione live e con wubi (ovvero installabile anche da windows, come se fosse un suo programmino). Correte a scaricarla, e partecipate numerosi ai test della nuova intrepida, la trovate QUI.

Wubi è un installer di Ubuntu ufficiale per gli utenti Windows. Grazie a questo software libero è infatti possibile installare la distribuzione GNU/Linux Ubuntu da Windows come se fosse una qualsiasi applicazione.

Wubi non modifica il sistema e non crea partizioni per ospitare il nuovo sistema operativo. Difatti tutto si basa su un disco virtuale creato all'interno dello stesso file system di Windows.

L'unica modifica apportata al sistema è un aggiornamento del bootloader in modo che all'avvio del PC l'utente possa selezionare se avviare Windows oppure Ubuntu (ossia al bootloader originale fornito da Windows viene ad affiancarsi Grub come bootloader secondario).

La rimozione del sistema operativo è anch'essa facilitata infatti avviene tramite il pannello di Installazione Applicazioni di Microsoft Windows come se fosse una normale applicazione.

Wubi è ancora in versione beta, e i programmatori stanno lavorando ad un'installazione vera e propria di Ubuntu, che non operi più con un disco virtuale.

L'attuale implementazione infatti, benché estremamente comoda per un novizio, riduce leggermente le prestazioni di Ubuntu e ha la limitazione di non poter mettere il PC in modalità sospensione. (fonte wikipedia).

Nell'ultima versione di Ubuntu, Wubi e' incorporato tra le procedure di installazione. Di conseguenza, senza dover scaricare il programmino (che di per se è pochi kb), scaricate la iso di K/Ubuntu che più vi aggrada, dopodichè masterizzatela (oppure con daemon tools montate l'iso direttamente), e selezionate l'opzione "installa da dentro windows".

Scegliete una dimensione del vostro disco virtuale (io consiglio sui 10 gb), scegliete username e password per la vostra installazione e fate partire il tutto. Al riavvio vedrete come possibile boot sia windows che ubuntu. Scegliete quest'ultimo e seguite i pochi passi che ubuntu vi dirà (anzi vi darà in bocca col cucchiaino) senza alcuna preoccupazione (con wubi sarà letteralmente IMPOSSIBILE perdere dati su windows). Risultato? ecco la vostra ubuntu bella e pronta.

Come dite? cosa fare se non volete più ubuntu sul vostro pc? beh...su windows andate nel pannello di controllo e disinstallate wubi...claro che si, con havana wubi :D

p.s. tengo a sottolineare che l'UNICA COSA che e' virtuale qui e' l'hdd, il resto (Scheda video, scheda madre) sono TUTTE reali. Come conseguenza di ciò potrete sfruttarle al 100% (ad esempio per far girare compiz).

My friend Dustin turned me on to the Wubi installer a while ago and this was the perfect time to give it a spin.

Wubi - Ubuntu Installer for Windows

From the site: "Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu installer for Windows users that can bring you to the Linux world with a single click. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other Windows application, in a simple and safe way."

From the get-go I am very impressed with wubi. Hands down the easiest linux install I've ever performed. The installer file creates a folder on your harddrive. You select the installation size, set a username and password and set the desktop environment.

Once you're done with these preliminary settings, the installer downloads the Ubuntu install files, adds an entry for in the boot.ini and then asks to reboot the system.

With the new boot.ini entry, you have the option during the boot process to boot into Window or Ubuntu. Select Ubuntu to finish the installation. This is where the process was really impressive for me. The installer creates an ext3 file system inside the Ubuntu folder created in your Windows install. Instead of having to partition out your hard drive, Ubuntu is installed into this folder and runs self-contained.

The installer must have a massive driver database as well. I run an HP Compaq 8710p laptop, and the install had all the drivers for this machine. Everything worked post install, wireless, video, sound. I didn't have to add any drivers.

It also has a good selection of pre-installed applications including Firefox 3, Open Office, audio and video applications and all the administrative tools you need for the o/s.

If there's a downside to Wubi, it's that you don't get any advanced configuration options during install. If you're a more advanced user and like to be in control of what gets installed and what doesn't, this isn't the install you're looking for. But, Wubi's purpose is to be a one-click solution to installing Linux on a Windows machine, and it works beautifully.

If at the end of your test drive, you decide that Linux isn't for you, simply boot back in to Windows, open up Add/Remove Programs and there's Ubuntu waiting in the list. Follow the usual uninstall procedure and it's gone.

