I am not saying that my recommendation on running root good, I am saying that the guide is good and it took a lot of work and headaches to get here... as for the second part, I see this just a bit differently. Nobody should be denying the fact that it is risky, but it does not necessarily help in dealing with newbies this way. I've dealt with many over the years, and they even get confused about what their working directory.  Then it becomes a balancing act of how you will approach this in every Linux guide. It is just a trade-off between options, there is no best solution. As I said, most guides do not mention anything about this.

• Force user to create user account without a proper explanation. They probably ignore it for other things they do.
• Force user to create user account and provide a thorough explanation. Each guide will get much bigger which may scare newbies away and they will be repetitive.
• Force user to create user account with a link to a proper explanation... and so on the list goes.

It was not really my intention to make a recommendation for that, it is just the way I verified all the commands work and how I did it myself to get a working configuration. As I explained in the guide, I didn't just go and collect commands to stitch them up into something that may work. Please note I am not saying with all my replies that I should not make this upgrade. I am just showing how it came to be and some thoughts that I have generally on this topic or issues that I have had dealing with people and Linux. A small note, just in case that some replies come off too strong.

I will redo all the steps myself as a new user to verify that everything works as advertised here, and then I would be happy if you took another look.