Feature changed by: kojot 350 (kojot350) Feature #305308, revision 11 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) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/305308