Update:
I decided to remove the carpet in the living area and leave carpet on slide. We pulled up the living area carpet and pad. We have a small pet, and it's housebroke, so we knew she was not peing on the carpet, when i removed the carpet i looked at the underside and there were no signs of spells, or stains. but the entire pad and carpet had a funky smell. We purchased a remnant roll of sheet vinyl, same mill thickness as what's on the kitchen floor. It's a beautiful looking golden oak wood floor patten. So we not only pulled up the carpet but also pulled up the exising linoleum to have one uniform look throughout the main floor. Due to the fact we have a kitchen island, we decided to lay it in two sections to minimize seam joints. We finished the living area this past weeked. I under-estimated how much work it is, trimming and fitting up under slides, etc. Looks absolutely fabulous. Now comes the kitchen end it has twice as many obsticles, corners, door entry, etc. Once I get this done, I'm going to remove the carpet on the stairs, hallway and bedroom and put the same pattern down. I cannot understand why manufactures put carpet in these rigs. Big mistake in my opinion.
BTW: I talked to an experienced carpet & tile retailer/installer about self adhisive squares. Said, no matter what you do, eventually the adhesive would weaken, and the ends would start to curl up. So glad I found this out before I starting laying them. The tile squares are 3 times heavier than sheet vinul. Plus we could not find any linoleum squares that had the same non-slip texture that was on the original linoleum. We laid out some tile squares on the living room floor and it was very slippery in socks, One could easily bust their A... if not carefull. The sheet vinyl we found was perfect, no-slip surface. The sheet vinyl is very flexible and can cut with cissors. the tile would be a PITA to trim, and there's a LOT of trimming to do. When we're through with it all, we'll have linoleum on all the walking surfaces so we're not tracking in, and making water and soil deposits everywhere.....YEAH!!!!........Here in Houston, seems like it rains every other day.......