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Hello there,<br>
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<pre wrap="">My Ubuntu 7.10 has become intolerably 'buggy' and I'm planning a
re-installation after I've backed up my stuff.
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What sort of `buggy'? It should be possible to fix without
a re-install. Do you have a separate /home partition?
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No, home is just a folder in my filesystem, don't think it's a separate
partition. I don't yet know how to put home on a separate partition.
Perhaps you could assist?<br>
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<pre wrap="">Is there a file(s) which I can back up with my web (i.e. firefox)
passwords in it so I don't have to re-enter them all when I go back to
the websites I've joined? If so is it under /.mozilla?
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That's right - it's all under ~/.mozilla
Depending on your system, it wil be under something like:
~/.mozilla/firefox/l0lc4tz.default/
Also there will be history, cookies, etc., which you may
also want to copy.
Simplest is to copy the lot onto your back-up disk:
cp -a ~/.mozilla/ /media/BackUpDisk/WhateverDirectory/
and then copy it back after re-install (you can back up
the installer's .mozilla first).
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Thanks, will do.<br>
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I've been customising the look'n'feel of both Xfce and Gnome. Xfce also
seems to be able to run all the Gnome apps and applets I like, plus
Amarok (the only K app I can think of that I rely on). It appears there
are enough themes, backgrounds etc to make the big 3 stable GUIs all
look identical if necessary (apart from the main menu button perhaps),
which leads me to this question:<br>
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If look'n'feel is not a differentiating factor between GUIs, why
shouldn't I just choose the fastest stable GUI (which of the 'big
three' would appear to be Xfce)? Are there some other criteria by which
I could make my choice? What functions might I miss if I choose Xfce?<br>
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I haven't found yet how to add program launchers to the Xfce panel; is
this something I might miss or is there a way to do this that has
hitherto eluded me?<br>
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All thoughts welcome on this.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Matthew<br>
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