Migration strategy: Restoring /home, /usr, /opt, /etc into new installation of same OS version and same Desktop Environment
by manja from LinuxQuestions.org on (#56YZ1)
I have a manjaroKDE system in one computer and am making a plan to migrate it to a new computer. (Although I believe this same idea might apply to any other distro/desktop)
I have lots of customizations in my old system, and would like to avoid the hassle of doing a fresh reinstall of all my apps, then customizing them to be in the same state as the old system, then customizing the desktop environment.
My question is:
If I were to install the same OS version, with same Desktop Environment, in the new computer, and then replaced the contents of its /home, /usr/local, /opt & /etc directories with the contents of the old system, would my programs and settings be useable in the new computer, in the same state they were in?
I have lots of customizations in my old system, and would like to avoid the hassle of doing a fresh reinstall of all my apps, then customizing them to be in the same state as the old system, then customizing the desktop environment.
My question is:
If I were to install the same OS version, with same Desktop Environment, in the new computer, and then replaced the contents of its /home, /usr/local, /opt & /etc directories with the contents of the old system, would my programs and settings be useable in the new computer, in the same state they were in?