web application

[Tony Arnold]

On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 16:22 +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote:
> Hi Adi
> 
> adi zebic wrote:
> > I'm sure that I'm not the only one who regulary lose bookmarks when os
> > reinstall, or some other problem became. So I'm just wondering if in
> > ubuntu packages existe some web application (ex. php/mysql or
> > php/postgreSQL) who can make publish navigator bookmarks.
> > That application must be multi user, with database support, public and
> > private bookmark publishing, easy add of folder/bookmark ....
> > Do you know about that kind of app?
> 
> There's no need to loose any of your data. If you tar your /home 
> directory (tar is nice especially if you want to copy over to a fat 
> drive- because you keep your permissions, etc) and copy it somewhere 
> safe, you can copy it back to your new installation and still have all 
> your files and settings. I've done this many times while using different 
> distributions.

Or perhaps put your home directories in a separate partition and mount
it on /home, and don't repartition when you re-install. It's a bit more
work when you first set up, but probably worth it.

Regards,
Tony.
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