On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 05:40:55 +1200, Seth Kenlon wrote: > Interesting that you say this. My experience is the opposite. Here's > what I do: > > * install a fresh image * use the same user and UID as previous install Won't Anaconda do the UID automatically? I don't know UID from Union Pacific, but I do almost always stick to the same username. > * reboot * rsync my backed-up home dir to my new home dir location. This > brings in all application-specific preferences so I don't have to > arrange panels and so on. <sigh> rsync, or maybe now grsync, is one of those things I keep meaning to get around to learning .... Absent-mindedness gets worse with age .... > * add rpmfusion to yum * do a yum -y update && yum -y install $( < > app.list ) from my app.list file, a newline-delimited list of all the > packages I expect to be installed (vlc, ffmpeg, audacity, and so on) > * reboot out of habit (logging out is probably sufficient) I didn't know yum still worked in Fedora. Is && a command?? Or what? I did use to have an app list -- in my head, unfortunately. As soon as any install finished and I rebooted, I routinely typed out a list of what to delete, then an app list, and then "dnf upgrade." > It usually takes me about two hours, depending on how long rsync and yum > take. Actual time sitting in front of the computer is a lot less, > since rsync and yum can run concurrently, and I don't sit around waiting > on them. Are you really saying you can have two different programs both installing things at once?? > I keep thinking I should use Ansible for all of this, but frankly the > above workflow is pretty well-engrained (it's basically the same > workflow I use for my Slackware machines). Maybe some day. > _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
