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Best way to backup all settings, list of installed packages, tweaks, etc?
I currently have Ubuntu 10.10 installed on my laptop. Configured just the way I like it. Now I need to reinstall everything because I have a need to encrypt my whole hard drive and on Ubuntu, that can only be done using the alternate CD. Question is what would be a good way to reinstall everything including sources and PPA's after encryption?