* Spencer Collyer [10/30 11:42]
> I am looking to replace my current desktop PC, which is getting on for
> 8 years old now, with a more up-to-date one. Ideally I want the new one
> to be set up the same as my current one, which has been running on Arch
> since I first got it. I keep my Arch up-to-
On Sun, 30 Oct 2022 15:10:59 +0100, Merlin Büge wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 30 Oct 2022 11:42:24 +, Spencer Collyer wrote:
> > My initial idea was something like the following:
> >
> > 1) Install a basic Arch system on the new computer
> > 2) Get the list of installed packages from the old compu
On Sun, 30 Oct 2022 20:00:39 +0800, 謝晉凡 Hsieh Chin Fan wrote:
> > 2) Get the list of installed packages from the old computer (I think
> > there is a way to do this using Pacman?)
>
> pacman -Qe
>
> > 5) Copy over my /home directory
> > 6) Copy over various data directories/partitions I have
>
On Sun, 30 Oct 2022 12:28:41 -0400, David Rosenstrauch wrote:
> On 10/30/22 7:42 AM, Spencer Collyer wrote:
> > I am looking to replace my current desktop PC, which is getting on
> > for 8 years old now, with a more up-to-date one. Ideally I want the
> > new one to be set up the same as my current
> 2) Get the list of installed packages from the old computer (I think
> there is a way to do this using Pacman?)
pacman -Qe
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On 10/30/22 7:42 AM, Spencer Collyer wrote:
I am looking to replace my current desktop PC, which is getting on for
8 years old now, with a more up-to-date one. Ideally I want the new one
to be set up the same as my current one, which has been running on Arch
since I first got it.
What is the
On 2022-10-30 at 15:10:59 +0100,
Merlin Büge wrote:
> > 5) Copy over my /home directory
>
> If you have the time and care, instead of copying the entire /home,
> you could manually copy the contents and decide what you want to
> keep. You may want to omit ~/.cache and some configuration dotfiles
Hi,
On Sun, 30 Oct 2022 11:42:24 +, Spencer Collyer wrote:
> My initial idea was something like the following:
>
> 1) Install a basic Arch system on the new computer
> 2) Get the list of installed packages from the old computer (I think
> there is a way to do this using Pacman?) 3) Somehow ge
> 2) Get the list of installed packages from the old computer (I think
> there is a way to do this using Pacman?)
pacman -Qe
> 5) Copy over my /home directory
> 6) Copy over various data directories/partitions I have
> I found thread https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=171726...
Yes, rsyn
I am looking to replace my current desktop PC, which is getting on for
8 years old now, with a more up-to-date one. Ideally I want the new one
to be set up the same as my current one, which has been running on Arch
since I first got it. I keep my Arch up-to-date by running a full
update roughly eve
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