Moving an account from a Mini to a G5

My girlfriend is moving in with me. I want to create an account for her on my G5 and copy the contents of her Mini over so that we can share one computer. Is it possible to copy her account on the Mini to my G5 exactly as it was?
Thanks

You can:
Create her account on your G5 with the same shortname as the one on her Mac mini.
Then use Ethernet to connect the 2 and enable File Sharing on the Mac mini.
Have her log into the G5 and then remotely log into the Mac mini.
Now she can copy the contents of her user directory from the Mac mini to the G5.
After the copy completes, she should log out of the G5 and then back in. All of her environment should be there.

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