> On 25 Jun 2022, at 00:06, o1bigtenor via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote: > > Greetings > > Hoping that I'm not asking too many questions. > > (moving from debian testing to devuan testing (daedalus) > the old system is under 5.17.xx and the new one is on 5.18 > if that makes for differences) > > (I've learnt the hard way that just winging things means a LOT more > work and even a greater chance for issues.) > > My existing system has been a work in progress for over 10 years. So > I've gotten things > set up quite the way that I like them so things change slowly but in > that there are also > less 'terror' moments when everything has gone 'goofy'. > > Is there any way to move over things like settings (and all the other > pamphernania) for browsers and libreoffice and the like? > > I was thinking of doing things by using scp from the old system to the new > one. > > Dunno if that would create issues or not. > > Any better ideas - - - - well I'm all ears!!!
If your new drive is the same size, you could just transfer the entire system with clonezilla. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
