[Gllug] upgrading to new laptop - tricks and tips to copy everything I need accross

[ccooke]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 05:25:46PM +0000, Aaron Trevena wrote:
> Hi GLLUGers,
> 
> So I have my new HP 6715b laptop (with 100 quid cashback if I manage
> to send the proof of purchase to HP this week) and got high-res X and
> wifi working on it after a little googling and tinkering.
> 
> Now I'm looking at moving to it for my work - that means installing 3
> years worth of obscure libraries used for work, passwords stored in
> mozilla that I've forgotten, ssh keys, rpms and perl modules.

Generally, it's a *hell* of a lot easier to do the package moves in 
Debian-based distros ( 'dpkg --get-selections | ssh root at newbox dpkg 
--set-selections; ssh root at newbox dselect install'). I've written a few
scripts to do the same for RHES, but you're often stuck because backages
have been installed from a third party which is no longer available - or
forgotten.

Rsyncing /home, though, is an obvious start for almost all settings ;-)

> Anybody done this in the past and found any handy tips and tricks -
> like copying saved passwords, cookies, etc in firefox or getting a
> useful list of rpms that can be installed on a newer version of the
> same distro?
> 
> I suspect I'll have to copy my bookmarks, cpan bundle and ssh keys,
> and then copy anything I've missed accross as I go.

One thing that would really help is mentioning which distro you're
using... 

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