[nzlug] Migrating details

[Jim Cheetham]

On 01/06/07, Simon <corwin at ihug.co.nz> wrote:
>
> I am getting the impression that nobody here has been doing this on a
> routine basis.



That's a valid observation. In the past, just getting dual boot was
difficult enough. Now all the Linux geeks are upgrading from different
distributions to each other. If we want to do effective installfests for
conversions from Windows, we need more practice in importing user data :-)

I have run across people who feel unable to move away from windows
> because of the (perceived) risk of losing their settings. So I figured
> it would be a good idea to work out how to do this.


Great stuff. Get your findings documented,  perhaps on a local club wiki so
it can be easily expanded on over time, and this'll be great practical help.

-jim