Feature changed by: Martin Lasarsch (mlasars) Feature #305308, revision 12 Title: Installation into Windows Partition (Wubi-like) openSUSE-11.2: Evaluation Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Stephan Binner (beineri) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Wubi allows the installation of Ubuntu on a MS Windows System without changing the partition setup. Users can test-drive a Linux system without major performance loss like when using a Live-CD, have data persistence beyond reboot and an easy way to deinstall like any other application after trial. References: http://wubi-installer.org , https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_(Ubuntu) Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Having a Wubi-alike installer for openSUSE would be a great way to promote openSUSE to Windows users. Discussion: #1: Martin Lasarsch (mlasars) (2008-10-09 12:04:06) i tried it on a my laptop at home and it works great. * We want that. * but it was quite limited, it would be nice to have the option to install from an already donwloaded media (cd/dvd) instead of network install only. Maybe i missed an option in the installer ... #2: Pavol Rusnak (prusnak) (2008-10-09 12:25:48) I think that Instlux does something similar for openSUSE #3: Christian Boltz (cboltz) (2008-10-10 00:14:04) (reply to #2) Not really. Instlux is basically a bootloader for the installer (so that people don't have to change the boot order in BIOS), while Wubi installs into a folder of the windows partition - without repartitioning. #4: Armin Moradi (amoradi) (2009-01-19 16:33:56) It would make it easier for new users to try openSUSE and makes it easier for me to suggest openSUSE =) (rarely people know anything about partitioning) #5: kojot 350 (kojot350) (2009-02-04 12:59:18) And it would be easier for new users to jump into conclusion that Linux is slow and buggy (because wubi make problems) and we don't want that, do we? (I've read an article the other day, and he (engineer and experienced windows user), wrote really bad article based on Wubi/Ubuntu Linux install) + #6: Martin Lasarsch (mlasars) (2009-02-04 13:46:31) (reply to #5) + could you please provide a link to that article? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/305308