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Cleanup without fresh install (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by ransomwarelettuce@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I am currently using Ubuntu for my work laptop ( lucky me, company lets me use Linux :).

However due how things goes I have installed stuff to test out, left it there and thrashed my home with random files and things I don't really care about.

In my machine I would just do a fresh install, load my dotfiles and back to clean state.

But in this machine I would like to take a different approach cause.

  1. The machine came preconfigured with an IT account and prob other stuff.

  2. I don't really wanna go to IT just for a some little ick of mine to have a clean puter, and also don't wanna fresh install without telling them.

What would you guys do in this situation?

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[-] ransomwarelettuce@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

yeah but leftover packages are a mess... but that's a way to deal with the home stuff you are right.

[-] jokro@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

There might be some installation logs that show what you manually installed.

this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2026
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