Some people have pointed out in their replies to this article that anyone who has Linux on their machine is not very likely to need instructions on how to remove it in order to install a new operating system because they very likely already know these details. My question is then, why do people who have Windows installed not necessarily know about such details as the file system, where as people that have Linux installed typically do? This fact tells me that if Linux ever has a hope of being competitive in the "at home" market, it needs to require a lot less technical savy to be appealing. Fortunately, that seems to be the direction Linux is traveling.
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Some people have pointed out in their replies to this article that anyone who has Linux on their machine is not very likely to need instructions on how to remove it in order to install a new operating system because they very likely already know these details. My question is then, why do people who have Windows installed not necessarily know about such details as the file system, where as people that have Linux installed typically do? This fact tells me that if Linux ever has a hope of being competitive in the "at home" market, it needs to require a lot less technical savy to be appealing. Fortunately, that seems to be the direction Linux is traveling.