On 01Apr2015 21:23, ve7tk@yahoo.ca <ve7tk@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>I am in the process of building up a "new" Linux machine for my wife. I have loaded Linux Mint and updated it. My wife is currently using the same version of Mint on her current machine. I have used the Mint software backup/restore to bring over the downloaded software.
>
> What is the easiest/quickest procedure to transfer all her files, email (Thunderbird), browser (Firefox) settings and desktop configuration to the new box.
>
> Am I correct in assuming that some directories besides home will be required?
Not really. /home/your-wife's-login should have everything unless ou're using
thelocal mail spool, in which case there might possibly be a
/var/spool/mail/your-wife's-login. If you're running a local IMAP _server_ on
the old box there may be mail data in its spool too.
But really, everything should be in /home.
Keep the old box live until her transition is complete.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>
Posted by: Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>
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