Saving apps & app settings?

[Edward78]

I have linux & if I get a new drive I want to copy my apps just ass they are. How can I bring my apps over to a new install? Just set timeshift to backup /usr & everything below right?

[peotr26]

3 minutes ago, Edward78 said:

I have linux & if I get a new drive I want to copy my apps just ass they are. How can I bring my apps over to a new install?

 

The easiest way, is to backup your home folder and in your new installation on the new drive, replace your home folder with the backup. Then install all the software that you add back on your old installation. Moving the binaries is not a good idea, and it's going to cause more issue than anything. The only software format that you can just move the files are AppImages.

[Edward78]

8 minutes ago, peotr26 said:

 

The easiest way, is to backup your home folder and in your new installation on the new drive, replace your home folder with the backup. Then install all the software that you add back on your old installation. Moving the binaries is not a good idea, and it's going to cause more issue than anything. The only software format that you can just move the files are AppImages.

Is there any way to see a ball park on how long this drive has left?

[gRaN-Ma project]

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FAI.me. Build your own customized ISO or a cloud image
This image will do an unattended installation of Debian and the selected applications. No network connection is needed, since all packages are on the installation media. You can burn this image onto a CD/DVD or write it to an USB stick. Legacy BIOS and UEFI are supported.
All data on the first disk will be overridden without any further confirmation.

52 minutes ago, Edward78 said:

I have linux & if I get a new drive I want to copy my apps just ass they are. How can I bring my apps over to a new install? Just set timeshift to backup /usr & everything below right?

FAI is a tool for unattended mass deployment of Linux. It's a system to install and configure Linux systems and software packages on computers as well as virtual machines, from small labs to large-scale infrastructures like clusters and virtual environments. You can take one or more virgin PC's, turn on the power, and after a few minutes, the systems are installed, and completely configured to your exact needs, without any interaction necessary.It can be used for creating custom disk images used in virtual machines or on a cloud-computing platform. using the FAI.me build service.

 

https://fai-project.org/

https://fai-project.org/FAIme/

[peotr26]

30 minutes ago, Edward78 said:

Is there any way to see a ball park on how long this drive has left?

SMART might be what you are looking for. You can use smartctl in the command line or use a GUI like GSmartControl.

[Edward78]

22 minutes ago, peotr26 said:

SMART might be what you are looking for. You can use smartctl in the command line or use a GUI like GSmartControl.

 

"ID","Name","Failed","Norm-ed value","Worst","Threshold","Raw value","Type","Flags"
1,"Raw Read Error Rate","never","200","200","51","0","<b>pre-failure</b>","POSR-K"
3,"Spin-Up Time","never","177","170","21","2,125","<b>pre-failure</b>","POS--K"
4,"Start / Stop Count","never","96","96","0","4,999","old age","-O--CK"
5,"Reallocated Sector Count","never","200","200","140","0","<b>pre-failure</b>","PO--CK"
7,"Seek Error Rate","never","200","200","0","0","old age","-OSR-K"
9,"Power-On Time","never","83","83","0","12,530","old age","-O--CK"
10,"Spin-Up Retry Count","never","100","100","0","0","old age","-O--CK"
11,"Calibration Retry Count","never","100","100","0","0","old age","-O--CK"
12,"Power Cycle Count","never","96","96","0","4,444","old age","-O--CK"
192,"Head Retract Cycle Count","never","200","200","0","222","old age","-O--CK"
193,"Load / Unload Cycle","never","198","198","0","6,249","old age","-O--CK"
194,"Temperature (Celsius)","never","101","87","0","42","old age","-O---K"
196,"Reallocation Event Count","never","200","200","0","0","old age","-O--CK"
197,"Current Pending Sector Count","never","200","200","0","0","old age","-O--CK"
198,"Offline Uncorrectable","never","200","200","0","0","old age","----CK"
199,"UDMA CRC Error Count","never","200","200","0","0","old age","-O--CK"
200,"Multi Zone Error Rate","never","200","200","0","0","old age","---R--"