On 2022-10-30 at 15:10:59 +0100, Merlin Büge <toni@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 5) Copy over my /home directory > > If you have the time and care, instead of copying the entire /home, > you could manually copy the contents and decide what you want to > keep. You may want to omit ~/.cache and some configuration dotfiles in > ~ or ~/.config that you don't need anymore. I always think my hone directory is clean and tidy until I get a new computer and force myself go through it manually. :-) > I would also keep the old drive around for some time in case you > notice that you forgot something... Excellent advice as well. I had a few virtual machines set up for specific purposes on a separate partition,¹ and forgot all about them until I needed one about a month later. ¹ /bin/find doesn't cross mount points unless you request it explicitly
