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heiowge · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:03 am Post subject: Reset a distro

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?
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AMD PHENOM II X6, 14 GB DDR3, 500 GB hd, 1GB nVidia card, running Linux Mint 14 KDE / Win 7. Damn thing keeps breaking.

eeepc 1015PX, 1.66 Ghz Intel atom processor, 2 GB DDR3, 320 GB hd running Mint 14 MATE. Running great.

lok1950 · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:14 am Post subject:

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 Wink

then she gets the fun of breaking all on her own.

Enjoy the Choice Smile

nelz · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:51 am Post subject:

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!
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