Backup and move to another PC.

[s_s_shahin at fastmail.fm]

Thanks all for the help.

I followed the help of (Rei Shinozuka)

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> Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2015 20:17:04 -0400
> From: Rei Shinozuka <shino at panix.com>
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> On 08/03/2015 02:21 PM, s_s_shahin at fastmail.fm wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I need to move my Ubuntu to another PC, how do I do that?
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> i recently had the opportunity to migrate off older hardware to a newer 
> mobo, 8-core CPU, newer video.  Because all the hardware had changed, I 
> preferred doing a clean install rather than a clonezilla approach.
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> 1. I performed a fresh install onto the new hardware off CD.
> 2. put the new system on the LAN
> 3. Using aptik, i backed up the packages I had installed on the old 
> hardware.  By copying over the data file to the new system, I was able 
> to get a fresh install of all packages on the new hardware.
> 4. Rsync -avP brought user data (home directories) from the old system 
> to the new
> 5. I brought over files in /etc such as hosts fstab (for NAS nfs mounts)
> 6. I had to build some software from source, easier if you are neat and 
> keep your sources in /usr/src or in one place
> 7. Now is a good time to back up the system with clonezilla
> 8. Having the old system on-line for a short period of time with the new 
> system was a good way of picking up odds and ends I had left out
> 
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> aptik was the only noteworthy step in the process and it worked very 
> well for me.  i saw it in:
> http://www.howtogeek.com/206454/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-apps-and-ppas-in-ubuntu-using-aptik 
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> -rei
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