In Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) mounting of ISO images is supported in the kernel so you don’t have to download any extra packages to get this functionality up and running. Simply fire up a command line and enter the following:
sudo mkdir /media/isoimage sudo mount /home/username/path/to/file/myfile.iso /media/isoimage/ -t iso9660 -o loop
The first command makes a folder in the /media directory to where your ISO image can be mounted. The second command then mounts the file to that directory – a shortcut to the directory should then appear on your desktop.
awesome thanks – i wish i had found this earlier – just moved to ubunto from winxp
glad to hear that you too have “seen the light”!
While I greatly prefer Ubuntu to all other major and minor operating systems. I still think it’s good idea to keep your XP partition for compatibilities sake. (I’m also a huge gamer and video game programming along with software developer.) Dual booting is definitely something I would suggest if you have the know-how
I think that due to the sheer hassle involved in installing gaming software on Ubuntu (or other Linux distros for that matter), for the time being it is probably advisable to keep a Windows partition to make life easier. Having said that, if you are like myself and don’t do any gaming, running a Ubuntu only setup is perfectly fine and encourages users to make use of the vast array of programs and applications available (usually at no cost) on the Linux platform. Occasionally, such devotion to using Linux may involve certain sacrifices – such as running a slightly inferior program to it’s Windows equivalent – but in the vast majority of cases I find that I am much more satisfied when computing in a 100% Linux environment. Indeed, some Linux programs are in many ways superior to their Windows counterparts and Linux has a massive choice of command line utilities which can do almost anything – something Windows users could only dream of!
you can use all windows programs on unbutu using wine. I played WoW yesterday! But i still recomend keeping windows, even if you’re not using it.
you can also use virtual box to run windows and it’s a very good idea too
yes – this is what i do… however i find myself using it less and less and can do all my day to stuff entirely on linux now