Shell script to restore your system settings after a Linux OS reinstall Reinstalling your operating system is never a fun or welcome task, but sometimes it's unavoidable. Restoring settings and downloaded applications after installing an operating system can take quite a bit of time, so after some research at linux.com, howtoforge.com and a lot of Googling, I've come up with a shell script to make things a bit easier. This technique does not take the place of a good external backup. I recommend backing up your important files to a place other than your computer, such as a NAS storage or DVD disc, because with a powerful enough shell script, you could accidentally wipe out hours of work in just a few seconds. When I installed CommGate Professional Server on my computer at home, I created a separate partition for the home directory which I used with Samba to share files in the network and keep all my data sync via rsync. If you do this, you can r...
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