WheatleyInc@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Linux@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoSwitching from Manjaro to EndeavorOS, is there a way to preserve my home directory?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareSwitching from Manjaro to EndeavorOS, is there a way to preserve my home directory?WheatleyInc@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Linux@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLuci@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoCopy them to an external drive or another computer, copy them back after. Chances are you’re gonna wanna wipe the partition table on your switch over so I’d just copy them out then back in. No point over complicating things.
minus-squareMalReynolds@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoYea, I was gonna say, have ya not heard of backups ? but this is better.
minus-squareflakusha@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoJust to add: some folders’ files might need modifications in the new system, e.g. .config/
Copy them to an external drive or another computer, copy them back after.
Chances are you’re gonna wanna wipe the partition table on your switch over so I’d just copy them out then back in. No point over complicating things.
Yea, I was gonna say, have ya not heard of backups ? but this is better.
Just to add: some folders’ files might need modifications in the new system, e.g. .config/