Wubi (software)
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Wubi ("Windows-based Ubuntu Installer") is a free software Ubuntu installer, that was the official Windows-based software, from 2008 until 2013,[2] to install Ubuntu from within Windows, to a single file within an existing Windows partition.
Quick Facts Developer(s), Initial release ...
Developer(s) | Agostino Russo, Geza Kovacs, Oliver Mattos, Ecology2007, hakuna-m |
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Initial release | April 24, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-04-24) |
Stable release | 9.04.129?
/ April 22, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-04-22) |
Repository | |
Written in | NSIS script, C++, Python |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
Size | 4.7 MB |
Available in | Over 50 languages |
Type | Ubuntu system installer |
License | GNU GPL v.2 or later[1] |
Website | wubi |
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After installation, it added a new "Ubuntu" option to the existing Windows boot menu which allowed the user to choose between running Linux or Windows, and avoided the need to re-partition the disk.