[nzlug] Migrating desktop

[Simon]

On Fri, 2007-06-01 at 17:35 +1200, Mark Foster wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Martin D Kealey wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Simon wrote:
> >> I have run across people who feel unable to move away from windows
> >> because of the (perceived) risk of losing their settings.
> >
> I have a question...
> 
> What 'settings' are we trying to preserve?
... that was deliberately left open. Windows thralls seldom specify, so
it tends to depend on the program. By inference, it will be any stuff IE
and Outlook take care of for you.

> 
> When it comes down to it, you can manually export all of your:
> 
> - Email
> - Bookmarks
> - Documents
> 
I imagine "passwords" may be a bit hard.
How about offline web-pages?

There are also MS-Word templates and macros. But I figure anyone making
such strong use of these things will be using wine.

> 
> Surely when moving between systems / OS's its a good time to 'refresh' 
> everything?

People who are put off migrating by this prospect disagree with you.