I want to start using ubuntu for programming purpose.
Before I download it,I want to make sure that I can run it without removing windows 7.
Which version I should use?
Can I use it without partitioning my drives???
5 Answers
- open turn on/off features
- and enable subsystem for Linux and virtual machine platform
- click on OK
- open powershell and type wsl --install and wsl --set-default-version 2 then press enter
- type exit
- open Microsoft store and search for Ubuntu then click on the first result
- then click on install/get this app
- then open the installed app
- wait for few minutes and it will be installed
- after that type the new user and password
- type sudo apt-get update and sudo apt install xfce4 -y then press enter
- install VcXsrv app from here
- and then type cat /etc/resolv.conf this command in the Ubuntu app
- copy the ip
- type nano ~/.bashrc
- in the bottom type export DISPLAY=:0 replace the with the ip address
- press ctrl+x and y press enter 18 type source ~/.bashrc 19 run the VcXsrv app
- complete the wizard
- in additional parameters add -ac
- save the configuration and click on finish
- type startxfce4 in Ubuntu app to start the Ubuntu desktop
- if we go back to our VcXsrv app you will see the Ubuntu desktop
All Done :)
If you really want to run Ubuntu like an application, you could set up a virtual machine. See for information about how to do it. But I recommend just installing Ubuntu as a second operating system, so you'll have a dual-boot system. That's more useful and possibly easier.
1yes,you can use ubuntu without partitioning the drives through virtualbox or vmware softwares.
Best of all for complete and satisfying experience, download ubuntu iso file and ubuntu wubi installer to a same folder. Then execute wubi.exe.
It will install Ubuntu as an application in your Windows 7 and whenever you want to uninstall ubuntu, you can do it the same way you would uninstall any application from windows. Or you would again run the same wubi.exe and this time it will uninstall Ubuntu.
You can install Ubuntu using VirtualBox as mentioned in above answers but it will be hard on your resources( hardware).
For more info try the below link...
1Easiest way to get started.
Download VirtualPlayer from here and install it.
Download Ubuntu from here
Start Up Virtual Player. Click create new virtual machine. Then click the Ubuntu ISO that you downloaded. Follow the steps, give it maybe 10GB of space, it will only take up as much space as it's currently using even if you allow it to have 10GB, so it will probably be 5GB.
After following these steps you can start virtual player and it will be like running Ubuntu as an application in Windows.
In the future if you want to dual boot Windows and Ubuntu, which is nicer since there is probably less lag, you get better performance download and use Wubi. Note this doesn't need a flash drive or anything to work, just download wubi and Ubuntu and follow the steps.
Bonus:
3If you feel like your an advanced computer user the best app around to make a bootable flash drive for Linux is Unetbootin (search Google for it). This will allow you to dual boot as Wubi but has some slight advantages that you may not notice. Wubi still connects the Linux install partially to your windows install.
