[GRLUG] Cheap Laptop Needed

[Roberto Villarreal]

On Friday 30 March 2007 12:57, john-thomas richards wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:06:34PM -0400, Roberto Villarreal wrote:
> > You know, that sounds (very) funny on the surface, but is actually a
> > pretty darned good idea.... you are right that your 'typical' user would
> > have no idea and wouldn't think to (nor why to!) do a clean install!
>
> [snip]
>
> Yeah.  Some people are really stupid.
>
> BTW, I have a new (to me) laptop that has Linux pre-installed.  I do not
> know the root password.  Anyone know how to change it so I can use my new
> (to me) laptop?

http://aplawrence.com/Linux/lostlinuxpassword.html

I actually had to do this myself not too long ago.

Roberto