[ubuntu-uk] Truly, a vanilla install

[Rowan Berkeley]

Perhaps it was a little tactless of me to say this:

"I find the Synaptic package manager a bit confusing. Maybe this is
explained in the help notes, but, in general, there are certain items
marked with a solid orange square and others not, and they're all
independently tickable, then there is the choice between 'remove' and
'complete remove'. Is there a simple general rule for how to remove some
complex set of items, such as Firefox-as-a-whole, and re-install it?  "

It makes it sound as if I can't be bothered to read the help notes
before taking up people's time, which is not the case. I was just tired.
I have read the help notes now, and it seems that solid colour in the
icon boxes means a package is broken, and that 'complete removal' means
the removal of the principal package and all its dependencies. However,
it isn't always completely obvious which one the principal item is.