bought a new computer

DJOtaku · 09-17-2005, 04:20 PM

I just bought a new computer to replace my POS 400 Mhz 128mb Linux computer. (Maybe now I can use KDE!) There are two things which are very important for me to migrate over to this new computer.

How do I migrate my thunderbird settings, folders, etc to my new computer?

How do I migrate my GPG private key to my new computer?

Thanks!

freakyg · 09-18-2005, 05:40 AM

use "tar".........you can tar and compress these settings and burn to cd-r for safe keeping and just un-tar them to your new box........IF you can't burn them to cd-r.........transfer them via NFS (network file system ) if you have both boxes set to use this feature......

DJOtaku · 09-18-2005, 04:03 PM

I was looking a little more along the lines of - where do I find these files?

phil.d.g · 09-18-2005, 05:08 PM

`ls -a`

All user config files are stored in hidden files within your home dir - that is the folders start with a period. Back these up and put them on your new computer and you should be allright