Hi, Linux! I’ve been using Linux for many years now, but haven’t moved distros in awhile. I’m considering it now, and I really would like to migrate over all my customized system and software settings. So far, I am thinking of backing up everything that begins with a dot in my home folder, all of my systemd service files, and user/root crontabs. I know this is missing some things, but I’m not sure what. Any advice/warnings/examples people care to share?
macniel ( @DmMacniel@feddit.de ) 6•1 year agoYou could start by having /home on a different partition. So that you simply can mount it in your new system and have the same settings and files as previously.
This would be a big help, and I used to do that. I’ve actually heard that this can cause some problems between distros though.
donio ( @donio@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year agoIt shouldn’t as long as you make sure that the numeric uid/gid of your user account matches the one from the original system. If that’s not feasible then you can
chown
the tree.
Meow.tar.gz ( @ablackcatstail@lemmy.goblackcat.com ) 5•1 year agoI am sorry but I really don’t have any constructive advice to offer. I am more curious what distros you are considering. If you haven’t thought about using Arch, please give it serious consideration because it is nice and lightweight. Yes, the install process is terse but it leaves you with a good system that you really know what’s going on.
VexCatalyst ( @VexCatalyst@lemmy.fmhy.ml ) 5•1 year agoSorry, couldn’t help…. This meme just popped in my mind!
http://www.quickmeme.com/img/c4/c4bef59cc926feccafd5c625a030ee194c620ca07dd9e96970dcab5193f7c12d.jpg
cerement ( @cerement@slrpnk.net ) 2•1 year ago VexCatalyst ( @VexCatalyst@lemmy.fmhy.ml ) 1•1 year ago🤣😂
Yep! That’s us Linux users in a nutshell!
No worries. I haven’ttried actual Arch since circa 2008 (not impressed then haha). A couple years ago I ran Manjaro, which was fine. I am definitely partial to Debian/Apt based systems though. Been using Mint for a long time, but wanting to switch to Siduction.
potpie ( @potpie@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year agoI dunno. I like to have a fresh start sometimes. Take your documents, maybe just your fav config files, and plop them into a fresh install. Not everyone’s cup of tea but I like it.