Almost a SciFi question...

[Tez]

Hervé Fache wrote:
> 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?
>   
I'm not sure if you can get the exact date of install, tho it will
probably be in /var/log somewhere
> Is there a selections file for the default install somewhere (so I can
> know what I have installed myself using diff)?
>   
I think there is a list of default packages installed that you can
compare with [1]
> Sorry if I'm asking too much!
>   
nah, you not asking enough! :-p
> Hervé.
>   

Tez
(for Edgy)
[1]
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/edgy/kubuntu-6.10-desktop-i386.manifest