[ubuntu-us-mn] Wiping Laptop. Recommended Config for Sale?

[Tony Yarusso]

On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 7:15 PM, J Wynia <j at wynia.org> wrote:
> I've got a laptop that's been used for the last year by the exchange student
> staying with us. He left last week and I'm planning on selling it.
>
> It's been running Ubuntu for the last 2 years, and I'd like to wipe it and
> reinstall Ubuntu before the sale and sell it to someone who actually wants
> an Ubuntu laptop.
>
> Any recommendations for how I should set it up so that the new owner can
> just jump in?

Of course, it helps if you know something about the buyer ahead of
time, and how they will be using it.  Without that though, the biggest
decision will be whether you want to put non-free components on or
not.  If yes, you'll want to get all of ubuntu-restricted-extras
(should include java, flashplugin-nonfree, and lots of multimedia
codecs), and see which driver your video card works best with.  If you
know that compiz works, turn on a few of the cool but not in-your-face
things.  Consider also whether you always install a particular
application on a fresh install (eg. Deluge, irssi, Epiphany, KompoZer,
Revelation, nfs-kernel-server, gcash, etc.).

> The previous versions of Ubuntu's alternate discs that I had included an OEM
> install option that seems ideally suited to this situation. However, my
> Hardy Heron alternate doesn't include it.
>
> Am I missing something or is it no longer on that disc?

It appears that OEM installation has been somehow integrated into
Ubiquity, the normal desktop installer.

> J Wynia
> Software Consultant, Writer and Geek
> Minneapolis, MN
> j at wynia.org
> "The glass isn't half full or half empty. It's just too big"
> http://wynia.org


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