support.microsoft.com— It's another way Microsoft is getting rid of Linux. This is Microsoft's guide to uninstalling Linux!
Jun 19, 2005View in Crawl 4
I assume this is because generally Microsoft's FDISK won't work with a grub or similar boot loader and thus makes it harder for someone to reinstall windows.This isn't Microsoft "destroying" Linux. That is an end user's decsion. Besides what does it matter if Linux becomes the de facto desktop? It's not like any of you stand to make a gain from it. Linux or even Firefox gaining marketshare means nothing. You don't become rich, it's akin to comparining uptimes. So why the zealotry?
I'm actually kinda happy they put this article up, I put Linux on one of my extra boxes, decided that while nice, it wasn't what I wanted/needed, and have been trying to get Windows to agree to come back for two or three days now lol...I'm kind of shocked though, by this statement: "Windows and Linux can coexist on the same computer."Yes, this is a fact... but a fact Microsoft will allow their employees to admit? Without adding the phrase "BUT IT WILL EAT YOUR SOUL!" or something? SHOCK!
The assumptions of this article are that the hard drive is full and that the existing partitions are incompatible with Windows...That being said... Why are they making the process so @#$^ complicated? Run Dban [which wipes the hard drive clean, partition tables and all], and install whatever frelling OS you want...And no, the irony of using a Linux tool to remove Linux and install Windows is not lost on me either :)
"exploits? More people using an OS = more hackers = more troublemakers"While there is some truth to this statement; it is not completely true. For example, in Linux you don't run as root (a.k.a administrator) so it would be hard for some things like spyware to affect Linux machines as it does windows machines. This is because the spyware(s) wouldn't have permission to install itself to foreign directory's on your system because you would need root permissions. Sure if people ran as a "limited account" in windows XP this problem could be some what solved but how many Windows users actually do this? User permissions in windows xp is a perfect example of how microsoft tries to oversimplify things and in turn makes it so dumbed down it restricts it's own users, by only giving two options for accounts; limited account or administrator not to mention the way overboard bubbles and eye candy ehh. I guess I just am saying some things like spyware would have a hard time affecting Linux based systems (or any *nix) like it does windows. Story short microsoft windows is seriously lacking in user permissions compared to *nix IMHO. I thought I would also just point out that not all software that has the most users has the most exploits; just look at apache and IIS.
_MeRLiN_: Agreed. If someone isn't already familiar with Windows/OSX then, to them, Windows/OSX is no more intuitive than either of the two major DEs on Linux. It's pretty obvious that if someone has used something before, then next time it will be 'easy' to use!My girlfriend, far from computer literate, has no problem with KDE.
Closed AccountJun 20, 2005
I assume this is because generally Microsoft's FDISK won't work with a grub or similar boot loader and thus makes it harder for someone to reinstall windows.This isn't Microsoft "destroying" Linux. That is an end user's decsion. Besides what does it matter if Linux becomes the de facto desktop? It's not like any of you stand to make a gain from it. Linux or even Firefox gaining marketshare means nothing. You don't become rich, it's akin to comparining uptimes. So why the zealotry?
dragularJun 20, 2005
I'm actually kinda happy they put this article up, I put Linux on one of my extra boxes, decided that while nice, it wasn't what I wanted/needed, and have been trying to get Windows to agree to come back for two or three days now lol...I'm kind of shocked though, by this statement: "Windows and Linux can coexist on the same computer."Yes, this is a fact... but a fact Microsoft will allow their employees to admit? Without adding the phrase "BUT IT WILL EAT YOUR SOUL!" or something? SHOCK!
luke__Jun 20, 2005
That's really funny.
nightshadeJun 20, 2005
The assumptions of this article are that the hard drive is full and that the existing partitions are incompatible with Windows...That being said... Why are they making the process so @#$^ complicated? Run Dban [which wipes the hard drive clean, partition tables and all], and install whatever frelling OS you want...And no, the irony of using a Linux tool to remove Linux and install Windows is not lost on me either :)
ssullivanJun 21, 2005
"exploits? More people using an OS = more hackers = more troublemakers"While there is some truth to this statement; it is not completely true. For example, in Linux you don't run as root (a.k.a administrator) so it would be hard for some things like spyware to affect Linux machines as it does windows machines. This is because the spyware(s) wouldn't have permission to install itself to foreign directory's on your system because you would need root permissions. Sure if people ran as a "limited account" in windows XP this problem could be some what solved but how many Windows users actually do this? User permissions in windows xp is a perfect example of how microsoft tries to oversimplify things and in turn makes it so dumbed down it restricts it's own users, by only giving two options for accounts; limited account or administrator not to mention the way overboard bubbles and eye candy ehh. I guess I just am saying some things like spyware would have a hard time affecting Linux based systems (or any *nix) like it does windows. Story short microsoft windows is seriously lacking in user permissions compared to *nix IMHO. I thought I would also just point out that not all software that has the most users has the most exploits; just look at apache and IIS.
tarballJun 21, 2005
_MeRLiN_: Agreed. If someone isn't already familiar with Windows/OSX then, to them, Windows/OSX is no more intuitive than either of the two major DEs on Linux. It's pretty obvious that if someone has used something before, then next time it will be 'easy' to use!My girlfriend, far from computer literate, has no problem with KDE.