From: Jeff@invalid.invalid   
      
   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.   
   >   
   > Chatgpt advised me to sudo chown -R $USER:$USER ~ to change the   
   > ownership of all files in home but that didn't help.   
   >   
   > Another internet page told me to copy all the folders starting with a   
   > dot again, which I did. Now a few things are back (wallpaper settings,   
   > Thunderbird found my e-mail profiles), but most stuff isn't there yet,   
   > like all the icons in my panel or the start menu. The home folder is   
   > still empty, except for a folder .dosbox which somehow wriggled its way   
   > into there.   
   >   
   > I am willing to redo the whole installation if necessary, but what is   
   > the best way to copy my home folder to the new machine without all the   
   > trouble I'm having right now? Anyone experienced this too?   
   >   
   > Thanks for any pointers in the right direction.   
      
   Very relevant thread, as I was wondering about copying my home folder on   
   my current laptop to another laptop (which would act as a reserve). I   
   thought I could just take the latest backup (Deja Vu) of my current home   
   folder on a USB stick and restore it to the other laptop. I Installed   
   Deja Vu on the other laptop, but when I plugged in the USB stick and   
   tried "Restore" it reported that there were no backups! I thought the   
   whole point of having a backup is that it would be easy to restore to a   
   new HD if the old one had failed.   
      
   Anyway, I was really just interested in copying my current Thunderbird   
   profile to the other laptop, and that went with little issue. The main   
   thing I had to remember was to remove the automatic checks for new   
   messages on the POP3 accounts when the other laptop was used.   
      
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   Jeff   
      
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