Hi
I don't think is actually a big dirty secret but perhaps we can quick through together some steps for a end user who wants to do so? I do see some forums posts rarely from users asking for this. Who wants to step up?
http://blogs.computerworld.com/linuxs_dirty_little_secret_uninstall
Rahul
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 02:59:50AM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
Hi
I don't think is actually a big dirty secret but perhaps we can quick through together some steps for a end user who wants to do so? I do see some forums posts rarely from users asking for this. Who wants to step up?
http://blogs.computerworld.com/linuxs_dirty_little_secret_uninstall
You're a little late; I already wrote it and posted a comment to that blog. ;-)
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_uninstall_Fedora
On Mar 14, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote:
You're a little late; I already wrote it and posted a comment to that blog. ;-)
I know it won't apply to as many users, but a lot of people are dual- booting Linux with OS X, especially college students. I'd be happy to add instructions for restoring OS X systems if it's okay with you, Paul.
- Matthew
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Matthew Daniels danielsmw@gmail.com wrote:
On Mar 14, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote:
You're a little late; I already wrote it and posted a comment to that blog. ;-)
I know it won't apply to as many users, but a lot of people are dual-booting Linux with OS X, especially college students. I'd be happy to add instructions for restoring OS X systems if it's okay with you, Paul.
Are you kidding? I think that sounds *fantastic*! :-)
Paul
On Sun, 2009-03-15 at 18:49 -0400, Paul Frields wrote:
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Matthew Daniels danielsmw@gmail.com wrote:
On Mar 14, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote:
You're a little late; I already wrote it and posted a comment to that blog. ;-)
I know it won't apply to as many users, but a lot of people are dual-booting Linux with OS X, especially college students. I'd be happy to add instructions for restoring OS X systems if it's okay with you, Paul.
Are you kidding? I think that sounds *fantastic*! :-)
Paul
- Fedora - - the easiest operating system to uninstall -
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On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 04:19:30PM +0800, Basil Mohamed Gohar wrote:
On Sun, 2009-03-15 at 18:49 -0400, Paul Frields wrote:
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Matthew Daniels danielsmw@gmail.com wrote:
On Mar 14, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote:
You're a little late; I already wrote it and posted a comment to that blog. ;-)
I know it won't apply to as many users, but a lot of people are dual-booting Linux with OS X, especially college students. I'd be happy to add instructions for restoring OS X systems if it's okay with you, Paul.
Are you kidding? I think that sounds *fantastic*! :-)
Paul
- Fedora - - the easiest operating system to uninstall -
Haha! Well, maybe that's not the *best* way to encourage people to use our OS, but we certainly try not to make it difficult, right? ;-)
On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 09:26 -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote:
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 04:19:30PM +0800, Basil Mohamed Gohar wrote:
- Fedora - - the easiest operating system to uninstall -Haha! Well, maybe that's not the *best* way to encourage people to use our OS, but we certainly try not to make it difficult, right? ;-)
I think it goes rather far (not the slogan, but the idea of helping people uninstall) to make the point that we love freedom above else when it comes to software (and hopefully other things as well). So, Fedora, and most other GNU/Linux distributions, don't artificially put roadblocks in the way of ones use of their own computer, or even the operating system itself. There are even other proprietary companies that fully respect if you want to stop using their product, and they allow for that. It's monolithic, proprietary, and above all else, arrogant companies (not just one) that want to control what a consumer does with their product, the terms, conditions, and so on, that we oppose.
It's all the more amazing that when you pay for a product, it usually comes with more restrictions on its use than when you use one that is free-of-cost and also free as in freedom.
I...don't know where all that came from. Somehow, someone pushed a button and I couldn't turn it off until now. Don't worry Paul, it wasn't you! The button was pushed after I discovered that I didn't have to just accept the options presented to me as I grew up.
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Basil Mohamed Gohar abu_hurayrah@hidayahonline.org www.basilgohar.com
People who were following this thread a few weeks back might like to take a look at a new section in the Installation Guide that covers this topic: http://rlandmann.fedorapeople.org/Installation%20Guide/html/ch-x86-uninstall...
This was based mostly on Paul's page on the wiki and (to a lesser degree) some material from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide.
Feedback most welcome
Cheers Rudi
Ruediger Landmann wrote:
People who were following this thread a few weeks back might like to take a look at a new section in the Installation Guide that covers this topic: http://rlandmann.fedorapeople.org/Installation%20Guide/html/ch-x86-uninstall...
Sorry people; that should have been http://rlandmann.fedorapeople.org/Installation%20Guide/en-US/html/ch-x86-uni...
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