20th August 2016, 11:18
Hi there,
as I am currently moving from Netrunner (14) LTS to Maui (1/Aurora) LTS I want to change my experiences - mainly where you can find which settings of your favourite programs - so you can backup + migrate those to your new Linux installation.
I am not an expert in doing so - so feel free to add info, tips etc.
First and foremost:
you should backup your whole /home directory - by doing so you should get almost everything that you want to have.
But as there is also a lot of junk hanging around - espacially if you have done so since kde 3 or earlier - you probably don't need/want everything back.
So this is basically a collection of where-to-find-settings(configuration files etc) of programms.
(.xy folders are hidden files - theres an option to show these in dolphin)
most are quite easy to find - but some are rather hidden.
Internet Applications:
Firefox:
.mozilla/firefox/profilename (by default some weird name)
+profiles.ini for information about the location of your profile.
I prefer to backup mozilla profiles (browser+mail) in an extra folder in my home directory.
This can be done by starting with firefox -P and creating a profile + selecting name and folder in the dialog.
To migrate you can simply create the profiles new - and copy your old backups into the folder.
Thunderbird
.thunderbird/profilename
similar to firefox. Start with thunderbird -P
Chromium:
.config/chromium/
owncloud client
/.local/share/data/ownCloud/
as I am currently moving from Netrunner (14) LTS to Maui (1/Aurora) LTS I want to change my experiences - mainly where you can find which settings of your favourite programs - so you can backup + migrate those to your new Linux installation.
I am not an expert in doing so - so feel free to add info, tips etc.
First and foremost:
you should backup your whole /home directory - by doing so you should get almost everything that you want to have.
But as there is also a lot of junk hanging around - espacially if you have done so since kde 3 or earlier - you probably don't need/want everything back.
So this is basically a collection of where-to-find-settings(configuration files etc) of programms.
(.xy folders are hidden files - theres an option to show these in dolphin)
most are quite easy to find - but some are rather hidden.
Internet Applications:
Firefox:
.mozilla/firefox/profilename (by default some weird name)
+profiles.ini for information about the location of your profile.
I prefer to backup mozilla profiles (browser+mail) in an extra folder in my home directory.
This can be done by starting with firefox -P and creating a profile + selecting name and folder in the dialog.
To migrate you can simply create the profiles new - and copy your old backups into the folder.
Thunderbird
.thunderbird/profilename
similar to firefox. Start with thunderbird -P
Chromium:
.config/chromium/
owncloud client
/.local/share/data/ownCloud/