Re: [Trisquel-users] Transfer Thunderbird Mail History from Mint Backup to Trisquel?

[tralfamadorianorator]

The '.icedove' directory doesn't get made until you launch Icedove for the  
first time.


You don't need to launch it.  Just copy your '.thunderbird' directory into  
your home directory and do either one of the following.


a) Rename the '.thunderbird' directory to '.icedove'.

OR

b) Make a symbolic link from '.icedove' to '.thunderbird' with the command  
"ln -s ~/.thunderbird ~/.icedove"

Re: [Trisquel-users] Transfer Thunderbird Mail History from Mint Backup to Trisquel?

[john_harvey]

Forgive me, I'm not quite understanding: move to where?  For clarity let me  
ask:


- What steps do I take to move my Mint Firefox settings, over for use in  
Trisquel Abrowser (or Icecat)?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Transfer Thunderbird Mail History from Mint Backup to Trisquel?

[john_harvey]

Most kind.  I will let you know.

Best,

Zem

Re: [Trisquel-users] Transfer Thunderbird Mail History from Mint Backup to Trisquel?

[john_harvey]

Therefore:  to transfer over my browser bookmarks, history etc,  I would copy  
my  Mint "Firefox" folder contents to the Abrower folder in Trisquel?


Do I erase the Abrowser files in the process?

Thank you.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Transfer Thunderbird Mail History from Mint Backup to Trisquel?

[john_harvey]

Okay:

- I found the ".thunderbird" folder in my Linux Mint Home directory.

- But I do not find ".Icedove" in my "Home" directory, uder "Places".

I find similar by going to "Computer/home/usr/lib/icdove".  However, that is  
not named ".Icedove" (dot Icedove).


Where is the ".Icedove" folder you mention?

Thanks! 

Re: [Trisquel-users] Transfer Thunderbird Mail History from Mint Backup to Trisquel?

[john_harvey]

Thank you, root.   My concern is that I do not see a folder in the  
home/usr/library that is named ".icedove".  I see one that is simply named  
"icedove", with no "." in front of its name.Is that the one I need, or is  
there another specifically named ".icedove" ? 

Re: [Trisquel-users] Transfer Thunderbird Mail History from Mint Backup to Trisquel?

[john_harvey]

Okay:
I've moved my .Thunderbird files from Mint over to the Trisquel .Icedove  
folder.


And It worked like a charm!  Huzzah!

Many thanks to all who helped me. Though it seems so simple this was a huge  
hurdle for me for adopting Trisquel as my main distro. (limited time, energy,  
etc)



Follow-up Q: I assume I can do the same for my Mint Firefox folder contents -  
copy and move them over to my Trisquel Icecat folder?


Thanks,
Zem

Re: [Trisquel-users] Transfer Thunderbird Mail History from Mint Backup to Trisquel?

[dguthrie]

Should also add they can do it in the file manager, by pressing CTRL+h to  
view hidden files and then just doing it through that...

Re: [Trisquel-users] Transfer Thunderbird Mail History from Mint Backup to Trisquel?

[dguthrie]

They mean .thunderbird. Mint and Ubuntu include Thunderbird while Debian and  
Trisquel have Icedove which is an unbranded version of Thunderbird because of  
disputes over using the Thunderbird name on modified versions of Thunderbird  
(Mozilla does not allow this). So in Mint you have ~/.thunderbird folder and  
in Trisquel you have the equivalent ~/.icedove folder. 

Re: [Trisquel-users] Transfer Thunderbird Mail History from Mint Backup to Trisquel?

[john_harvey]

Found Icedove.  I did a command line install.  (didn't work the first  
time...)




General question remains:

Since I'm moving over to Trisquel, can I just use the Linux Mint deja-dup  
backup to reinstall all my data over on to Trisquel? Since they are both  
forks of Ubuntu? Or are they incompatible for that sort of thing?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Transfer Thunderbird Mail History from Mint Backup to Trisquel?

[john_harvey]

Kopolee,

I seem to be having trouble finding a ".Icedove" folder, or any reference at  
all to Icedove.  Where does Trisquel hide it?


I'm also unable to find it in the repositories.



Also a general question: since I'm moving over to Trisquel, can I just use  
the Linux Mint deja-dup backup to reinstall all my data over on to Trisquel?  
Since they are both forks of Ubuntu?  Or are they incompatible for that sort  
of thing? 

Re: [Trisquel-users] Transfer Thunderbird Mail History from Mint Backup to Trisquel?

[kopolee11]

I believe all you have to do is look for the ".thunderbird" folder in your  
Linux Mint's home directory. Copy the contents of that folder over into  
Trisquel's ".icedove" folder. (Also in the home directory) That should copy  
all the relevant information.


Let us know if you need any more info.