Wubi (Windows-based Ubuntu Installer) is amazing. It’s one of those tools that should make 100s if not 1000s of people to try out Linux right away. But I am not sure if this tool is making as much noise as it should. If last time you tried to install Linux was 5 years ago and the thought of installing Linux on a separate partition along side your existing windows installation gives you nightmares, this tool is for you.

We are not asking you to abandon windows OS; we are encouraging you to try Linux without any risk.

wubi is not a virtual machine, which means there is no hardware limitation. You get to use the same hardware available to a window installation without having to share them, since you are not running two OS simultaneously.

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