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Any good tools for switching? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Are there any good tools for listing your current programs, maybe exporting settings etc. Listing hidden settings and save locations would be great too.

I'm about 90% ready to switch to Linux full time, and I want to make sure that I've got everything. I've got a horrible feeling that I'm missing something, but I can't think what it might be.

EDIT: Ironically, I forgot to mention my ADHD / memory issues. I could do with a tool like this because I forget about anything that I'm not currently using, or actively thinking about using soon >.<

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[–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Here's what I would do as a fellow ADHD'er:

  • back up everything
  • create a windows VM of my current windows state and delete the dual boot (only boot into linux)
  • write out complete list of all windows apps you've used, as well as any CLI apps, extensions, packages (e.g. chocolatey).
  • 1-by-1 (!!!) find an alternative, install it, copy all it's config (text or screenshots) across.

I would also delete or disable the app in Windows if I find the alternative to be sufficient... You don't want to be using both apps on both OS's at the same time. The Windows VM is just for apps that have no sufficient linux alternative.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago

    I would also delete or disable the app in Windows if I find the alternative to be sufficient

    That's a good idea. It would force me to switch back to Linux from the Windows installation.

    Photoshop and scanning are probably the two things keeping me on Windows the most. GIMP just isn't as good, no matter how some people say it is, and while scanning is close, at the moment I just can't get the same quality under Linux.

    On the bright side, I've only got a few hundred photos to scan, and that should be finished, so at least it's not a permanent problem :)

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