Install Native Ubuntu system from the comfort of Windows GUI/System using WUBI

http://wubi-installer.org/

A friend posted this link to me, its bascially a GUI windows (and linux) based application that allows a user to install Ubuntu directly on a Windows system, on the windows filesystem (using large file(s)).

Later on, you can move the ubuntu system onto its own partition if you want a speed upgrade, as well as greater security of your data in case of power outages, since one of the notes about running ubuntu in a file on the windows filesystem, it is more prone to errors during hard shutdown / reboots then it would normally be if it were installed on its own partition.

Looks cool... I've used some other ones before (forget the names), I imagine this one is either an evolution of the ones I used, seems this stuff is always getting better and easier.

Oh yeah, and whats kinda cool, is that you can simply go to Add/Remove programs in windows if you want to remove the linux installation later, in case you want to try a different version, or need the space.