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Install ubuntu mate on win 7 with wubi

Asked by Dave Stroud

I am duel booting with ubuntu gnome 15.04 and win 7.I want to try ubunto 1504 mate by installing it on win 7 with wubi. Will that mess up my grub.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Wubi has not been developed for THREE years. It is dead.

If you want to try the Mate desktop then install it. What you are proposing is like installing a new Windows install just to have a different desktop wallpaper.

Just install the Mate packages and you can select it at the login page. You don't need a new install of Ubuntu. You can install all the desktop environments you can find, then select the active one at login time.

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Dave Stroud (bigdavesr) said : 		#2

On 04/14/2015 02:51 PM, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #265212 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/265212
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Wubi has not been developed for THREE years. It is dead.
>
> If you want to try the Mate desktop then install it. What you are
> proposing is like installing a new Windows install just to have a
> different desktop wallpaper.
>
> Just install the Mate packages and you can select it at the login page.
> You don't need a new install of Ubuntu. You can install all the desktop
> environments you can find, then select the active one at login time.
>
 when i get a new cd drive I will do that. In the mean time I want to
play with it and dont want to mess up grub.

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dave stroud

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Dave Stroud (bigdavesr) said : 		#3

Wubi is on the mate iso.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

It can be on any ISO you like. It's dead.

Installing mate in the standing OS has nothing to do with Grub

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Dave Stroud (bigdavesr) said : 		#5

On 04/14/2015 03:46 PM, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #265212 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/265212
>
> actionparsnip posted a new comment:
> It can be on any ISO you like. It's dead.
>
> Installing mate in the standing OS has nothing to do with Grub
>
 Thanks thats what I wanted to know.

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dave stroud