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Installing Mint so that a new user can setup

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February 19, 2014 11:23:28 AM

I am selling a laptop to someone in my area and I'm going to wipe the HDD first. I am installing Linux Mint, but I'd like to have it setup to where the new user can enter their information on their own. Is there a way to do this relatively easily? I am not against using the command line if necessary.

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February 19, 2014 12:34:09 PM

What you are after is what is called an "OEM Disk". Check out the Mint download page for OEM installs:

http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
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February 20, 2014 2:52:18 AM

Is there a reason they can't just add themselves as a user? It's simple to do and you can default to that user on startup or select it if you prefer to not use the auto launch user option.
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a b G Storage
February 20, 2014 8:49:31 AM

dmroeder said:
What you are after is what is called an "OEM Disk". Check out the Mint download page for OEM installs:

http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php


I didn't even notice that Mint had OEM installs. That's just what I was looking for.

stillblue said:
Is there a reason they can't just add themselves as a user? It's simple to do and you can default to that user on startup or select it if you prefer to not use the auto launch user option.


I don't know the person I'm selling it to, so it would be better to just use an OEM install and let the user enter all the information on their own.
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February 20, 2014 10:44:47 AM

It's funny because I hadn't paid much attention to the OEM downloads until you posted this. Apparently I had it logged somewhere in the back of my head. I thought to myself: Didn't I see an OEM download on the Mint pages? Sure enough!
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