Linux for Leftists

138 readers

1 users here now

A Community for all leftists wanting to join and being part of a community that talks about Linux, Unix and the Free Software Community

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Is there easy way to reinstall my OS? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

So I have now been planing for several months to reinstall my OS that I have run for a year or so. I have few reasons for this: Firstly there are some bugs that occur randomly, like file explorers taking a long time to open a directory (it has happened on every DE and file explorer that I have tried). There are also other minor bugs that are in the DE or deep in the system. Secondly I don't particularly like Pop! OS and Debian just sounds very appealing.

So is there easy way to switch or do I have to download my home folder and other config files from /etc and other locations to another disk and then move them back? That sure sounds like a lot to check and remember.

Info that you may need: The whole system is in one partition and it isn't encrypted.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you afford a new disk? If so, bam, you have an instant backup. Install a new OS and copy over files as needed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That would be nice, but I would line the new disk to be at least as fast as that I have now and those fast ssd are quite expensive.