Migration to a fresh install?

I was away from a computer for the better part of a year and now it is extreemly out of date and everyting seems broken(including pacamn). I'm currently leaning towards just doing a fresh install, but waanted to know what options I had for aiding the migration of my old setup (installed programs, configurations, etc).

Definitely agree with oboedad55 on this one. Trying to get your current build updated with all of the changes that has taken place over the last year is futile.
Not sure of your configuration but if HOME is on it's own partition, I would back that up and do the fresh install.
This link will walk you through how to perform the new install that is already configured with systemd and grub2.
http://lifehacker.com/5680453/build-a-k … he-process
It's easy to follow and I have already done 2 flawless installs using this link.
Best of luck
Last edited by ichase (2013-01-01 18:59:20)

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