Yeah, they are trying to get hooks in ya, to prevent the linux wave from growin too much. That makes it ironic that you brought up linux...
What part do ya need help in with installin it? The first thing that comes to mind that could give you a hard time is you have to create a root drive when installin linux. \ is your root drive... (I am not too advanced with linux yet tho
so I might not be much help)