* Spencer Collyer <spencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [10/30 11:42] > I am looking to replace my current desktop PC, which is getting on for > 8 years old now, with a more up-to-date one. Ideally I want the new one > to be set up the same as my current one, which has been running on Arch > since I first got it. I keep my Arch up-to-date by running a full > update roughly every four weeks. > > What is the best way to set up the new one to mirror the existing one? > I'd like to have all the same packages installed, with basically the > same setup, except for obvious points like the new PC having a > different IP address and name on my network. > > My initial idea was something like the following: > > 1) Install a basic Arch system on the new computer > 2) Get the list of installed packages from the old computer (I think > there is a way to do this using Pacman?) 3) Somehow get Pacman to > install the same list of packages on the new computer. 4) Tidy up any > config files that need changing - e.g. for the aforementioned IP > address / computer name stuff. 5) Copy over my /home directory 6) Copy > over various data directories/partitions I have -e.g. I have a whole > bunch of images stored in a separate partition that I'll want to copy > over. The stuff in here is all self-contained so should be easy enough > to copy over. > > I found thread https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=171726 which > had some ideas as well - the above is sort-of based on stuff I found on > there along with my own thoughts. > > Does that look like a reasonable plan? Anything I might be missing? > > Thanks for your attention. > > Regards, > > Spencer I always forget to reply to the list, sorry! A new PC/Laptop would likely use uefi and it takes maybe 10 minutes to install a minimal profile arch, so save your files, and your config folder, and do a new install. Did it yesterday....15 minutes and i3-wm was up and running. OS: Arch Linux x86_64 Host: X570 AORUS ELITE -CF Kernel: 6.0.6-arch1-1 Uptime: 15 hours, 19 mins Packages: 695 (pacman) Shell: zsh 5.9 Resolution: 3840x2160, 2160x3840, 2160x3840 WM: i3 Theme: gruvbox-dark-gtk [GTK2/3] Icons: Adwaita [GTK2], ArchCursorComplete [GTK3] Terminal: st Terminal Font: UbuntuMono CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (32) @ 3.400GHz GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 XT Memory: 4682MiB / 64228MiB -- Regards, ---------------------------- - ArchLinux - when you have better things to do than fixing a system
