[17:15] <Sidewinder1> Good Afternoon all.
[17:16] <Sidewinder1> A suggestion: In #ubuntu, whenever someone asks a question regarding wubi, I cringe; would never go anywhere near it, with all due respect to the developers. Would it be possible to add to the "factoid" something to the effect of "wubi is intended to allow windows users to try ubuntu, within the win. OS. If you like ubuntu, install it as dual-boot", and perhaps provide a link like: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/index.php
[17:16] <Sidewinder1> with the existing links.
[17:16] <Sidewinder1> I guess what I'm getting at is that it appears that many wubi users love ubuntu but then, try to use it, on a long term basis rather than installing it and that seems to lead to problems. I think even ActionParsnip and dr_willis would agree. What do you think? Or am I just creating additional problems. Please take the above in the spirit of me just trying to be helpful, not only to the users but the OPs and the other volunte
[17:16] <Sidewinder1> ers.
[17:19] <Sidewinder1> Wow! That looks horrible; must be 'cause I pasted from gedit; sorry.
[17:20] <vish> !wubi
[17:20] <Sidewinder1> vish, Yes, obviously I've seen that...
[17:20] <charlie-tca> I agree with Sidewinder1
[17:20] <charlie-tca> That factoid does sound like it should be a permanent install
[17:21] <Sidewinder1> Thanx, I just felt that a little more elaboration in the factoid would be helpful to those that are trying to use wubi on a long term basis...
[17:22]  * Sidewinder1 Is now wondering if a "factoid" has a size limitation.
[17:22] <pleia2> it does, it's bound by standard length limitations of irc
[17:22] <vish> yup
[17:23] <Sidewinder1> Ok, I guess that's it.
[17:23] <vish> we could remove the "file bugs" part and just add it about being an easy way for testing Ubuntu
[17:24] <Sidewinder1> Testing! Yes I like that
[17:24] <pleia2> I know some people who do run it permanently (actually got a complaint from one that he felt people were marginalizing it too much), so I think such a change in how it's handled in #ubuntu should be discussed
[17:24] <pleia2> and if the decision is to treat it as testing only, the wubi folks should be made aware
[17:26] <Sidewinder1> That wouldn't be a bad idea either; something that when wubi's installed enumerating that it's not really intended for long term use.
[17:26] <Sidewinder1> As in try it without having to mess with the NTFS partition, formatting ext4, etc.
[17:27] <marienz> the main downside to wubi I can see is that how it boots is relatively black magic, so it's hard to get help if that part of it fails
[17:29] <Sidewinder1> Exactly, most if not all of the knowledgeable folks in #ubuntu probably have never used it and have some problems trying to help.
[17:29] <Sidewinder1> Or if they did, it's been a long time and perhaps some aspects of wubi have changed.
[17:31] <Sidewinder1> Either way, it was just a suggestion in an attempt to avoid some frustration not only for the ones using wubi but for the volunteers that are trying to help.
[17:31] <Sidewinder1> Thanks for listening...
[17:32] <Sidewinder1> Have a great day all!