Hmmm, larienna. I understand not wanting to reinstall. However, given KDE privacy issues. Gnome works, KDE fails.
Backups are easy with unison or just file copy folders by hand. You have to watch out the leftover junk and copy the folders only. Setup a backup drive. Get a saberent harddrive enclosue and buy a 2gb hard drive. (about $150 + $15). Instant usb 3.00 backup. You can just use a leftover 2.5" drive, I did.
The easy way. nav up to the user folder and copy to the backup. It will take a while. You might have left over KDE junk. Install and manually copy the folders back. To keep it up to date, run unison. You'll need to manually delete all the hidden(.) files from the backup. Unison can have issue with permissions and sometimes manually deleting and copying is needed until it both are matched.
Harder, copy all the folders one at time and update with unison one folder at a time. You can avoid copying the hidden files. Updating the whole user folder is easier.
Two, on a new version of a distro, I usually backup everything. Do a full reinstall and manually copy the folders back. Updating the backup with unison.
I will do a full reinstall after backup. It's hard, but worth it. Also, you have good password ideas from "grc passwords" steve gibson. You can copy and paste, but make a few changes to play it safe.
Backups are easy with unison or just file copy folders by hand. You have to watch out the leftover junk and copy the folders only. Setup a backup drive. Get a saberent harddrive enclosue and buy a 2gb hard drive. (about $150 + $15). Instant usb 3.00 backup. You can just use a leftover 2.5" drive, I did.
The easy way. nav up to the user folder and copy to the backup. It will take a while. You might have left over KDE junk. Install and manually copy the folders back. To keep it up to date, run unison. You'll need to manually delete all the hidden(.) files from the backup. Unison can have issue with permissions and sometimes manually deleting and copying is needed until it both are matched.
Harder, copy all the folders one at time and update with unison one folder at a time. You can avoid copying the hidden files. Updating the whole user folder is easier.
Two, on a new version of a distro, I usually backup everything. Do a full reinstall and manually copy the folders back. Updating the backup with unison.
I will do a full reinstall after backup. It's hard, but worth it. Also, you have good password ideas from "grc passwords" steve gibson. You can copy and paste, but make a few changes to play it safe.
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