Comment 13 for bug 555137

@Philipp You are indeed right-o, sir. Hence, my message, which read something like "how does a user then purge his own configuration in order to procure himself a truly fresh install?".

Also, you sound like a sysadmin. This isn't Debian, it's Ubuntu. We are dealing with desktops here, not servers. "The administrator" is likely your dad, or older brother, if anybody. So - how do I get a fresh install *without* knowing my way around a terminal?

This is a question that the people working on the Ubuntu Software Store or whatever it's called should think about.