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    What to backup??

    Hi,

    I thinking of formating my pc where I'm using 9.04 version, but I have beeign upgrading it from 8.04 version. It's starting to get a litle slow.
    So, my question is: What do I need to backup, to save all my configurations? The Home folder? Does it contain, for instance, my Thunderbird mails?

    Thanks
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    Re: What to backup??

    Yes, the /home/<username>/ has the the settings for a user.

    KDE (and KDE applications) are saving to the /home/<username>/.kde/...

    But some of the settings are at the /home/<username>/.local/...
    and /home/<username>/.config/...


    Mozilla (Firefox and the Seamonkey) are saving to the /home/<username>/.mozilla/...
    Note ! I'm using those directly from the Mozilla !

    Opera is saving to the /home/<username>/.opera/...
    OpenOffice is saving to the /home/<username>/.openoffice.org/...

    There seems to be a thunderbird directory: /home/<username>/.thunderbird/...

    The Dolphin > View and turning the "Show Hidden Files" on will reveal more.


    The safest way is to backup the whole /home/<username>/.


    There probably is a specification > Freedesktop.org "These are not really standards"
    Before you edit, BACKUP !

    Why there are dead links ?
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      Re: What to backup??

      If your user name is labarc, then backup everything under /home/labarc. Don't forget to backup other users' home directories too!

      You may have customized some settings in /etc, such as /etc/samba/smb.conf. Back them up if you don't want to recreate from scratch.

      Some programs look for data files in the /usr/local hierarchy. You may want to backup such data files if you manually installed them. Examples:
      • /usr/local/share/games/doom/doom.wad
      • /usr/local/lib/timidity
      • /usr/local/share/kegs/ROM.01


      Do you have more partitions on you hard disk than just "/" and "swap"? If so then you may want to backup those partitions as well.
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        Re: What to backup??

        Thanks for the answers.

        And when I want to restore the Home folder, the programs will automaticaly get the data?
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          Re: What to backup??

          And when I want to restore the Home folder, the programs will automaticaly get the data?
          Yes, they should - here with the separate home /1/, /2/ they have done so.


          Links:

          /1/ > Recommend Separate Home
          /2/ > Create a separate home partition in Ubuntu
          Before you edit, BACKUP !

          Why there are dead links ?
          1. Thread: Please explain how to access old kubuntu forum posts
          2. Thread: Lost Information
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            Re: What to backup??

            Thanks Rog

            I'll look into it.
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