I've done some searching on the forums but don't see to see an answer to what I think is an easy question.
I need to rebuild my system with the same version so I want / need to back up my data and configuration to an external drive. If I backup only my home folder, is that all I need? I want to reinstall the apps in a controlled manner so I don't want to back them up. Just my data, Firefox bookmarks, and other stuff that might not readily be found where I store my data files. If it matters, I also use Cinnamon.
As a second question, is there a way to get a list of all extra programs I installed over the base 13.10 which I'm on now?
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