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a way to install linux without a usb drive (fosstodon.org)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/bazzite@lemmy.world
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a way to install linux without a usb drive

https://github.com/rltvty2/ulli

very interesting! just double click an exe file and install linux

would be interesting if @bazzite or @linuxmint offered exe programs that does this type of install

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[–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Everything old is new again... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_(software)

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Not quite the same, if I'm reading skimming this right. What you referenced made a file in the existing Windows partition that contained a virtual hard drive from which Linux was run - notably without repartitioning the physical drive. What OP linked seems to actually repartition the drive to allocate space for Linux to run in its own partition without relying upon a file in the Windows partition - a preferable method, IMHO, because I'd be afraid of the file being deleted accidentally in Windows & losing my entire Linux install.

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