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|    Monsieur to Mike Scott    |
|    Re: Copying home folder to new machine    |
|    01 Sep 25 21:20:17    |
      From: Monsieur@notreal.invalid              Mike Scott wrote:       > On 01/09/2025 17:01, Monsieur wrote:       >>       >> Linux can be an ass sometimes.       >>       >> I finally got a new machine on which I installed the latest Mint.       >> Works beautifully. Next I copied my complete home folder from the old       >> machine on an external ssd and then copied that back to the new       >> machine. Unfortunately nothing showed up in the new home folder when I       >> rebooted.       >       > Any reason not to use rsync? Run as root and use -a option /after/       > reading the manpage carefully.              That manpage is 5009 lines long, no thank you. I'll figure it out with       trial and error and internet searches.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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