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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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how to move to a new computer? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just bought a new computer. I'll install fedora silverblue. Do I just need to copy the home directory? And crontab. What else do I need to move?

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Nobody mentioned it yet, but my current no hassle solution is to:

just physically move the nvme from one computer to the other

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Or if you want to use the new drive, clone your drive to the new one(using clonezilla for example)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

That's all I've done, or imaged it to a new drive. Linux is glorious for portability.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

i've done this a couple times w sata and pata drives and it works; there's lots to clean up to do, but it works.