Almost a SciFi question...

[Hervé Fache]

On 12/15/06, Tez <binary_y2k2 at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> dpkg --get-selections > selections.txt
>
> take that file with you (selections.txt), then on the new system do:
> sudo dpkg --set-selections < selections.txt
> sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade
>
> Then it will go and install all the packages you have installed now on
> the new system.
> If you want thinks *exactly* the same then you'd want to copy your /etc
> and /home directory's to the new system too to copy all the
> configuration over.

This is great! Is there a way to get more info, such as date of install?

Is there a selections file for the default install somewhere (so I can
know what I have installed myself using diff)?

Sorry if I'm asking too much!
Hervé.