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Is it correct that if Ubuntu is installed inside Windows using Windows installer then it works slower?

Minimus Heximus
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  • Nothing is true unless some official source confirms it, I think... – Abhimanyu Aug 13 '14 at 02:45
  • btw, an Ubuntu installed inside Windows seems to use a file as a hard disk. Probably this hinders reading from hard. – Minimus Heximus Aug 13 '14 at 02:48
  • You mean an Ubuntu permanently installed inside Windows? That doesn't make sense.. – Abhimanyu Aug 13 '14 at 02:50
  • I mean wubi installer. – Minimus Heximus Aug 13 '14 at 02:59
  • Yeah but after install, Ubuntu is a separate OS, right? So it's not exactly "Ubuntu inside Windows". – Abhimanyu Aug 13 '14 at 03:03
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    @Abhimanyu [Wubi](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide) creates a filesytem for Ubuntu on a disk image stored inside an NTFS filesystem (almost always the NTFS filesystem of an installed Windows system). So in terms of where it is stored, a Wubi system really is Ubuntu inside Windows. – Eliah Kagan Aug 13 '14 at 03:10
  • Oh I see it now. I didn't know. – Abhimanyu Aug 13 '14 at 03:13
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    @MinimusHeximus The short answer is, **yes**, a Wubi Ubuntu system is slower than a comparable regular installation of Ubuntu. We may close this as a duplicate of [What performance differences are there when installing with Wubi?](http://askubuntu.com/q/8159/22949) – Eliah Kagan Aug 13 '14 at 03:15

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