Migrating to a new laptop.

[GiNUx]

Dear all,

I've been working for more than three years with an IBM/ThinkPad laptop, and for the last two years I've been using Kubuntu. Now, with the new family of Linux-preloaded XPS-series laptops by Dell, I am decided to buy a new laptop. I would like to know, what could be an easy way to install the same programs that I already have installed on my ThinkPad, once I get my new Dell. Something like a recipe to compare the set of programs from my old-laptop against the set of programs that will come with my new Dell and then feed the package-manager (adept) with the names of the programs that my new laptop doesn't have.

Thanks,

Javier.

[sky]

Re: Migrating to a new laptop.

Hi,

You can get a list of all your packages installed by :
sudo dpkg-query -l > packages.out
Then you will get a full list of all your packages, but a lot will be already installed...

Hope it helps