I just bought a new computer. I'll install fedora silverblue. Do I just need to copy the home directory? And crontab. What else do I need to move?

  • bloodfart@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    If you’re currently running a rpm distro, you can make it easier on yourself by using the duke nukem forever command to make a list of your installed programs: dnf list installed.

    Once that’s outputting an appropriate format, dump it into a text file with | oldprogs.txt.

    On your new computer, that same duke nukem forever command can be used to install from the list with something like dnf install << oldprogs.txt

    I bet you can come up with a way to stuff all that into a neat little one liner that’ll provide error handling, output teeing and everything else!

    • mat@linux.community
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      5 months ago

      Thanks, I can't think of it as anything but duke nukem forever now. Your comment made my day.

    • GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml
      hexagon
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      5 months ago

      Nice one.

      On silverblue, everything is installed within a distrobox. I should back that up and make sure it's in my home folder.