Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Wub Wou Woo

snapshot of Windows Ubuntu Installer (wubi) Screen
While trying to figure out a better approach to getting users with screen readers options for trying Linux I found Wubi (http://wubi-installer.org/latest.php).

Wubi allows MS Windows users to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other Windows application. And the "how to get it" seem simple enough. It asks for a username (uses your current MS Windows login name as default) and password for the Ubuntu account, then begins a download of the latest Ubuntu version (default Ubuntu, optionally Kbuntu, Mythbuntu, or Xbuntu. This would confuse some users as there is no explanations of the difference in distributions):

snapshot of Wubi Installer progress downloading setup file

I'm going to test it out with some novice users, but the execution seem slick.

More later...

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