From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 6/4/2025 2:14 PM, lisa wrote:   
   > On Wed, 4 Jun 2025 13:53:46 -0000 (UTC), Dan Purgert    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >> In general terms, the easiest approach is installing from scratch on the   
   >> new hardware, and then copying your $HOME across.   
   >   
   > thanks, that sounds great and easy. I prefer a fresh install on new   
   > hardware.   
   > My $HOME dir has two entries. My user name dir and a timeshift dir.   
   > I think I only have to make a backup of my user name dir and copy that   
   > to a new computer. Do I get permission problems if I use the same user   
   > name on the new computer? Anyone already tried?   
   >   
      
   Do this:   
      
     cd ~   
     ls -a   
      
   That lists hidden files. Now you can see there are more files in   
   there than just two directories. Always check for hidden files.   
   Even Windows has hidden files.   
      
   Or, try this   
      
     cd ~   
     ls -algtR . | tee ~/myhomedir.txt   
      
   and that will collect a representation of   
   what is actually in your $HOME.   
      
   *******   
      
   User accounts start with well known numeric IDs.   
      
   You might notice your account is 1000:1000 here.   
      
      cat /etc/passwd   
      
   The groups an account can belong to, are here.   
      
      cat /etc/group   
      
   The information may not all be stored locally. There   
   can be a shadow file with "real" information in it,   
   or a yp (yellow pages) network level for collecting   
   the information. The "cat" commands are deceptively simple   
   and not always the whole story.   
      
   When an account is created, it is assigned a number.   
   And if the number didn't match your old $HOME stampings,   
   then I would expect some degree of annoyance. I have   
   had my initial account be 1000,1001,1002 as examples   
   of how far off the first account can be from whatever   
   it was previously. If something didn't work, you could   
   check for that.   
      
      Paul   
      
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