I have to dispose (give away) my old desktop PC which is a Linux Mint 18.2 machine.
To do that, and retain the OS, I need to remove traces of me, and my passwords, etcetera.
Any hints on how to do this? I am not a Linux fundi, so explicit instructions would be very
helpful.
My new machine will again be a Linux only PC.
[SOLVED] Disposing of old PC
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GotLinuxAt72
[SOLVED] Disposing of old PC
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Re: Disposing of old PC
I'm inclined to suggest just formatting the thing and reinstalling Mint clean. It only takes a short while to reinstall.
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Re: Disposing of old PC
you could try installing with the OEM version of LinuxMint,
- which leaves the latter part of the installation, to be completed, by the New User.
the partial installation would also erase any existing Operating System on the current HDD.
- which leaves the latter part of the installation, to be completed, by the New User.
the partial installation would also erase any existing Operating System on the current HDD.
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GotLinuxAt72
Re: Disposing of old PC
Wanted to retain some Arduino and Raspberry stuff for the new user,
but fresh install is probably better and then I will add the missing docs from backups.
Thanks.
but fresh install is probably better and then I will add the missing docs from backups.
Thanks.