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Re: Reset a distro

nelz — Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:51 am

Author: nelz

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:51 am

Create a new user for her with whatever password she wants. Add her to the admin group ifou want her to be able to use sudo on everything. This will create a home directory for her with everything set to default. You can delete your home directory before handing it over.

Reinstalling to add a user seems a little extreme, even Windows doesn't require that!

Re: Reset a distro

lok1950 — Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:14 am

Author: lok1950

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:14 am

A fresh install just might be best,after you strip your own data from it.It will feel less like a hand me down to her then she gets the fun of breaking all on her own.

Enjoy the Choice

Reset a distro

heiowge — Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:03 am

Author: heiowge

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:03 am

I'm giving my old eeepc to my daughter. Her laptop has issues. My eeepc only has one - duff battery, so it uses AC power only. Since my daughter only uses her laptop on AC, it's perfect for her.

However... She prefers Mint 11 with the standard setup. I use standard Gnome 2 on it currently (demintified Mint 11). I have passwords setup. She uses other passwords.

Will deleting the .gnome (or similar) directory reset the distro or will it not solve things like the password? Am I looking at a fresh install?