710 is required. Back up the data first.
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Http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT2280165098.html
Http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO/index.html
To sum up
File to be backed up:
- Personal Documents: generally stored on the desktop, and under the Home Directory
- Table 1
Documents or programs |
Directory |
Description |
Document |
~/Documents, ~/My Documents, ~/Desktop, ~/, others |
It is generally a personal document. |
Programs and scripts |
~/bin |
In my habits, some users have some script programs or program links in this directory. |
Kmail(Email) |
~/.kde/share/apps/kmail |
Program settings |
Evolution(Email, contacts, addresses, calendar, to-do) |
~/.evolution |
Thunderbird(Email) |
~/.thunderbird |
Gnucash(Financial) |
Any |
The setting directories of these two programs are specified by the user. |
Kmymoney(Financial) |
Korganizer (Calendar/To-Do) |
~/.kde/share/apps/korganizer |
Program settings |
Sunbird(Calendar/To-Do) |
~/.mozilla/sunbird |
Kaddressbook(Contacts) |
~/.kde/share/apps/kabc |
Program settings |
Knotes(Sticky notes) |
~/.kde/share/apps/knotes |
Program settings |
- Software settings: such as Firefox and Thunderbird. A list
- Table 2
.bashrc, .bash_profile (if you've customized them) |
.eclipse |
.emacs |
.fonts.conf |
.gaim |
.gconf |
.gconfd |
.gimp* |
.gnome |
.gnome2 |
.gnucash |
.gnupg |
.gtk-bookmarks |
.kde |
.local |
.lpoptions |
.mozilla (has settings for Mozilla, Firefox, and Sunbird) |
.mplayer |
.ooo*, .OpenOffice*, .openoffice*, or OpenOffice* |
.profile (if you've customized it) |
.realplayerrc |
.spamassassin |
.ssh |
.viminfo |
.Xauthority |
.xemacs |
.xine |
.xinitrc |
.Xmodmap |
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- System settings
- /Etc directory. for the data to be backed up, select the file to be backed up.
- /Var, no
- /Boot, with grup startup settings
- For software already installed, I usually make a log, which software is installed and installed again?