[Swlug] Time to switch laptops

[Rhys Sage]

I just checked my laptop (6/7 year old Asus e203ma) running Mint.

eMMC Firmware Version: 109099  AS
eMMC Life Time Estimation A [EXT_CSD_DEVICE_LIFE_TIME_EST_TYP_A]: 0x08
eMMC Life Time Estimation B [EXT_CSD_DEVICE_LIFE_TIME_EST_TYP_B]: 0x05
eMMC Pre EOL information [EXT_CSD_PRE_EOL_INFO]: 0x01
Command Queue Support [CMDQ_SUPPORT]: 0x01
Command Queue Depth [CMDQ_DEPTH]: 32
Command Enabled [CMDQ_MODE_EN]: 0x00

It looks like the emmc is coming to the end of its useful life. It has been a bit funky for weeks if not months with freezes and my having to do frequent fdisk /dev/mmcblk0p2 -f operations. Twice it has gone read only while I was writing emails.

This laptop runs Mint 20.3. I have another laptop running Debian that's pretty well brand new. How do I transfer the documents and settings easily between the two. I can always do it with memory sticks but is there an easier way. The big question - can I do it betweemn different accounts. For example if my account on Mint  was Orenoco and my account on Debian was Tobermory, how would I achieve this? I think it should be possible via SSH.

Rhys Sage