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| From | Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: wipe and reinstall |
| Date | 2019-01-14 00:17 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <ga22o7F4s9qU9@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <0fmsgf-h6d.ln1@rasp.therandymon.com> |
On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 16:16:48 -0500, RS Wood wrote: > Then, Firefox helpfully starts you out with a "fresh" profile, which > takes a while to reconfigure (I think they want you to use their Firefox > sync service, which in truth would've saved me some hassle - I've begun > using it now - but introduces security questions of its own). > > Lastly, it might've been a permissions problem - looking into that now - > but little of my cinnamon install transferred correctly. Very annoying! > > I remember in the days of fluxbox, mutt, and sylpheed you could very > easily backup $HOME to a USB key, wipe your Linux install, and then > reinstall $HOME from your USB key. Those days seem to be well and over. > Too bad! Don't think FreeBSD would've saved me any time either, it > seems to be the way modern Linux apps are configured. I use FreeBSD, and I wipe and reinstall on each upgrade (but I leave the partition with home directories alone). After system installation, I restore $HOME for root, and anything relevant in /usr/local. Everything seems to work fine and has done for years. I use Xfce and claws-mail (so, sylpheed essentially). -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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wipe and reinstall RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-01-13 16:16 -0500
Re: wipe and reinstall Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2019-01-14 00:17 +0000
Re: wipe and reinstall RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-01-14 00:51 +0000
Re: wipe and reinstall Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-01-13 22:08 -0500
Re: wipe and reinstall Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2019-01-14 09:24 +0000
Re: wipe and reinstall RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-01-17 18:44 +0300
Re: wipe and reinstall Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-01-17 11:19 -0500
Re: wipe and reinstall Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-01-17 17:09 +0000
Re: wipe and reinstall Kerry Imming <kcimming@pobox.com> - 2019-01-14 11:52 -0600
digital hoarding Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> - 2019-01-15 18:25 +0000
Re: digital hoarding Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-01-15 19:32 +0000
Re: digital hoarding Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> - 2019-01-15 19:57 +0000
Re: digital hoarding Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-01-15 20:05 +0000
Re: digital hoarding Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> - 2019-01-15 20:20 +0000
Re: digital hoarding not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-01-15 22:25 +0000
Re: digital hoarding Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-01-15 22:45 +0000
Re: digital hoarding Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2019-01-16 04:03 +0000
Re: digital hoarding Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-01-16 22:15 +0000
Re: digital hoarding not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-01-17 22:11 +0000
Re: digital hoarding Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-01-17 22:54 +0000
Re: digital hoarding Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2019-01-18 15:32 +0200
Re: digital hoarding Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2019-01-18 01:56 -0400
Re: digital hoarding Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2019-01-26 07:35 +0000
Re: digital hoarding Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-01-28 05:10 +0000
Re: wipe and reinstall "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2019-01-14 11:36 +0100
Re: wipe and reinstall "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-01-14 12:07 +0100
Re: wipe and reinstall Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-14 13:01 +0000
Re: wipe and reinstall Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-01-14 15:32 +0000
Re: wipe and reinstall Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-14 15:36 +0000
Re: wipe and reinstall "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-01-15 10:22 +0100
Re: wipe and reinstall Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-15 09:47 +0000
Re: wipe and reinstall "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-01-15 11:13 +0100
Re: wipe and reinstall Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-01-15 19:42 +0000
Re: wipe and reinstall Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2019-01-14 11:31 +0000
Re: wipe and reinstall scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2019-01-14 21:52 +0000
Re: wipe and reinstall gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-01-15 00:33 +0000
Re: wipe and reinstall Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-01-14 12:23 +0000
Re: wipe and reinstall kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2019-01-14 17:21 -0500
Re: wipe and reinstall J <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2019-01-16 12:55 +0000
Re: wipe and reinstall Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-16 14:24 +0000
Re: wipe and reinstall Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2019-01-17 12:55 +1100
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