@Clarkie
Pretty much what Miss Nancy said, and those commercial OS cannot be trusted to remove anything properly.  When you install something on Linux it shows you a complete folder and file record of everything it did, and when you remove something, it confirms that it removed every bit of it, all automated, all there for you to see - no need for it to be underhanded, it's there for your sake, not Apple's or Microsoft's sake.  Commercial OS hide all sorts of shit from you, whereas the Linux-based OS are geared towards a very different mentality.  Almost the entire web uses Linux-based servers for a reason ... security!

@Shane
Well I don't blame you for not wanting to risk installing something on your main machine, neither would I, not without dedicating a partition to it (which is what I did).  What I did before I installed anything is try out the "Live CD" version, which basically means you just burn the OS to a disc and your computer will boot into it without being installed.  It's slow and limited doing it that way, but at least it gives a way to taste something.  Anyway, I kinda like your reply this time, because while you have no intention to try it right now, you at least have the intention to try it if you could - and that's better than nothing.

It's those that don't realise what's going on with commercial OS, and don't try it, that are going to have problems further down the line (major problems).

@Suucat
Unreal Engine, Unity, all the big names are now compiling for Linux, that means gaming is about to hit Linux big-time!
Like I said, successfull companies figured out quite a while back that they can no longer ignore the Linux-based OS.

Neither can SM unless they're commercially suicidal.