From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 1 Sep 2025 18:01:33 +0200, Monsieur wrote:   
      
   > Linux can be an ass sometimes.   
      
   Think of a computer as a very powerful, but very literal, genie. It   
   does exactly what you tell it to do, no more, no less. It cannot read   
   your mind.   
      
   (Yes, there are other platforms that are programmed to try to read   
   your mind, and do what they guess you meant, rather than what you   
   said. Some of the tales told by their long-suffering users can be   
   quite amusing.)   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Was the external SSD formatted in a Linux-native-type filesystem which   
   preserves file protections and ownerships? Did the copy command/tool   
   you use preserve all that on the copy?   
      
   Was your user ID on the new machine same as on the old one?   
      
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