clean upgrade, what is the minimum

[Patton Echols]

On 04/30/2012 07:58 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:36 PM,<p.echols at comcast.net>  wrote:
>> Greetings all:
>>
>> I am planning on upgrading my netbook by doing a clean install and restoring portions of /home from backup.  But my intention is to restore as little as possible to eliminate years of cruft.  From my /home/patton directory, all I think I need (aside from documents of course) is my email .thunderbird and .ssh for my various keys.  In another thread, it was suggested to include bits and pieces from /etc and /var.  What would I need from those directories?  Is there something else I'm missing?
> The other day I did exactly this and among other things, before
> Precise install, included in my new /home the following folders:
>
> .gnupg (PGP keys)
> .mozilla (after cleaning the cache - if you do sync it)
> .purple (Pidgin)
> .dosemu
> .dropbox
> .Skype
> .ssh
> .thunderbird (after compacting accounts)
> .Virtualbox
> .vmware
>
>
> However, if you intend to keep your current home and root for a while,
> it is possible, in some cases, to import (or check) the older
> configuration files even after the install, (I had to do it with
> .mozilla and .gnupg).
>
Ahh, some good points I had forgotten.  like .gnupg and .Skype

I still cannot think of what I might want out of /var or /etc.  I 
suppose I can rummage around and see what I might be missing.

Thanks,

-- PE