If you've ever been curious about Linux, this is the best introduction out there. Give it a test drive.

sudo sh wubi-add-virtual-disk /home 15000

Lệnh trên cho phép bạn mở rộng dung lương /home lên 15gb, đơn vị trong lệnh này tính theo MB

Tham khảo thêm:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide

(p.s. questa immagine e' un mockup, ovvero una sorta di artwork, di come alcuni vorrebbero la nostra intrepida, quindi non cercate di rifarvi gli occhi, la grafica definitiva è ben lungi da questa :D )

Aggiornamento: Se preferite, a QUESTO indirizzo potrete seguire la vostra intrepida giorno dopo giorno scaricando le versionii daily :)

It took me just a few minutes to install Ubuntu on my computer, after downloading the desktop edition of the operating system and placing it in the same folder as the Wubi installer (this is the alternative method of installing the OS if you don't want Wubi to download it for you).

I dedicated 5 GB of space for the installation (more choices are available), no partition was needed and best of all...I have access to Windows files through the Ubuntu installation.

Slick, fast, no errors, no partition messing, and safe!

Prov-veturu Linux per Wubi, instalila programo por Windows kiu donas al vi la eblecon gustumi Linukson en via PC—senzorge pri partitions nek bootloaders. Simple ekzekutu la programon, restartigu vian sistemon, kaj elektu "Ubuntu" en la aperonta menuo. Wubi faras nenian ŝanĝon en via sistemo kaj vi tuj rimarkos la belecon de Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron, kiu jam venas plena je utilaj programoj por ludi, labori kaj lerni.

Wubi estas senpaga kaj funkcias sub Windows 98, 2000, XP kaj Vista.

But what exactly Launchpad is? Launchpad is a community of people, in which everyone can join free and participate to help translate various Open Source projects (such like Ubuntu, Wordpress, AWN, mySQL) and many many others. Launchpad also helps people to track bugs at various projects as mentioned above.

Launchpad's 6 main goals are, firstly to register any possible Open Source project from you to encourage community collaboration, secondly to publish your code so other people will merge it to other suitable projects, thirdly to share any known bugs, fourthly to track blueprints for approval and implementation to other projects, fifthly to translate and localize available projects in your favorite language and lastly to ask questions about software.

You don't need to have a Wordpress blog or a Ubuntu install on your PC to participate and help translate, report bugs etc.

I am now starting with Launchpad, but I promise to help translate (at least) as much of Ubuntu, Ubuntu Packages, *buntu OSes like Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Wordpress, AWN, mySQL, Wubi and many other projects which I like.

You can find more about Launchpad with their Tour.

Installation was breeze; it only took 10 or 15 minutes before I could log on to Ubuntu. The Hardy Heron's user interface is simple, it has all the applications a normal home user would ever want, and it is lightning fast. Now, depending on my requirements, I use either Ubuntu or Vista.

Tips:

• If you want Vista-like UI, install Kubuntu Desktop. It is a stunner, really.
• Be prepared to learn a few Linux commands that are necessary to work with Ubuntu. You may have to use the Terminal sometimes, and your knowledge of the Linux commands comes in handy. I will try to list some commands I find useful in the coming posts.

Sebelum step by step proses instalasi, ada beberapa yang perlu dipersiapkan sebelumnya, diantaranya:

• Harddisk di Windows minimal 4 Gb. Akan lebih baik jika space kosongnya sekitar 10 Gb agar proses berjalan normal.
• File iso ubutu 7.10 versi Desktop.
• Program Wubi versi 7.10-alpha-rev386.exe yang bisa di unduh di http://wubi-installer.org/devel/minefield.
• Sebaiknya file iso ubuntu 7.10 sudah tersedia untuk mempercepat proses instalasi.
• Lakukan back-up data-data penting Anda untuk menghindari hal yang tidak diinginkan.

Langkah-langkah Instalasi

• Untuk yang sudah mempunyai file iso Ubuntu 7.10, silahkan membuat folder dengan nama Ubuntu di drive yang dipilih. Buat juga folder install di dalam folder Ubuntu. Copy-kan file iso Ubuntu 7.10 ke folder install.
• Jalankan Wubi, dan akan muncul Wubi setup
• Isikan konfigurasi sebagai berikut. a. Installation Drive, pilih drive dengan kapasitas minimal 4 Gb.
  b. Installation Size, tentukan kapasitas yang ingin digunakan.
  c. Desktop Environment, pilih Ubuntu 7.10 atau turunannya sesuai dengan file iso ada.
  d. Language, pilih bahasa yang akan digunakan.
  e. Username, Isikan username yang Anda inginkan.
  f. Password, isikan password untuk user.

