Move Home Contents

borgward · 11-17-2023, 11:04 AM

I am moving contents of home from one drive to home an a new install. Both have separate home partitions. Anything I should not move to the new home?

fatmac · 11-17-2023, 12:02 PM

Nothing to worry about if it's the same distro.

Even if it's a different distro, all should be OK.

frankbell · 11-17-2023, 08:21 PM

If it's a different distro, you might not want to move the dot-config files, except perhaps the mail store, browser shortcuts, and the like.

borgward · 11-17-2023, 09:13 PM

Same distro, version, etc. Not moving the , stuff except mail, browser and etc

borgward · 11-28-2023, 07:42 PM

I moved all hidden files from old installation to to home on new installation. What do I now do to activate my preferences, added software, and bookmarks. I am running Firefox. I have not done much on the new install, not added anything yet.

beachboy2 · 11-29-2023, 02:16 AM

borgward,

Have a look at:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...-distro-37074/

borgward · 11-29-2023, 06:39 AM

That's not my situation. I did a new install on a new drive with a separate home. I moved the contents of the home partition on the old drive including all hidden files and folders to the new drive. How do I get the preferences, bookmarks, etc to work now? I have done very little with the new install on the new drive except updates.