Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

2009/10/19 Dave Hall <dave.hall at skwashd.com>:
> On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 14:33 +1100, Tim Mullins wrote:
>> You must have missed the bit where the guy says he is using a WUBI
>> install of Ubuntu inside the Windows C:\ Drive.
>
> I read that bit and for some users that is the best option for their
> needs.
>
>> Your instructions probably will not work for a WUBI install, as it
>> uses a Virtual Hard Drive Images like a Virtual Machine.
>
> As the file system sits on top of the disk, it most likely will work.
>
>> Even if they did work, it is known that a WUBI install is slower than
>> a real install, so my point to the user who asked the question was
>> that since your running a WUBI install you should do a clean install.
>> Funny how you ignored that bit and took the rest completely out of
>> context.
>
> If the user is happy enough to use ubuntu under wubi, then there is
> little point in recommending the change.  If they have a relatively
> recent PC, they are unlikely to find ubuntu slow under wubi.  Yes it is
> slower, but so too is windows.  Funny how no where has the OP suggested
> that wubi is slow or he is unhappy with it, yet you encourage him to
> drop it.
>
> So my point remains, it is a very valid option to upgrade to karmic
> under wubi and then optionally upgrade the filesystem to ext4 - no
> reinstallation is required.  Many home users are unlikely to notice the
> benefits of ext4, they just want an OS that works.

WUBI is slower, but for a normal user it's probably not noticeably slower.

Ext4 can be upgraded in place, but only newly-created files will
benefit from the new extents format. You won't get the full
performance benefit, but if you've chosen to use WUBI you've already
opted for a (slight) performance penalty.


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