sorry KnifeMissile - I misinterpreted your post. My bad.
No harm meant - I just get annoyed by all the people - including and, honestly, especially Linux users - who respond "use this instead!" to anything that's not what they like when there's no reason to suggest it. They make other users of said software look bad. So, please accept my apologies - seems my radar was a bit sensitive
EDIT: Oh yeah, regarding blowing up your system...
It's entirely possible, as KnifeMissile pointed out, to not do that. Only reason I say it's likely is that even my personal Linux Guru (that's the best way to learn Linux by the way - if you have a real life friend who is a Linux guru, use him to help you learn as much as you can) has to reinstall every now and then (MUCH less often than when he first started using Linux 7 years ago). If you're learning and experimenting, it's very likely that you're going to break something and have to reinstall every now and then, but if you always carefully follow the documentation and don't venture out into all the different possibilities of desktop Linux use, you may very well never experience that. Point is, don't TRY to break your installation, but don't be surprised if you do. Besides, I've found the best way I've learned is from the times in the past when I've screwed up - I certainly know better what not to do in certain situations after it happens
