> Here is how I would do it: > First use a live cd to mount your /home/JoeJoseph partition and > remove all (hidden) configuration files (you could even remove all > directories and files starting with a . (rm -rf .*)). These files > tend to mess up the configuration of the new to install system.
Don't! Those hidden files should always be kept. Note that not only config files live in hidden directories, you would lose your email, your gpg key, your ssh key, your gnome keyring, your bookmarks, logs, and lots of other important stuff. Please, be careful with your advice. If your reinstalled system fails to load the desktop session -it never happened to me-, you have plenty of tools to fix it.
