Questions about how to switch from one setup to another. For example, this could be about how to move data from one program or OS to another, or how one can ease the transition between different desktop environments. This is a broad topic and more specific tags should be used alongside this one.
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How do I convert my Blackberry contacts to a standard format?
I want to migrate from Blackberry (RIP). How do I convert my contacts to a standard format?
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Migrating Superkaramba themes to gdesklets/screenlets?
Moving away from KDEs plasma desktop (which caused me enough headaches) to LXDE, I'm stuck with one problem: I have a Superkaramba theme I use for about 10 years now, and which is perfectly adjusted ...
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Migrating encrypted LVM to a new SSD
This question is related to How to migrate an encrypted LVM install to a new disk but I couldn't post it as a comment on the answer. Help is appreciated.
Anyway, regarding the solution on the ...
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How to use Redatam (statistics program) with Ubuntu, or recomend alternative [closed]
I use 12.04 LTS and currently use Redatam which is a Windows-only statistics program. It doesn't really work well with Wine, so I'm looking for an alternative.
Can you tell me if there is a similar ...
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Migrating Ubuntu Music Library to an External Hard Drive?
I have a very small internal hard drive, and I want to migrate my music library to an external hard drive. How would I do this?
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Wubi Migration: Grub does not boot
I migrated from a wubi install on a SSD (dev/sda), with the virtual disk on a separate drive (/dev/sdb), to a brand new partition on the separate drive
I recall during me running the wubi-move ...
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Migrating root.disk problem
My ubuntu 11.10 got corrupted today. I had installed it using wubi installer I copied root.disk file from there.
Now I installed ubuntu 11.10 using wubi on different computer.Can I use my older ...
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Fixing grub menu after migrating wubi to partition
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 via Wubi a couple of weeks ago, and today used the script on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MigrateWubi to move it to a new partition. Now I'm having a bit of confusion ...
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Migrating the / volume?
After a hardware failure of the motherboard and subsequently a few disks, I am migrating the root partition over to another drive. However, given /dev and other peculiar locations I was wondering ...
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Replaced Windows 7, but where did my old files go?
Ok, let me start by saying that I know nothing about Linux and that I switched because I was sick and tired of windows.
So I had Windows 7 on my C: drive and I chose to replace it with Ubuntu 12.10.
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How can I migrate from asingle Ubuntu install to Ubuntu as a VM on Win8?
I want to migrate from Ubuntu 12.04 Stand Alone to Ubuntu 12.04 as a virtual machine on a Windows 8 host - preferably with VirtualBox. What strategies can you propose to take over as much data and ...
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How to increase battery duration (hybrid graphics notebook)? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Battery drain on ubuntu is fast
I'm migrating from Windows (actually dual-booting) and noticed that my notebook (Samsung rf511) is having less battery life than before ...
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Is there a way on ubuntu to keep offline files like in windows?
In windows there is a option when you browse network folders that copies selected files to local disk. Then you can work with those files, create, modify, delete and when you are in the same network ...
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Migrate Ubuntu Studio 12.0.4 To New Machine Also Using Ubuntu 12.0.4
I have been attempting to find the proper avenue to migrate my Ubuntu Studio 12.0.4 (Low Latency) user account, settings, and programs. My MAC is running a virtual Machine with the prior Ubuntu ...
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How to migrate to KDE?
In the next few weeks I'm going to be seriously trying KDE. I've noticed that I'm slowly ripping more and more out of the default Ubuntu system so I can stick with one panel on the bottom of the ...
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Resize or migrate Wubi install [closed]
I swapped from a 128GB disk to a 256GB disk. The 128GB was (almost completely) full. By that, I mean I'm not able to download any updates for the 11.04. This is a dual boot setup. Win7 & ...
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migration of user dictionaires
I used Xubuntu from 5.04 to 10.04, always using the LTS updates or the minor updates. Meanwhile my user dictionairies grew.
Now I have a new machine with a fresh install, and didn't wanted to clone ...
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Ubuntu 10.2 to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS migration with mdadm (software RAID)
I am very hesitant to push the "Upgrade" button that I see in my Software Updates program.
The reason for this is the fact that my server is configured as Backup server with software raid.
Is there ...
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Migration from Ubuntu to Mint [closed]
I'd like to migrate from Ubuntu 12.10 to Mint 14, but it's important that I keep everything which is in my /home directory. Will it work if I just put the directory on a USB stick, then replace the ...
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dpkg --set-selections from 11.10 on 12.04LTS
I have to move a server to a different DC in a different country.
The server is currently running 11.10, but the new fresh installed OS will be 12.04.
The hardware of both is completely different.
In ...
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No bootable device error after migration
I am working in ubuntu 11.04 server and i have installed KVM as hypervisor.
I am trying for migrating virtual machine from one host to another host. I have migrated virtual machine from one host to ...
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Migration failed in ubuntu 11.04 [closed]
Unable to migrate Error:operation failed:migration to 'tcp:cloud:49154' failed migration failed
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What is the best way to migrate a Mail server?
I have a Plesk panel mail server with used hard disk space of 480GB out of a total of 900GB. I would like to migrate the plesk panel and data to a new server on raid 1 hard drives(600GB). The mail ...
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How know if migrate Wubi to partition is successful
I run this script
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MigrateWubi
and reveiced a message :
Found Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (12.04) on /dev/sda7
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migration completed successfully.
Then i restarted ...
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How to move vm manually from one host to another host without shared storage [closed]
How to move guest OS manually from one Ubuntu server host to another Ubuntu server host without shared storage using Qemu/kvm
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Need help migrating from Wubi
I know this question has been asked, but I am looking for specific help with my partition selection.