• Klik tombol Install, proses akan dimulai dari membuat folder ubuntu dab file-file pendukungnya.
• Jika file iso sudah tersedia, proses download akan diabaikan dan berubah jadi proses checksum file iso yang sudah ada di folder install.
• Jika proses checksum sukses, proses intalasi akan langsung me-restart komputer.
• masuk ke Boot Manager Windows, pilih Ubuntu lalu tekan enter.
• Proses instalasi akan berjalan otomatis.
• Jika proses instalasi tidak bermasalah, sistem akan mereset kembali komputer.
• Masuk ke Desktop Ubuntu dan siap menggunakan Ubuntu 7.10

Selamat mencoba!

Mengapa menggunakan Wubi?
Wubi digunakan untuk mensiasati ketika user akan mencoba install linux tetapi di komputer sudah terinstal dengan operating sistem Windows. Karena jika user menginstalasi linux di komputer ini maka ototmatis sistem operasi ini akan menghapus MBR windows dan akan menggantikannya dengan boot loader linux, baik itu Grub maupun Lilo. Ini tentunya akan merepotkan user apalagi yang masih pemula, ketika akan mengembalikan MBR Windows seperti semula. Wubi menggunakan Ubuntu Desktop yang notabene merupakan salah satu distro Linux terbesar yang ada sekarang ini. Untuk saat ini software Wubi sudah bisa digunakan untuk menginstall Ubuntu 7.10 dan kroninya seperti Kubuntu 7.10, Xubuntu 7.10 dan Edubuntu 7.10. Dengan menginstall Wubi, proses intalasi Linux Ubuntu ini akan memasukan Ubuntu pada MBR Windows. Sehingga MBR Windows tidak digantikan dengan bootloadernya Linux.

Cara Kerja Wubi
Software Wubi bekerja seperti layaknya software VMware. Wubi hanya akan membuat virtual disk untuk Ubuntu di windows user. Selain itu Wubi akan memasukan dirinya ke MBR Windows sehingga akan muncul pada Boot Managernya Windows. Sama seperti user menginstall beberapa versi Windows dalam satu komputer. Dengan Wubi proses instalasi ubuntu tidak lagi membutuhkan partisi kosong, proses instalasinya tergolong simpel dan otomatis. user tinggal melakukan setting manual sekali, dan selanjutnya proses instalasi bisa ditinggal karena akan dikerjakan otomatis oleh software Wubi. Yang lebih mengesankan lagi adalah ketika user akan menghapus ubuntu, user tinggal meng-uninstall software Wubi, maka otomatis Ubuntu akan terhapus dari harddisk komputer. Sehingga tidak perlu repot mempartisi ulang harddisk atau memperbaiki MBR Windows yang rusak akibat di libas sama bootloadernya Linux.

Kemudian dilakukan uninstall seperti pada program aplikasi windows yang biasa. Hal ini bisa dilakukan dengan double click Uninstall-Ubuntu di folder ...\Ubuntu\ atau melalui "add remove program" yang ada di control panel. Setelah di-uninstall, nampaknya Vista berjalan normal ... "ah lega..."

Bisa install dan uninstall sesuai kebutuhan :D tetapi ada pengalaman yang ga bikin nyaman, yaitu ketika install HH dengan free space hard disk cuma 7GB dan separtisi dengan instalasi windows. Swap tidak terload dengan baik. Apa ini kasus khusus ya....? yah we'll found it later

Ma provare WUBI ovviamente, il sito del progetto dichiara: “Wubi e un installer windows ufficialmente supportato da Ubuntu che puo’ portarti nel mondo di Linux con un singolo click. Wubi ti permette di installare e disinstallare Ubuntu (ma anche Kubuntu n.d.r.) come qualsiasi altra applicazione windows in un modo semplice e sicuro. Sei curioso di Linux e (K)Ubuntu? Provarli non e’ mai stato cosi semplice!”

Tanto per chiarire: lo dicono loro, se provando distruggete il PC e tutti i dati in esso contenuti non mi riterro' assolutamente responsabile :wink: WUBI e' poco piu' di un Mb ma scarica da Internet tutto cio' di cui ha/avete bisogno (molte centinaia di MB di dati) percio' vi serve una connessione flat a banda larga.

Una volta scaricato WUBI sul vostro computer eseguitelo e otterrete la schermata qui sotto:

Scegliete il disco su cui installare, la lingua in cui volete il vostro (K)Ubuntu, la dimensione dell'installazione, utente, password e premete fiduciosi "Install"; WUBI si occupera' del resto creando sul vostro PC un file monolitico con "dentro" (K)Ubuntu, inoltre aggiungera' un menu all'avvio del PC (quando ancora e' tutto nero con le scritte bianche) con cui sceglierete se avviare Windows oppure (K)Ubuntu.

Ok avete provato e volete tornare indietro (mi auguro di no!)? potete cancellare ogni traccia dal vostro PC andando in Aggiungi rimuovi programmi e scegliendo di disinstallate (K)Ubuntu come un qualsiasi altro programma.