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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   
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