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Nice and easy, but.....
Not for me. This way, Windows (and all it's security risks) can influence (damage?) my beautiful shiny clean Ubuntu.That thought makes me uneasy.I want Windows completely quarantined.

But I agree: for beginnners with Linux, this is a great new feature.

Greetz, Pjotr.
Posted by: pjotr123   Posted on: 03/24/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Nice and easy, but.....  pjotr123 | 03/24/08
Agreed  Badgered | 03/24/08
Of course  CreepinJesus | 03/25/08
My first thought as well  Chad_z | 03/25/08
get IETab (nt)  tikigawd | 03/25/08
Maybe not ideal  tikigawd | 03/25/08
This May Actually Let Me Try Linux Again  bmore_bro69@... | 04/03/08
Me Too  robert@... | 05/29/08
Ubuntu for the masses?  bb_apptix | 05/27/08
Ubuntu for the masses?  twaynesdomain | 05/27/08
Flash for firefox tar.gz for Linux  jyesj@... | 05/27/08
Lucky Guy  robert@... | 05/29/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  jgsilva@... | 03/24/08
Not to question your judgment...  Michael Kelly | 03/24/08
Not a Vista hater but...  jhurst747 | 03/25/08
I made the switch  tikigawd | 03/25/08
"Not looking forward to reinstalling"  fr0thy@... | 03/25/08
Switching from Vista32 to Vista 64  tikigawd | 03/26/08
why can't you do a clean install of Vista?  xuniL_z | 03/26/08
@ xunil_Z  tikigawd | 03/26/08
@tikigawd  xuniL_z | 03/27/08
@xuniL_z  tikigawd | 03/27/08
Hopefully......that's the key word here  xuniL_z | 04/02/08
1st step should have been:  tikigawd | 03/26/08
Why bother . . .  dgsw | 03/26/08
@ dgsw, I am wondering....  LazLong | 03/26/08
dgsw: not talking about installing Ubuntu, yet  tikigawd | 03/26/08
I could be mistaken...  LazLong | 03/26/08
@LazLong: I figured  tikigawd | 03/26/08
@tikigawd It may have been my mistake....  LazLong | 03/26/08
@LazLong: thx  tikigawd | 03/26/08
To LazLong  dgsw | 03/27/08
Random comment  tikigawd | 03/27/08
@dgsw... From what I understand...  LazLong | 03/27/08
I asked the question because .....  mark@... | 03/28/08
You won't reget it....just find the time and do it.  xuniL_z | 03/26/08
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Use all 4 GB of RAM with Vista SP1  PeButu | 04/03/08
"boot manager can handle this boot configuration?"  fr0thy@... | 03/24/08
BootManagers  TallTomD | 03/25/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  nabeel_z | 03/24/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04 (II)  veigac@... | 03/25/08
Re Ubuntu & WUBI  bob_blackmun@... | 03/25/08
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I'm not sure how it works, but  Michael Kelly | 03/24/08
Redhat  nabeel_z | 03/24/08
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Mac? Tools??  tikigawd | 03/26/08
For future reference.  xuniL_z | 03/25/08
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Partition Manager  TallTomD | 03/25/08
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IT works but  jheine | 03/24/08
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Grub is still installed if you install Windows first  leobrown | 03/25/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  Loverock Davidson | 03/24/08
Although...  zkiwi | 03/24/08
Just calling it like I see it  Loverock Davidson | 03/24/08
Then why...  zkiwi | 03/24/08
"one size fits all"  fr0thy@... | 03/25/08
Please tell the world then......  xuniL_z | 03/25/08
ok...  marcfinnwilson@... | 03/25/08
ah, but you are off the mark.  xuniL_z | 03/25/08
Don't mind him...  zkiwi | 03/25/08
Why do you think I want to hear you insult him?  xuniL_z | 03/26/08
9.0  TripleII | 03/24/08
Considering the user must be in possession of a copy of Windows,  Fevrin | 03/24/08
Psst, He's a Mike Cox that replies...  TripleII | 03/24/08
That is true  Loverock Davidson | 03/24/08
You really are kind of...  zkiwi | 03/24/08
hmmm...  marcfinnwilson@... | 03/25/08
Ok..  xuniL_z | 03/25/08
Not really  mbutron | 03/25/08
If users follow  alaniane@... | 03/27/08
You're Full of CRAP  itanalyst2@... | 03/24/08
Actually - you full if bull waste as well -  socialism=nowhere | 03/25/08
Sorry: Actually - your full of bull waste as well  socialism=nowhere | 03/25/08
should be: "you're"  tikigawd | 03/26/08
"don't like the way you have to install the free software"  fr0thy@... | 03/25/08
