Backup Suggestions

[theelk801]

So I've decided to reinstall Ubuntu when Intrepid comes out and aside from my videos and music and stuff, are there other things I should back up? I'm not too keen on being without settings and stuff.

[Pumalite]

It might be better to do a clean install.

[theelk801]

Well what I'm doing is clearing the HD and installing it new. I just wanted to know if there are things I want to save.

[Pumalite]

Just data. Movies, music, photos, etc

[theelk801]

Oh, so there's no way to save apps and system settings? Damn...

[cariboo]

Backup anything in your home directory that you can't do wthout. Beware that intrepid is still alpha, there are a lot of things that don't work as you expect them to. That being said, beside a couple of things during setup, i have found intrepid to be pretty stable.

Jim

[cariboo]

Backup anything in your home directory that you can't do without. Beware that intrepid is still alpha, there are a lot of things that don't work as you expect them to. That being said, beside a couple of things during setup, i have found intrepid to be pretty stable.

Jim

[theelk801]

I'm getting Intrepid when it officially releases. I just wanted to prepare ahead of time.

[Jive Turkey]

If you have a separate /home partition that is where your user settings are located, in the /home/$uname/.files or "dot files." Whether or not these settings will be compatible with intrepid is another story. I have had the same home partition through the last couple releases. With only a few problems that I fixed by deleting the .files and reinstalling a misbehaving app or 2. Your bookmarks and email data are saved in folders like ./firefox & ./evolution. If you use any apps that take a lot of configuration you will find it worthwhle to save those folders and drop them into the new install, or just don't format your home partition when you install Intrepid.

[theelk801]

Right, I saw something about that. I think I'll do that when it's time to reinstall.

It's gonna be sort of annoying though...