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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Distro Migration (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by electric_nan@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hi, Linux! I've been using Linux for many years now, but haven't moved distros in awhile. I'm considering it now, and I really would like to migrate over all my customized system and software settings. So far, I am thinking of backing up everything that begins with a dot in my home folder, all of my systemd service files, and user/root crontabs. I know this is missing some things, but I'm not sure what. Any advice/warnings/examples people care to share?

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[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You could start by having /home on a different partition. So that you simply can mount it in your new system and have the same settings and files as previously.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This would be a big help, and I used to do that. I've actually heard that this can cause some problems between distros though.

[–] donio 1 points 1 year ago

It shouldn't as long as you make sure that the numeric uid/gid of your user account matches the one from the original system. If that's not feasible then you can chown the tree.