On the contrary, Linus of LTT managed to uninstall the GUI of his PopOS install within an hour while attempting to install Steam only last year. https://youtu.be/0506yDSgU7M?t=618
By forcibly overriding the safeties that stop you from doing that. I can run `rm -rf --no-preserve-root /` in less than an hour, too, and it's just as meaningful.