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Migrate to Windows  TallTomD | 03/25/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  The Rifleman | 03/24/08
Old wisdom  pjotr123 | 03/24/08
Better yet ...  MisterMiester | 03/24/08
Amazing  pjotr123 | 03/25/08
You do know you lost him at the word DO?  ajole | 03/25/08
Comment was for pjotr123  MisterMiester | 03/25/08
Not lost  pjotr123 | 03/25/08
Using Kubuntu since 5.10  MisterMiester | 03/24/08
Upgrade problems?  cheesyone | 03/26/08
hmm  marcfinnwilson@... | 03/25/08
It amazes me  alaniane@... | 03/27/08
It's good but not enough to go big - make it distributed with brand names.  Just_true | 03/24/08
Precisely!!!  cheesyone | 03/26/08
To ZDNet cersors: can you explain your criteria why ...  Just_true | 03/26/08
If freedom and free markets were a reality  mark@... | 03/28/08
Which government -who people see, the unseen one or bihind the the unseen?  Just_true | 03/28/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  graham.lv | 03/24/08
Not really  gene_fitz@... | 03/26/08
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RE: Ubuntu 8.04  mindhammer | 03/25/08
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Logic and Loverock are mutually exclusive  deaf_e_kate | 03/25/08
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RE: Ubuntu 8.04  karnok.d@... | 03/25/08
Special Handling  MisterMiester | 03/25/08
Thanks for the link  techr@... | 03/25/08
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no  marcfinnwilson@... | 03/25/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  marcfinnwilson@... | 03/25/08
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RE: Ubuntu 8.04  big red one | 03/25/08
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Apprently you cant understand  zeshu@... | 03/25/08
BTW On the subject of my CV  jacarter3 | 03/25/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  mwwhughes | 03/25/08
mac the bullies....  zeshu@... | 03/25/08
But does it work with wireless neworking yet?  ron.cleaver@... | 03/25/08
I think there was a post yesterday about this..  socialism=nowhere | 03/25/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  ThereThere | 03/25/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  marcfinnwilson@... | 03/25/08
Ubuntu stupidity  mister-moon | 03/25/08
ermmm  marcfinnwilson@... | 03/25/08
With a knife and fork  fr0thy@... | 03/25/08
Ubunto / linux will only shine if  zeshu@... | 03/25/08
ADRIAN.....how about some more lab work????  xuniL_z | 03/25/08
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Sure you can ...  MisterMiester | 03/25/08
Sure you can ...  MisterMiester | 03/25/08
the sort of reply that turns people off linux  cymru999 | 03/25/08
Excuse me ...  MisterMiester | 03/25/08
Ubuntu drivers?  BALTHOR | 03/25/08
It works quite well  marks055@... | 03/25/08
killer aps  cymru999 | 03/25/08
It's easy with VMware or Parallels  jbborgo | 03/25/08
RE: Sure you can ...  richdave | 03/25/08
People can't read, can they?  MisterMiester | 03/25/08
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Your comment system is broken!!  cquirke | 03/26/08
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RE: Ubuntu 8.04  atari8bit@... | 03/26/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  w5vyc@... | 03/29/08
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RE: Ubuntu 8.04  dfreeman@... | 04/03/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  judgesinel@... | 04/03/08
What a load od u know what. nt  ThereThere | 04/06/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  dclinks@... | 04/03/08
Try it with VMware first  BALTHOR | 04/03/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  denbid@... | 04/04/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  maggietoo9 | 04/05/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  sansan85 | 04/20/08
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RE: Ubuntu 8.04  ramprasad_dv@... | 05/01/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  vinise | 05/04/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  jyesj@... | 05/27/08
Retrain yourself in Linux  fourijm@... | 05/29/08
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RE: Ubuntu 8.04  brassmaster | 07/24/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  kaiserling@... | 10/13/08
Change boot settings  superhobo | 12/05/08

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