Hi, Firstly, I always have /home as a seperate partition. This preserves my files and per-user settings.
As for installed software, there is a way to save what packages are currently installed. After installing the new Ubuntu, you can have it reinstall the packages automatically. This said however, I always make the list but I have never used it. There is something I like about a fresh start :-) In Terminal: dpkg --get-selections > filename dpkg --set-selections < filename ...to save and restore package states respectively. Hope this helps, Matthew On 03/09/07, Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I often read users saying when a new or new stable version is released > they do a fresh install and then re-install all their configs and > programs and other goodies. > So... > If I want to do a fresh install as above to end up with almost a clone > of my present system running on a new version of Ubuntu (or just a clean > one ) how can I get all my settings and all my programs etc without > doing it all manually - one program at a time ?? How do the exp people > do it? > Eddie > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
