Restting ubuntu

SMITCH · 02-03-2010, 08:23 PM

my ubuntu 9.10 works fine. i play around with it and its all fine . but i want to start it over from a fresh new start ans if it was the first day i had ubuntu. how do i do this?

also note i have already tried "rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity"

and either i am doing it wrong or it does not work. i really want to start my ubuntu over again from the begining without having to reinstall

r3sistance · 02-03-2010, 08:32 PM

It might help if you said exactly what you are trying to restore to default, is it just a user account? Or something else? If you are looking to put Ubuntu fully back to initial settings on everything then you are likely to be looking at a reinstall if you have been messing around with the settings, a reinstall in that scenario would be a lot quicker.

limit_me · 02-03-2010, 11:21 PM

another solution might be , removing everything that is available in the home directory. every hidden files and folders...everything except your documents..

catkin · 02-03-2010, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by limit_me

another solution might be , removing everything that is available in the home directory. every hidden files and folders...everything except your documents..

An easier and safer alternative would be to rename the existing /home/<user name> directory and create a new one with the same name, ownerships and permissions.

SMITCH · 02-04-2010, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by r3sistance

It might help if you said exactly what you are trying to restore to default, is it just a user account? Or something else? If you are looking to put Ubuntu fully back to initial settings on everything then you are likely to be looking at a reinstall if you have been messing around with the settings, a reinstall in that scenario would be a lot quicker.

i want to put Ubuntu fully back to initial settings on everything without reinstalling