I want to migrate my install from wubi to be a dual boot. When I installed it I choose a small, ...
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Do all my files, Office, and Outlook transition when I install Ubuntu?
When I install Ubuntu, do I keep access to all my Windows Vista files (Word, Excel, etc.) and documents (photos, etc.), and do I keep all my Outlook data (history, address list, etc)?
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What precautions should I take when moving a hard drive from one computer to another?
I'm planning to move a hard drive from one server machine to another. The hard drive is an IDE drive. The motherboards are different, as are the memory and such. In this instance, graphics isn't a ...
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Using keyring restored from other system [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Restore Gnome Bookmarks with passwords
I have recently had a severe hard disk failure and so had to rescue my keyring(/home/username/.gnome2/keyrings) from the failed ...
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Where is my imported Windows account data?
I've just successfully installed my brand new Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit, dual booting with Windows 7.
During the installation, I choose to import my existing Windows account but now I'm unable to find ...
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How to migrate passwords from Kwallet to the GNOME keyring?
I migrated from KDE to Unity desktop. So all my passwords I used with Chromium and Iron-browsers are stucked in Kwallet.
How to access passwords from Kwallet inside Unity? Maybe there is way that ...
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Migrating fonts from old to new server
I have an "old" Ubuntu 11.10 server.
I have a new (Amazon EC2) Ubuntu 11.10 server.
I can only access them through the command line.
How can I migrate all the installed fonts from the old machine to ...
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Migrating a Wubi install and Drivers, and data when the Wubi install is messed up
I accidentally installed a non-functional video driver using the Jockey tool. That lead to me only seeing this on a reboot.
Which leads to my question: I read up on migrating my Wubi install, and I ...
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How to migrate the whole system to a new machine?
I use ubuntu to deal with daily job. Now I buy a new laptop, and I want to migrate my whole system(programs, packages, data, settings, etc) to the new machine.
I know I can copy my home folder to new ...
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How do I migrate shotwell tags to clean installation?
I have Shotwell installed in 11.10. When 12.04 comes out I will do a clean install as usual but I would like to not have to redo all those tags. Is that possible and if so how?
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Migrate windows 7 network drive to Ubuntu 11.10 for use as a file server
On my network (7 computers with windows 7 Pro) one of the computers has a partitioned HDD and sharing that partition as a network drive for all other users to access.
All other computers have a that ...
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An easy way to switch from Apache to Nginx
I use nginx as DAV server and apache which hosts a frontend to backuppc.
I'd like to make nginx host the frontend insead of apache. But I don't have a clue how to translate apache settings to nginx ...
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How to migrate gedit settings?
So I've just had to do a reinstall and as part of that process, I'm starting a new account to remove some of the crufty config I've built up over time.
I've been fairly successful cherry-picking ...
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Can I boot off of a .vdi file?
I am using windows 7 as a host & have ubuntu vdi file. Which I created using Virtual Box & installed the Ubuntu OS in ubuntu.vdi file. Now I want to boot Ubuntu Directly on my hardware. that ...
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How do I get rid of Windows during Wubi migration?
So I read How do I migrate to a real partition, and/or get rid of Windows entirely?, but nowhere does it tell me how I go about replacing windows entirely. Is there a simpler/faster way than making ...
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Rsync permission issues via SSH
I am backing up a networked server via SSH. Unfortunately, I can't seem to figure out how to get root access to the networked server with Rsync. I am using the following command to perform the backup:
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Will my files be compatible if I migrate to Ubuntu?
i am thinking of migrating my windows 7 to ubuntu 11.10,
i want to know if my documents
microsoft word
microsoft excel
pdfs
audio (mp3, wav)
video
i made some in a avi format
i got some from the ...
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How to migrate from Banshee to Rhythmbox?
As it has been decided, Ubuntu Precise 12.04 will feature Rhythmbox as the default music player. I am aware, that it does not mean that I will not be able to use Banshee, nevertheless I would like to ...
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Migrate FTP users from one server to another
I have a situation where I have ~10 FTP users, and I need to migrate them from one server (server A) to another (server B).
The userdata (so their files) are in /home/<username>, so moving that ...
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How do I restart Evolution's mail migration?
The Oneiric update on my mother's computer required a migration to a new email storage format on the first evolution start. Unfortunately, the migration crashed in the middle and only a small part of ...
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How to migrate from Evolution with Maildir to Thunderbird [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Migrating from Evolution to Thunderbird
After Upgrading to 11.10 Evolution convert at first start the my Mails into the Maildir format.
Now I want to change my Mail ...
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How to port email from evolution to thunderbird?
I updated ubuntu to 11.10 using the update notification. I am also switching from Xubuntu to ubuntu - gnome interface. I have been using evolution for years and would like to port the emails to ...
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Manually migrate from evolution to thunderbird
After installing 11.10, evolution stayed the default mail client on my system. I guess that is because I (a) already had thunderbird installed for a test-drive a while ago and/or (b) I had evolution ...
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How to migrate from Ubuntu 11.04 to 10.04? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to roll back Ubuntu to a previous version?
(GNOME) I must migrate from Ubuntu 11.04 32bit to Ubuntu 10.04 32bit. What are my choices? I'm thinking about a clean ...
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How can I migrate my data from Evolution to Thunderbird? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Migrating from Evolution to Thunderbird
Since it will be the new standard email-client in the upcoming distribution, I thought about taking a look at Thunderbird.
Now ...
